Where We Live
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A benefit CD for Earthjustice, Where We Live touts "the Universal Right to Clean Air & Clean Water." Sixteen tracks in various rootsy styles wind a thread through nature imagery ("Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved," sings Pops Staples; Bob Dylan is represented by his great, forgotten 1971 single "Watching the River Flow") and a more general theme of peace and social justice (Willie Nelsons "Living in the Promiseland," the Neville Brothers "Sister Rosa"). Veteran singer-activists Sweet Honey in the Rock link the two with "More Than a Paycheck," a song about the perils of pollution and simply trying to keep food on the table. Cannily promoting a theme of Christian spirituality (the Staples and Nevilles tracks, along with those by Maria Muldaur and Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Robert Cray, and John Hammond and Tom Waits) as a corollary to environmental support, the album also seeks to pull the sense of righteousness away from corporate and right-wing political interests. --Rickey Wright
Where We Live, Music, Various Artists, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Contemporary Gospel, Folk-Blues, Folk-Rock, Jug Band, Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, Rock/Pop Collections, Singer/Songwriter, V/A Compilations
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- Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past
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ASIN: B0000029PM
Release Date: 1996-10-29 |
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- Oklahoma!: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - John Raitt/Franz Allers
- On The Town: New York, New York - Michael Kermoyan/Adolph Green/John Reardon/Cris Alexander & Chorus/Leonard Bernstein
- Annie Get Your Gun: I Got The Sun In The Morning - Doris Day/Franz Allers
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- The Sound Of Music: The Sound Of Music - Mary Martin/Frederick Dvonch
- My Fair Lady: On The Street Where You Live - Jerry Lanning/Theodore Saidenberg
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- Anything Goes: You're The Top - Eileen Rodgers/Hal Linden/Julian Stein
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- Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band - The Chestnut Brass Co.
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- A Chorus Line: What I Did For Love - Priscilla Lopez & Cast/Don Pippin
- A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns - Glynis Johns/Harold Hastings
Customer Reviews:
Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past.......2007-07-05
I just wanted to confirm what the first reviewer had to say about this CD. To hear Ethyl Merman, Mary Martin, Andrea McCardle etc. singing their trademark songs brought a lot of memories from the mid-centry musical theater back again. The last song by Glynis Johns is especially poignant.
You certainly can't beat the price!
A Good One!.......2006-11-10
This is a very good CD, mostly because it's the original artists. I've had some that were re-recorded by no name artists that were ghastly. This one is a really good one--including the sound quality. If I had one wish, I would wish it were longer!
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- Lerner & Loewe Songbook
- Wouldn't it be lovely?
- A Successful Sequel
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Lerner & Loewe Songbook for Orchestra
Frederick Loewe , and Erich Kunzel
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ASIN: B000003D0E
Release Date: 1994-01-25 |
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- Wouldn't It Be Loverly - With A Little Bit Of Luck - Et Al.
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Lerner & Loewe Songbook.......2006-02-24
If you like Percy Faith's music, you'll like this one. He quit recording and died much too young. But while he lived, he recorded some great music.
Wouldn't it be lovely?.......2005-09-26
This CD represents some of the best of Broadway done in a great pops style. There are five orchestral suites, one each for the following: 'Camelot', 'My Fair Lady', 'Gigi', 'Paint Your Wagon', and 'Bridgadoon'. They are all arranged for orchestra by Robert Russell Bennett, save that for 'Paint Your Wagon', which was arranged by Cincinnati Pops Orchestra director Erich Kunzel.
The works of Lerner and Loewe were a mainstay of Broadway for decades in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, but it was during the late 50s and early 60s that their true glory days took hold. The presidential term of John F. Kennedy gained the nickname 'Camelot' in part because of the influence of the Lerner and Loewe production going on at the start. The songs contained in these suites are instantly recognisable by many, as the Lerner and Loewe songs have become so well known that many know the songs better than the musicals or the composers from which they come. 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'Wouldn't It Be Lovely' come from 'My Fair Lady', 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls' from 'Gigi' - these are but the most of famous of the familiar tunes.
There are a lot of pieces here that the listener will appreciate, both in remembering old pieces or in learning new nuances to the tunes.
This particular disc by Telarc has a feature called 'Spatializer', which gives a three-dimensional quality to the sterophonic sound, enhancing regular players and working well with surround-sound systems, too. The Cincinnati Pops are expert at this kind of music, having produced dozens of CDs of popular music and modern composers of musicals, film music, and pops-oriented major compositions.
