Heart of Country

Track Listings

1. Forever and Ever, Amen

2. Hey, Good Lookin'

3. I Fall to Pieces

4. Arkansas Traveler

5. Sixteen Tons

6. Faded Love

7. On the Road Again

8. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

9. Cotton Eyed Joe

10. Blue Kentucky Girl

11. Anytime

12. Tennessee Waltz

Tracks:

Cheeseburger In Paradise
He Went To Paris
Fins
son Of A son Of A Sailor
A Pirate Looks At Forty
Margaritaville
Come Monday
Changes In Latitiudes, Changes In Attitudes
Why Don't we Get Drunk
Pencil Thin Mustache
Graperfruit-Juicy Fruit
Boat Drinks
Volcano

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Critics have always been singularly unkind to Jimmy Buffett. Or at least they have since the singer became immune to their jabs, commanding a nation of Parrotheads who sell out his shows, snap up his records and books, and eat and drink in his nightclubs in Key West and New Orleans. By now, you've made up your mind as well: To paraphrase Buffett himself from his song "Volcano," you either lava him now, or you lava him not. Songs You Know by Heart is a friendly little best-of collection that features concert perennials such as "Margaritaville," "Fins," "Cheeseburger in Paradise," and the immutable "Why Don't We Get Drunk." If by some chance you've not yet been introduced to Buffett's music, this album is the best way to say hello. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

If you only could have one Jimmy Buffet CD this is it!.......2007-06-11

All the best songs, a must have if you don't have any Jimmy yet. And a great addition to your existing Jimmy collection, and a great spare with all the great songs for the car CD, and what would Jimmy do? You guessed it! Go for it, you will not be disappointed because there is no bad Jimmy Buffet songs.

This is the one that hooks you.......2007-03-24

I've been listening to Jimmy for quite a few years. A friend recommended I get this album, and after that, I had to have everything else. If you've read my reviews, you know I've been rough on Jimmy's incessant string of repetitive live albums. This is the good stuff- All the songs are pulled from Jimmy's (non-Barnaby) albums up to but not including Coconut Telegraph. It skips the album Havana Daydreamin' entirely. I agree with other reviewers that the song selection leaves out a plethora of great Buffett tunes, but you'll find them eventually. This is a sampling of the artist in his prime, and if you like it, it's safe to say you'll enjoy the larger body of his work. If you don't like it, none of his other work is going to do it for you. I always thought Jimmy would come through with a greatest hits vol.2, or at least a double cd encompassing his larger body of work. That's what "Meet Me in Margaritaville" was supposed to be, but that collection just isn't coherent and definitive as Songs You Know By Heart. After becoming a hard-core fan, I have to say that this collection is really going to be the pinnacle of his compilation albums. So, if you're interested in trying out the works of Jimmy Buffett, start here. I'll bet you won't be disappointed. This stuff is solid gold. Thank you for reading my review!(note to Jimmy- why not consider putting the title track to "havana daydreamin'" on this as a bonus track for future pressings of the cd? It's a heck of a song, and it's from the era. It would fit right in.)

Parrotheads Unite!.......2007-01-13

Truly songs we all know by heart. Great music - hard to pick a song that doesn't go well with a Corona or Margarita, and hard to pick a song since that he's done that would push one of these off the CD. The song vividly captures the spirit of Margaritaville - we are turning into the people our parents warned us about, or so we would like to believe.

Perfect recipe for summer.......2006-10-07

Step one: buy this cd
Step two: buy new blender
Step three: buy lots of rum and fruit mixes
Step four: mix the rum and fruit
Step five: pour the mixture into a glass
Step six: put on the cd
Step seven: repeat steps three through six as often as needed

If you don't drink alcohol then you'll still enjoy this greatest hits collection. All the early hits are here and it's really all you need to know about the guy. But there is a lot more good stuff out there. Make sure you give it all a listen.

Not the best collection........2005-12-13

When I started listening to this CD, I was surprised that I found it devoid of the energy I associate with Jimmy Buffett. His newer material (both studio-recorded and live albums) have an enegry that is lacking in this older collection.

If you enjoy a more mellow JB form 20 years ago, or if you just like him for his radio hits, this is the album for you.

But if you're into the hard-core, serious partying, spontaneous, energetic JB, if you call yourself a Parrothead, skip this album.

I recommend _any_ of his live albums or "Meet Me in Margaritaville" instead of this one. You'll be getting more music for your money, anyway.

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Heart Like a Wheel
Linda Ronstadt's first #1 album
Classsic
a journey through heartbreak
In need of a remaster

Heart Like a Wheel
Linda Ronstadt
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007O1A
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

You're No Good
It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Faithless Love
The Dark End Of The Street
Heart Is Like A Wheel
When Will I Be Loved
Willing
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
Keep Me From Blowing Away
You Can Close Your Eyes

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It's often said that this 1974 set, Ronstadt's true commercial breakthrough after a half decade's worth of minor hits, set the formula for the platinum successes to follow: some underrecognized singer/songwriter jewels, a couple of semi-obscure early rock tunes, always with something for country radio as well as Top 40 to grab hold of. But Heart Like a Wheel does it with a magic Ronstadt and her L.A. session crew would never touch again; for one thing, she was rarely again as convincingly tough ("You're No Good") or as fragile (the Anna McGarrigle-penned title track) as she is here. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Heart Like a Wheel.......2005-04-17

Rarely is a recording released that contains 10 potential hits. There is not a bad song on this CD. I remember having the LP back in the 70's when it was released. Linda Ronstadt has one of the most beautiful voices in all of music. This CD has up-tempo songs like "You're No Good" and "When Will I Be Loved" to the country classic "I Can't Help It if I'm Still in Love with You". The title track, "Heart Like a Wheel" is a beautiful ballad in Ronstadt's voice. This CD is certainly a classic for lovers of good music. It is highly recommended!

Linda Ronstadt's first #1 album.......2005-03-02

YOU'RE NO GOOD,the #1 smash from this album is probably what made the album a #1 smash. There was only one other Top 20 hit,a cover of the Everly Brothers' WHEN WILL I BE LOVED. YNG came to the attention of Van Halen around 1978 and the band decided to cover the tune. The other songs are good. Linda Ronstadt's Asylum Records labelmate Andrew Gold plays guitar and sings background on YNG.

Classsic.......2004-12-29

Even after 30 years, this sounds great. It is a true classic.
Everyone should own it.

a journey through heartbreak.......2004-03-26

Linda Ronstadt's 1974 breakthrough hit Heart Like A Wheel represents her greatest musical accomplishment and one of country pop's definitive moments. The album opens with the visceral rock 'n roll of "You're No Good," a No. 1 pop hit. But it is the suite of ballads that follows that make Heart Like A Wheel so memorable. Never again would Ronstadt be able to capture the chillingly fragile heartbreak of the title track, the guilty love of "Dark End of the Street" or the frustration of "When Will I Be Loved?"

Ronstadt's voice is well suited for the melodic banjo lines, rolling piano notes and horns of country pop, but she also uses her higher register to good effect. When she sings the line "and my love for you is like a sinking ship," her wavering voice nearly cracks with heartbreak--a sharp contrast to "Dark End of the Street," when she intones "please don't cry / tonight we'll meet / at the dark end of the street."

Elsewhere on the album, Ronstadt's voice blends perfectly with the musical arrangements. Her cover of Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" rolls along with an insistent drum-line that echoes the song's theme of reluctantly but assuredly moving on after a tedious break-up, while the blaringly loud chorus of "Willing" is as hopeful and the lyrics are determined: "I've been warped by the wind, driven by the snow...But I'm still willin'."

Heart Like A Wheel is not a celebration of love but rather, an exploration of the anguish and power of heartbreak. Relationships here are unhealthy or hopeless ("Dark End of the Street," "Faithless Love"), breakups are overwhelmingly sad ("Heart Like A Wheel," "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You") and prospects for the future are tenuous, at best ("When Will I Be Loved," "Keep Me From Blowing Away"). And yet, Heart Like A Wheel suggests that a failed unhealthy relationship is better than a successful but harmful one ("It Doesn't Matter Anymore," "You're No Good"). The album concludes with a promise of a bright new day ("You Can Close Your Eyes"), suggesting that even when you think everything is lost, time proves to be a great healer of a broken heart.

Heart Like A Wheel is a full and complete experience--a lovely set of country-pop gems encompassing the ups and downs of a relationship. Linda Ronstadt's voice carries, unites and embodies these intense emotions with such passion that it is impossible not to be moved. Each song stands beautifully on its own, but it is the stunning cohesiveness of the album as a whole that is most impressive and memorable.