This is a fun disc to have.
A Successful Sequel.......2005-08-03
This CD is a follow-up to the Rodgers & Hammerstein Songbook for Orchestra (1991) from the same team. It is a thoroughly successful sequel: I believe anyone who enjoyed the R&H will enjoy this one as well. If I am very slightly less enthusiastic about this one than the R&H, it's not because of any shortcoming of Kunzel, the Cincinnati Pops, or Telarc, all of whom are at the top of their form. Rather it's because Frederick Loewe, for all his undoubted expertise, is not quite in the same class as a composer with Richard Rodgers. But that's asking a lot, since Rodgers was the American musical theater's leading light. Lerner & Loewe's musicals were second only to R&H's during the golden age of the American musical, and their My Fair Lady is by any standard one of the best musicals ever staged. If Loewe did not create as many unforgettable numbers as Rodgers, he nevertheless wrote many delightful songs and much enjoyable music. This CD features five orchestral suites, ranging in length from 9 to 18 minutes (total playing time 68:06), from Brigadoon (1947), Paint Your Wagon (1951), My Fair Lady (1956), Gigi (film 1958; staged 1973), and Camelot (1960). The arrangements (all but one by Robert Russell Bennett) are expert. The performances are masterly (if perhaps lacking in just a tad of the infectious brio that the same team brought to R&H). And Telarc's robust sound (recorded 1993) would be hard to improve on. Warmly recommended.
Delightful Listening.......1998-12-05
Some of the nicest and nearly forgotten music (Paint your Wagon & Brigadoon) is nicely compiled here. It will make you want to listen to the full soundtracks again, but for a quick tour of Lerner & Lowe, it is very nice.
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- Time Capsule
- Unexpected
- An album to treasure
- A classic recording of American songs
- The sessions of sweet silent thought stirred
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Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2
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ASIN: B000005IYE
Release Date: 1992-05-28 |
Tracks:
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Customer Reviews:
Time Capsule.......2006-11-30
The voices and instruments, like the songs, are straight from the mid-19th century. If you want to be transported back in time 150 years to a wonderful parlor performance of Foster's songs, this is the album to do it. The voices are marvelous and trained, and one must imagine that the strict phrasing and style are what one would have expected at the time. The cheap upright piano is perfect.
But the one perfect moment for me is the ONLY good extant rendition of "Was My Brother in the Battle?". Accompanied on a harmonium or pump reed organ, if this song doesn't tempt a tear, you simply aren't a romantic.
Very highly recommended.
Unexpected.......2005-11-26
Quality of this recording is fantastic! Performances are superb! However, they don't fit being an example of Foster's music and times. I was expecting banjos and a Mississippi Sound - therfore, very, very disappointed in this CD and consider and a waste of money. Be sure to LISTEN to a few examples to match what you are looking for and what the CD offers. I, unfortunately did not listen before I bought. I rate this low only because my expectations were shattered. This IS a fine CD if opera styles are ok for an example of this southern, 1800's composer's work.
An album to treasure.......2004-09-23
The landmark Library of Congress album, now on enhanced CD. Years
ago, I went on a six-months field assignment to a remote area of
Africa, where I could take only what music I could carry in a vest
pocket. I chose a tape player and two albums: a recital by Perlman
and this album on tape, and was content. If you love American
music, sung poetry, beautiful singing and deeply moving musicality,
this is an album you will treasure for a lifetime.
A classic recording of American songs.......2004-08-22
What can I say that hasn't already been said below? I only wanted to reiterate how wonderful this album is and assure the reader the sound is spectacular on CD. This is a live recording, and intentionally so, as the idea was to create a "parlor" experience as these were parlor songs to be sung by family and friends around the old upright piano. I especially liked the comment about the upright piano which, indeed, does croak and clank throughout the performance adding a note of "authenticity" without becoming obtrusive.
If only Ms. DeGaetani had graced my parlor...
The sessions of sweet silent thought stirred.......2003-11-22
I have never heard such unadulterated extraworldy sound emanate from two human voices and what would otherwise be firewood (the period instruments played by Gilbert Kalish). It stirs profound patriotism and a deep sentimentality for our early days when a civilized people pined to find virtue by examining its own body-- the north and the south, the small town, the simple flag, and the beauty of gentile manly and womanly love expressed through equisite song. There is no other music I would rather hear 'when summoning up the remembrance of things past.' The ghost of the early American parlor will prick your skin through these simple hymns and you may escape for a moment our troubled and busy times.
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Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)
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ASIN: B00062FLI8
Release Date: 2004-11-30 |
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- Borrrrrring
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This Is Where We Live
Paco
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Paco is the creative alchemy between Dominique Durand and Andy Chase of Ivy and friends Michael Hampton and Gary Maurer. Hampton cut his teeth as part of Washington D.C.'s seminal hardcore scene working with Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye. Maurer is a member of the band Hem. The band's full-length debut, This Is Where We Live, creates evocative songs that seduce the listener. It's sultry & melancholy but with unmistakable attitude.
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Great.......2007-03-14
I guess this is called 'dream pop' style. It was a breath of fresh air when I first heard this and quickly picked up the cd. not disappointed at all. The female vocalist has a soothing, sexy voice and the music is nice. can't wait for another release. a few members of this group are from Ivy and the style is somewhat similar. I prefer this style much more tho.
Ivy fan? Buy this cd........2006-02-27
While a bit more electronic than Ivy, Paco still plays in the same space. Excellent song writing and - of course - Dominique Durand's beautifully ethereal voice. If you enjoy Ivy - do yourself a favor and purchase Paco and Brookville.
Borrrrrring.......2005-06-01
I feel compelled to add my review, as I bought this CD based on what I'd
read here... what a disappointment. Tedious, predictable, unimaginative "electro-pop". There's SO much more interesting stuff
out there, and I listen to alot. I found this CD remarkably disposable.
No offense...
atmospheric pop bliss.......2005-03-14
Great album for a long relaxing car drive. Especially along the coast. More experimental than Ivy chooses to be and definately worth investigating. Superb opener. Do purchase.
Blissful electropop.......2004-08-04
After getting a taste of Paco with their debut EP, it was great to finally get a full-length release - and it was worth the wait. "This is Where We Live" is an excellent venture into electropop. The blending of electronic and organic instruments is well done, and the production is top-notch. Dominique Durand's voice, as always, is great, and the instrumental work compliments it perfectly. Standouts for me are "Shaded," "Who Do You Think You Are," "Thin" and the instrumental "Satie."
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Dittersdorf: Arcifanfano, King of Fools
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Release Date: 1994-12-12 |
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- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Overture
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- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Approach! What Is Your Name, Sir? (Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - With A Sword That Is Sterner Than Moses (Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Unhappy Oddling (Gloriosa)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - My Fair Skin, My Bare Chin (Gloriosa)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Was Ever There Insanity (Sordidone)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Snugly Hidden Safe From Prying (Sordidone)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Madness Beyond All Measure (Malgoverno)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - When The Purse Is Clinking (Malgoverno)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - There, Like A Vapor (Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - O Look So Woeful (Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Such As She Seems To Be Frigid (Garbata)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Let's Sing, Let's All Be Jolly (Garbata)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - For All Types Of Confusion
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - The Fierce One Lives Only For The Slaughter
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - I Beg You To Stop (Malgoverna, Gloriosa, Garbata)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - We Praise The Sun For Beauty (Malgoverna)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Bumpkin, Coarse-grained (Gloriosa, Garbata)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - If You Will Love Me, I Will Love You (Garbata)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - No, They Cannot Persuade Me! (Gloriosa)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Lovely Ladies, You Enjoying (Gloriosa)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Where's My Lover, Sweetheart (Sordidone)
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- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Are You Hiding? (Sordidone, Garbata)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - See Comely Phyllis Wander (Garbata, Sordidone)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Don't Come Near Me (Semplicina, Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - The High And Mighty Lion (Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Quiet At Last (Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - Semplicina, Do You Hear Me? (Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Quartet - Ever More Bitter Shall Be My Raging (Gloriosa, Garbata, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - What Now? What New Forms Of Madness? (Gloriosa, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Chorus - Long Live King Arcifanfano (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Earth, Our Dearest, Good And Nearest (Sordidone)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - That His Sowing Yield A Growing (Malgoverno)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Has The Fool Committed (Malgoverna, Gloriosa)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Ask Of Beauty, She Will Answer (Gloriosa)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Hop And Stop It! (Furibondo, Gloriosa)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - All Of This Planet, I Cry To Each Man (Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What's Unleashed These Dreadful Roars? (Garbata, Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - I'm Simple And I'm Candid (Garbata)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Mischief And Load This Purse Is!