In need of a remaster.......2003-12-03

The pinnacle of both Ronstadt's country-music phase and of her career as a whole, "Heart Like a Wheel" is one of those albums that does everything right to an almost uncanny degree. Sure, it contains some of her finest vocals, and yes, Peter Asher's production is as supple and modest as his work for James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" was five years earlier. (After "Heart," Asher would adopt an ever-more rigid, formulaic approach to Ronstadt's releases that seemed to put her on a pedestal, or in a cage.) And it's inarguable that the material Ronstadt and Asher selected for "Heart" is uniformly strong. But there's something else at work here, something greater than the sum of the record's many impressive parts. If I knew what it was, I'd be in the music business; since I don't, I'll settle for calling it "kismet," or simply magic. This stellar album deserves better than the cut-rate, noise-ridden mastering of the original CD release that's still on the market. In the remastering era, it's as overdue for a sonic upgrade as any album in print.

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So many songs- so many old friends
Not a great compilation of their best hits
Not Necessarily Country, But They Still Sound Great
Don't have to be a country fan for this
phenomenal harmonies

Restless Heart - Greatest Hits
Restless Heart
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006OHQ
Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

No End To This Road
Let The Heartache Ride
(Back To The) Heartbreak Kid
That Rock Won't Roll
I'll Still Be Loving You
Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong Or Right)
The Bluest Eyes In Texas
A Tender Lie
Big Dreams In A Small Town
Fast Movin' Train
Dancy's Dream
Long Lost Friend
When She Cries
Tell Me What You Dream
For Lack Of Better Words
Somebody's Gonna Get That Girl

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So many songs- so many old friends.......2007-05-28

I totally agree that Restless Heart sounds like Little Texas. Too funny...but I have always found I confuse their music.
Anywho....this is a great compilation CD. Restless Heart has some great tunes on here that I had totally forgotten about. From the hit That Rock won't roll- which just makes you want to dance, to the most touching of songs like Long Lost Friend with the sharp piercings sounds of heartbreak. Dancy's Dream has always been a favorite of almost anyone who is a RH fan, and it includes the sweet I'll still be loving you.
There are a whopping 16 songs on the CD with very little filler. There were songs here i never realized belonged to them, or had forgotten all together- like Why does it have to be wrong or right....what a fun song!

Not a great compilation of their best hits.......2006-02-19

Can anybody explain how "Til I Loved You" got left out of this compilation? Where is "Wheels"? I think "Mending Fences" would have made more sense than the inclusion of the last two songs. Save your money and download the tunes you want from elsewhere - this cd isn't worth the price, and is hardly all of Restless Heart's greatest hits.

Not Necessarily Country, But They Still Sound Great.......2005-02-27

I really wouldn't classify Restless Heart as a typical country group. Let's face it, when I hear the name "Restless Heart," I don't categorize them with country staples such as the Statler Brothers, Oak Ridge Boys, or even Alabama. I do see them fitting in somewhere along the lines of Little Texas and the Desert Rose Band, however.

This album is a great compilation for the casual fan and the hardcore Restless Heart listener. It includes all of their biggest radio hits like "The Bluest Eyes In Texas," "I'll Still Be Loving You," and "Why Does It Have To Be." It bridges the time when Larry Stewart was in the group to the time that he was out of it. The biggest hits minus Stewart are here("When She Cries" and "Dancy's Dream"). For some reason, "Mending Fences" is left off of this compilation, but I'll live.

I managed to see this group minus Stewart a few years ago when they were supporting their "Big Iron Horses" album. They were excellent. Their appeal was evident in the crowd that night, what with everyone from cowboys to preppies and even a few bikers roaming around.

Restless Heart was one of those groups who just played their own style of music. It wasn't really country, but then again, it really wasn't adult contemporary either. They snuggled up to both crowds and did it without changing their style. They didn't become popsters like Faith Hill because it brought in more money. They didn't have to change because they believed in their own music. That's a rare quality in the country scene these days, and I commend them for sticking to their guns.

Get this album if you enjoy groups like Little Texas, Desert Rose Band, maybe even the Eagles. Also, I think Diamond Rio and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fans can appreciate these guys as well. Check them out.

Don't have to be a country fan for this.......2005-01-06

If you were to take a look, if you're not too busy, at my About Me page, or my reviews, you would quickly find out that I am a rock/metal guy. Country music just doesn't fit in there all that much. But my metal heart will always have a place for Restless Heart.

Growing up in the 80s, at my grandparents, they used to play country radio stations back when [country radio stations] played more traditional country music (traditional compared to today's pop-country), and Restless Heart could easily be heard on any given day. Basically, I grew up with most of these songs in the background of my life, at home, in the car, everywhere. And though I wouldnt call myself an avid RH fan I do know that this is some of the greatest music you will ever hear, in any genre of music. The melodies are of Eagles-esque variety, with tradional country and some pop music in just the right amounts. You can't explain how these songs come together so well, they just do and it's perfect. Vocalist Larry Stewart (and later John Dittrich, the drummer, who does a FANTASTIC job on "When She Cries" and "Tell Me What you Dream")give this great music a voice that soars and harmonizes. All I can say is that these songs take me back to my carefree days (yeah, I'm serious) and it's a great moment to be in. You have to love thier melodies.

Now about this compilation. What you get here is pretty much every RH song you need if you are only a passing fan such as myself. I would have liked to have seen "New York (Hold Her Tight)" on here but this is still a very solid collection by a very talented band. You also get some bonus unreleased tracks, my favourite being "No End To This Road" so all in all you get a great compliation for your hard earned dollar. Now put that dollar to some good use and pick this up. 13/16

phenomenal harmonies.......2004-11-23

I'm typically a bit of an old guy when it comes to music. I'll take Haggard over Chesney any day. So I shouldn't technically be writing to support a group that is more pop than country, but I am. I saw Restless Heart live recently, and their harmonies are the best in the business. The cuts on this greatest hits collection tend to sound over-produced, because the harmony makes the music sound so BIG... but it sounds the same in person, and I find that remarkable. These guys won my respect, and they're certainly responsible for some of the biggest crossover hits in the pre-Shania era. It's just good music.

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hall of fame stuff
Jorma's best and most unaffected work
Flying A Different Kind of Airplane
Finger-pickin' Good!
Something special, no pretensions

Blue Country Heart
Jorma Kaukonen
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000658AR
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

Blue Railroad Train
Just Because
Blues Stay Away From Me
Red River Blues
Bread Line Blues
Waiting For A Train
Those Gambler's Blues
Tom Cat Blues
Big River Blues
Prohibition Blues
I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
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Singer and guitarist extraordinaire Jorma Kaukonen was a devoted aficionado of early-20th-century rural music long before he cofounded Jefferson Airplane in 1965 and Hot Tuna some years later. On his new solo album, Kaukonen has found an imaginative setting to remind listeners how a fusion of styles and influences from both black and white musicians defined American country music in its formative decades. Included here are gems, both familiar and obscure, by the likes of Jimmie Rodgers, the Delmore Brothers, Jimmie Davis, Cliff Carlisle, and other country musicians who were clearly inspired by their blues cousins. Backed by the Nashville All-Stars, a supersonic string band comprising bluegrass masters Sam Bush (mandolin), Jerry Douglas (Dobro), Béla Fleck (banjo), and Byron House (stand-up bass), all playing on vintage 1920s and '30s acoustic instruments, Kaukonen revives and vividly reinterprets these blues-drenched country classics for a new generation of listeners. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews:

hall of fame stuff.......2007-04-29

i found this jewel by accident thanks universe he's been with hot tuna i found out from a friend he was originally with jefferson airplane what more do we need? he has some real silky riffs great stuff buy 12

Jorma's best and most unaffected work.......2006-08-16

Jorma Kaukonen has said in interviews that this was the kind of music that got him started on guitar--that in fact, his father made a deal with him that if he learned to play 2 songs, the elder Kaukonen would buy his son a guitar. Both the songs Jorma learned were old-timey country songs (I recall one of them as being "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy"), so it would appear he has come full-circle.

And how beautifully so--this album so moved me that, by the time I got to "Free From the Chain Gang Now," I had tears in my eyes. Nothing flashy, nothing showy--just Jorma and a few of his best professional friends (including Sam Bush and Bela Fleck) having a Sunday-afternoon jam on the porch. It could be rural Tennessee, a house in the Catskills of upstate New York (where I'm now writing this from), the Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio, even a suburban bungalow in Topanga Canyon, California; whatever the setting, you fully expect to look out on your porch and see Jorma and the boys out there, jamming away and inviting you to come listen and maybe even sing a few songs with them...real easy-like, friendly smiles all round.