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Goddess Bright As Morning
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Mother Always Used To Tell Me (Sordidone, Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - What A Lot I Need What I Need Lot's Of! (Sordidone)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - May He Not Come To Harm (Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - There's A Devil In A Ducat (Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Gather, O Subjects, About Us (Gloriosa, Garbata, Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Duet - If You Marry Me (Semplicina)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - With Curiosity All Aflame (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Quiet, Please, We Implore You!
- Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - The Wise And The Mad Have Got One Word For Their Dwelling
Customer Reviews:
A Comic-Opera Treasure!.......2007-01-28
Dittersdorf is a sort of working-man's Mozart; in fact, this opera sounds similar to some of Mozart's early operas. But Mozart sought to break the rules and to explore new musical ideas; Dittersdorf is not an innovator...yet he is no less a master! This performance, too, is a materpiece of refined (not always!) comedy; the arias include some extremely difficult vocal leaps and trills, yet the primary joy is the witty verse. W.H. Auden (no less!) ramrodded this translation to English. And Anna Russell, famed for her "Analysis of Wagner's Ring Cycle" steals every scene she's in! Ad-libbing shamelessly, her introductory aria, all by itself, is worth more than the purchase price!
an obscure delight!.......2002-07-31
Eleanor Steber's image on the cover of this set caught my eye while rummaging through the cut-out bins of San Francisco on a recent opera whirlwind. What a lost treasure this performance is - recorded "LIVE" in NYC 1965! All the principles shine, their energy ebullient. Don't hesitate, buy it and smile before it disappears.
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- Great diverse mix-soulful, groovy, upbeat & surprise ending!
- Great Gift Idea for the Holidays
- Rare cuts, nice mix
- Good Cause, Better Music
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Where We Live: Stand for What You Stand On: A Benefit CD for EarthJustice
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Higher Octave
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000C8AT7
Release Date: 2003-09-30 |
Tracks:
- Peace - Norah Jones
- I Shall Not Be Moved - Pops Staples (with Ry Cooder)
- What's Going On - Los Lobos
- Watching The River Flow - Bob Dylan
- It's A Blessing - Maria Muldaur (with Bonnie Raitt)
- Estampa - Ruben Blades
- What a Wonderful World - Dan Zanes & Friends
- Yes I Will - Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Living In The Promiseland - Willie Nelson
- Sister Rosa - The Neville Brothers
- More Than A Paycheck - Sweet Honey In The Rock
- Two Little Feet - Karen Savoca
- Getting There - Mose Allison
- A Change Is Gonna Come - Tina Turner (with Robert Cray)
- I Know I've Been Changed - John Hammond (with Tom Waits)
- Happy Earthday - Captain Beefheart
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A benefit CD for Earthjustice, Where We Live touts "the Universal Right to Clean Air & Clean Water." Sixteen tracks in various rootsy styles wind a thread through nature imagery ("Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved," sings Pops Staples; Bob Dylan is represented by his great, forgotten 1971 single "Watching the River Flow") and a more general theme of peace and social justice (Willie Nelson's "Living in the Promiseland," the Neville Brothers' "Sister Rosa"). Veteran singer-activists Sweet Honey in the Rock link the two with "More Than a Paycheck," a song about the perils of pollution and simply trying to keep food on the table. Cannily promoting a theme of Christian spirituality (the Staples and Nevilles tracks, along with those by Maria Muldaur and Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Robert Cray, and John Hammond and Tom Waits) as a corollary to environmental support, the album also seeks to pull the sense of righteousness away from corporate and right-wing political interests. --Rickey Wright
Customer Reviews:
Great diverse mix-soulful, groovy, upbeat & surprise ending!.......2003-10-07
Yeah, the Capt. Beefheart bit at the end is jarring but hilarious. According to the track notes (and you can read all about this cd & listen to some of the tracks at www.wherewelive.org) the Capt. sung it over the phone to the album's compiler and you can hear them laughing at the end! It's his first "recording" in years...
I think all of the tracks are considered hard-to-find if not impossible. This freshness makes all the tracks worthy, even if you know the artist inside out (like me & Willie Nelson). Some we're all just hungry for more of, like Norah Jones. Definately in the soulful & groovy category, nothing hard or pulsing. Good all-round anytime music.
Great Gift Idea for the Holidays.......2003-10-06
1. I hate shopping, especially during the holidays.
2. One year I tried avoiding shopping by making a donation to a charitable organization in the name of family/friends, didn't go over too well. Nice thought...but let's face it, everyone likes opening presents.