I, for one, would happily accept that invitation. So will you.

Flying A Different Kind of Airplane.......2004-10-16

Though the title of this CD gives a hint of what is to come, I had no idea what to expect when I bought it. When I first popped it into my CD player the music sounded so okie that I laughed aloud. This is Jorma Kaukonen? And unless you have followed all of the ins and outs of his career, you might have the same reaction.
I won't go into his musical past because if you are reading this, you are likely already familiar with him and his music. What you may not know of is his obvious fondness for bluegrass style music. If you are expecting guitar heroics, you won't find them here. If you are expecting a hard-driving rock recording, you won't find it here. But if you have any fondness in your heart for traditional American musical styles, this is a record for you! With Blue Country Heart, Jorma Kaukonen brings the listener forty-five minutes of fine toe-tappin', corn huskin', hoedown music.
My favorites here are Blue Railroad Train, Just Because (which features some magnificent banjo picking by Bela Fleck), Red River Blues, Bread Line Blues, Tom Cat Blues, Big River Blues, and Prohibition Blues. The listener will find that Kaukonen's voice is perfectly suited to this type of music and his musicians are first-rate.
I read a number of the reviews of this CD. A couple musical chauvinists complained of lack of authenticity. Do they really think that only people of a certain race can bring authenticity to the blues, that only hillbillies have bluegrass in their hearts? If they love the music of the original artist that much, they should be proud that Kaukonen is bringing that music to a new generation. If no one covered old songs, then memories of the great old songwriters would die with them and their contemporaries. I care less about authenticity than I do skill of interpretation, and on Blue Country Heart Kaukonen and company show great skill and feeling.
Yeah, I could listen to Jimmie Rodgers, with whom I am familiar, if I just had to be strictly authentic in my musical tastes. But until I heard this record, I never heard of the Delmore Brothers or some of the other writers. Now that I have, I am more likely to seek out the originals.
I think the record company missed an opportunity here to introduce Jorma Kaukonen to a new audience. With the current popularity of musicians like Allison Krause, and the attention to bluegrass generated by the popularity of the film "Wherefore Art Thou Brother?" this CD could have become a major seller. Kaukonen himself could promote the album by touring with Krause.
Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Hot Tuna fans might be surprised to find Jorma Kaukonen flying a different kind of airplane, but country music fans might find themselves wondering why they had never heard of someone as good as Kaukonen is before. They certainly would be surprised to know where he came from after hearing this.
I hope he does another like this soon. Four stars only because forty-five minutes is just not long enough.

Finger-pickin' Good!.......2004-10-01

After hearing Hot Tuna live recently I had to check this CD out. Like Jerry Garcia, Jorma began to study and play American roots music long ago. Those who enjoy late 60's Grateful Dead (Cumberland Blues) or Jerry's work with mandolin-bluegrass master David Grisman may find similar pleasures await them here.

Some will complain about Jack Cassidy's absence, but Jorma compensates by assembling the likes of Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and Bela Fleck, modern bluegrass elites and Grisman associates. Whether this music may be blues or bluegrass, Jorma's partners have chops and authority second to none, and they break out with blazing spontaneity between verses.

Jorma's warm grainy voice is in fine form and his distinctive tone seems just right for his amusing survey of depression-era songs about railroads, rivers, critters, and the tough life in general. If you like music that sounds like a bunch of hillbilly hippies pickin' n grinnin' on the back porch, this CD is worth your money.

Something special, no pretensions.......2004-08-05

Anyone familiar with Jorma Kaukonen will know that he has been playing this type of music off and on -- mostly on -- for many many years. Here he not only gets to display his own virtuosity, but he can do so in a way that is true to the music, something that wasn't always the case when he played in rock-oriented bands. Blessedly teamed with stellar bluegrass musicians, the band comes off as sharp and confident in this first-class recording. The sound comes through clear and pure, but not "produced", all the while maintaining an aura of witnessing a bunch of friends sitting on the porch, jamming on a Sunday afternoon. This recording is the closest thing I've heard to date that captures the essence of old-time musicians and musicianship back before music became an industry and a commodity.