This CD solves both my problems. Most compilation CD's usually have a few good songs, this one has a ton. A great variety of artists and styles, really has something for everyone.
My holiday shopping is going to be alot easier this year, and I'll be giving gifts to help a great cause.
Music Fan,
California, USA
Rare cuts, nice mix.......2003-10-02
I got a review copy for a newsletter I do. Wow. I usually don't go for compilations - but the mix here is really nice. (Beware the surprise track by Captain Beefheart at the end designed to wake you up.)
Need a groovy dinner disc? This is it. And for a good cause it seems.
Played this one for the girlfriend and she asked me to play it again. A rarity around my house.
Pick it up.
Good Cause, Better Music.......2003-10-02
This is a magnificent collection of cuts from wonderful artists to benefit Earthjustice, the nonprofit environmental law firm that is busting its chops trying to stop the Bush administration from destroying all that is healthy and beautiful on this earth of ours.
But that, in fact, is beside the point. This eclectic compilation stands on its own. (It could as well have been called "Biological Diversity" as "Where We Live.") The loose theme--save the earth--save ourselves, is carried through the performances by Norah Jones (a song called "Peace" that is not on her first CD), Bob Dylan ("Watching the River Flow"), Willie Nelson ("Living in the Promiseland"), Los Lobos ("What's Going On"), Mose Allison, Ruben Blades, Maria Muldaur and Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Robert Cray, John Hammond and Tom Waits, Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Neville Brothers--I mean, what's not to like here?
Politics aside, this is a great collection.
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The Musicals: The Best Of
Manufacturer: Solid Gold
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000BFH4OO
Release Date: 2005-11-01 |
Tracks:
- Lion King/The Circle of Life
- Fiddler on the Roof/Sunrise Sunset
- Man of la Mancha/The Impossible Dream
- Sweet Charity/Big Spender
- Aida/Elaborate Lives
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat/Any Dream Will Do
- Chicago/Mr. Cellophane
- Beauty and the Beast/If I Can't Love Her
- South Pacific/Some Enchanted Evening
- West Side Story/Something's Coming
- Annie Get Your Gun/Anything You Can Do
- Camelot/How to Handle a Woman
- Thoroughly Modern Millie/Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Cats/Memory
- Cabaret/Maybe This Time
- Rent/One Song Glory
- Ragtime/Back to Before
- Mame [From Mame]
Tracks:
- Chicago/All That Jazz
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang/Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Mamma Mia/Dancing Queen
- My Fair Lady/On the Street Where You Live
- Chess/Anthem
- Jubilee/Begin the Beguine
- Phantom of the Opera/Masquerade
- Staurday Night Fever/What Kind of Fool
- Miss Saigon/Why God Why?
- Bombay Dreams/Shakalaka Baby
- Guys and Dolls/Luck Be a Lady
- Lion King
- Miserables/I Dreamed a Dream
- Mary Poppins/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Phantom of the Opera/All I Ask of You
- Oliver!/As Long as He Needs Me
- Anything Goes/Anything Goes
- We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions
Average customer rating:
- for a dreamy sunday afternoon
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Where We Live
Grace Pool
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000008G58
Release Date: 1990-08-13 |
Tracks:
- Me Without You
- Once a Forest
- Wedding on the Lawn
- Paint the Ending
- August Freeze
- I Can't See You
- Dream and Distance
- Springs Desire
- Swing Hard
- Sweet Law of Repetition
Customer Reviews:
for a dreamy sunday afternoon.......2003-06-19
this album is one of my personal favorites. i first discovered this group back in 1994 when a friend recommended this album.It quickly became a permanent fixure of my collection. The song Sweet Law of Repetion describes many a faded relationship. All in all a perfect sunny lazy afternoon album!
Average customer rating:
- 3 & 1/2 stars for me
- Just Listen To This
- it's almost like being there......
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Live Around the World: Where We Come from Tour 1998-1999
Vital Information
Manufacturer: Intuition
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00004SV0B
Release Date: 2000-09-09 |
Tracks:
- Dr. Demento
- Moby Dick
- Swamp Stomp
- Cranial Jam
- Happy House
- Fortaleza
- First Thing This Morning
- The Perfect Date
- It's A Jungle Out There
Tracks:
- The Drum Also Waltzes
- Take Eight
- Listen Up!
- Europa
- Do You Read Me?
- Over And Out!
- Mr. PC
- Soulful Drums
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More of a souvenir for the converted than an enticement to the uninitiated, Live Around the World is a double-disc dosage of Vital Information, the jazz-rock vehicle that former Journey drummer Steve Smith has cultivated since the early 1980s. Recorded in club-sized venues in Sydney, Toronto, Chicago, and Amsterdam, the group leans on jazz and traces of R&B as its principal benchmarks, bringing to mind an evolved, slightly edgier Chick Corea Elektric Band minus Eric Marienthal on saxophone--no surprise, really, given guitarist Frank Gambale's in both units.
The four-man Vital Information's selections are regularly sweetened by the Hammond B-3 and accordion of former Santana keyboardist Tom Coster (bassist Baron Browne rounds out the foursome, replacing Jeff Andrews). Coster, in fact, is the primary instrumental focus of many selections and even contributes a subdued accordion version of his Santana hit, "Europa." The group's clever take on Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick" surfaces here as an energetic fingerpainting exercise by Browne (supplemented by a soulful Hammond rave-up by Coster) before the tune becomes recognizable in its final 45 seconds--without a single Bonhamesque workout on drums from Smith. Several selections are attractively performed ("Swamp Stomp" and "First Thing This Morning" are treats), though the group never fully catches fire (Gambale in particular) until the 15th track, "Over and Out," the closest the band gets to full-throttle fusion on this package. Interesting; not overpowering. --Terry Wood
Customer Reviews:
3 & 1/2 stars for me.......2003-08-25
When this record came out I immediatly bought it without thinking it twice. I am a Jazz/fusion enthusiast so Vital Information is one of the bands in my map. The album has some strong points but also some weaknesses. I appreciate Gambale' s playing and the exceptional musicianship from all the guys. Coster is such a talent! His musicality is nothing less than amazing. But in the end this album is really not that much in my opinion. Apart from Europa (here in a splendid accordion version), twe two minor blues Mr P.C. (Coltrane) and the Jazzy Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin), Take eight and few other moments I'm not completly satisfied with the music. It's too flat. These guys can do a lot better than this in my opinion. Probably is the material that does not shine. Where we come from was not their best album for I am concerned and this live is almost completly based on that material. In the end this double live is a little disappointing. I still prefer Uzeb live '90 which in my opinion still eats this live in a single bite. Anyway sometimes I enjoy listen to this album but it's a little less than what I was expecting from such tremendously gifted players.
Just Listen To This.......2002-02-27
"Live Around The World We Come From" is a double CD that captures Steve Smith's Vital Information in concert. This is the second time that Vital Info has been recorded live and is the better of the two. The band performs all types of music: The Creole influenced "Swamp Stomp", the Jazz of Ornette Coleman's "Happy House", the atonal romp that is "Cranial Jam" are all a part of this eclectic mix. Some highlights from the first disc are a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick". The center piece of this version is the Baron and not the drumming of Smith. The other members of the band follow Baron's bass lines and improvise over them. The end result is a very different sound than the one that Zeppelin originated. "First Thing This Morning" is another great tune and is one of Frank Gambale's best compostions. Frank has always been an amazing guitarist but this song demonstrates that he has made leaps in the composition side of being a complete musician. The song itself has a catchy melody and the band is brilliant throughout. The end of the piece has Baron and Steve improvising around the song's groove and is simply awesome. The second disc has a couple of show stoppers as well. "Over and Out " is a showcase for Mr. Gambale's impressive sweepicking technique and should amaze most guitarists. The often covered John Coltrane masterwork "Mr. P.C." is the last live song on the disc and also the most blistering. Tom Coster has an amazing hammond solo and Gambale picks up the baton and runs with it. The song then has Gambale, Coster and Smith trade fours until Steve Smith performs a jaw dropping drum solo that will knock some paintings off of your walls. Also incuded on these discs are a couple of studio songs that are also very good and may provide a hint of things to come. Vital Information is one of the, and to some the, best Fusion bands currently touring. Buy this and see why for yourself. Highly recommended.
it's almost like being there.............2000-10-09
this a wonderful reminder of seeing the band in lovely buffalo n.y. at the tralfamadore two marches ago or so. one of the things that makes this even better is the extra bonus studio cuts included within, soulful drums originally recorded by joe dukes on jack mcduffs screamin'. it's kind of an update and just as greasy, highly recommended. the other big highlight for me is steve's solo on mr.pc, a textbook of keeping the form and blowing over the changes. do yourself a favor and pick this one up, you'll be glad you did. then play it for a friend who also loves great music, he'll owe you one.....
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