PS: I see a previous post that disparages this recording based on the color of the artist's skin. I'm not sure of his motive, but the inference is that this record should be dismissed based on a belief that only one race 'owns' or can 'legitimatly' play the blues. The blues may have started in the Mississippi Delta, but it borrowed freely and cross-fertilized from all popular music at the time. Whether the idea for the blues originated from specific conditions by a specific group is irrelevent -- the blues represents the blending of creative forces throughout the country. Just as the blues have evolved past its roots as field chants, it has become first an American institution, and now an international one. Any musician can tell you that where ever he goes on this planet, if the people have heard about America, they want to hear him play the blues.

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An album that deserved a bigger audience.
A splendid return to greatness!
GOOD!
This Album Is An Inside Look At A More Mature John Denver
A Music Fan from Mullingar, Ireland

Seasons of the Heart
John Denver
Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B000002W6H
Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Opposite Tables
Relatively Speaking
Dreams
Nothing But A Breeze
What One Man Can Do
Shanghai Breezes
Islands
Heart To Heart
Perhaps Love
Children Of The Universe

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An album that deserved a bigger audience........2007-05-27

John Denver's star was on the wane and his marriage to Annie was either ending or just over when this album was done. Just as "Duke" (Genesis) became Phil Collins' response to his divorce, so this was John's.

And it is a brilliant album, although probably John's darkest since "Take Me to Tomorrow". It deserved more exposure and should have reached a larger audience. But, since John was at the point where he would "only" sell about 500,000 albums RCA did nothing to promote it. John was dropped by RCA after his next album, "Wind beneath My Wings". People have discovered this gem over the years. If you haven't, give it a listen. Better late than never.

A splendid return to greatness!.......2005-07-26

After wandering for five years in search of a new sound, JD goes back to writing and singing a nice collection of tunes. Some of this material reflects his recent travels to distant lands, especially the delightful Top 40 ballad "Shanghai Breezes." Other standout tracks include "Islands", with the fragrant tropical tradewinds blowing through my mind as I listen, and "Opposite Tables", a medium-speed soft rocker with some great backup vocals by Denver himself. That one is a political plea for an end to the cold war, which was still plaguing the world at that time. A couple of sunny, laid-back pop tunes with irresistable melodies and artistic production work also got my attention: "Dreams" and "Relatively Speaking."

The songs here are fresh and different from most of his previous albums, and John puts his unmistakeable stamp of quality on all of them. If pressed to find fault, I could only say that "Heart To Heart" goes on a little too long at the end, and I miss the kind of songs that JD does better than anybody, namely, nature songs. But how can I complain, when he explores new territory with the style and confidence of one who's been there before?
This is an indispensible addition to any collection of 80s pop music.

GOOD!.......2004-06-01

"All this Joy" and "Alaska and Me" are the best tracks. I liked this album because of the pure and innocent joy many of the songs represented. I still have the LP but have not played it for awhile because I haven't had a working turntable for over ten years. John had a way to make people feel connected after listening to his songs, a rare talent indeed, in this day and age of fragmentation in society.

This Album Is An Inside Look At A More Mature John Denver.......2003-06-28

I recently purchased this CD and have played it endlessly. I have been a John Denver fan since his career began. With the exception of It's About Time , I have always enjoyed John's music.
At one point, later in his life , John commented on how he was just learning how to sing . The songs about the mountains and the ocean have always been John's signature . Other than Annie's Song , little is said about John's songs about life and love .
This album is a complete expression of John's psyche . With John's marriage ending , the death of his father, and the decline of his ability to top the charts, he is definately reaching deep into his soul . Perhaps Love ( without Pavoratti ), Seasons of the Heart , and Relatively Speaking are three of my favorites . Opposite Tables is John experimenting with a new sound . I have not been too pleased with John's experiments with different sounds, but John hit the mark with this album .
Anybody who says that John Denver was just a fad , or that he was not a serious artist with real talent , should listen to this album with an open mind . Probably his best studio album ever .

A Music Fan from Mullingar, Ireland.......2001-04-30

An incredible collection of songs that truely touch the heart. John was an incredible songsmith who composed many beautiful songs none better than what he penned on this CD. Classic !!!

Abracadabra: The Asylum Years - Judee Sill / Heart Food

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Essential Sill in one package
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Abracadabra: The Asylum Years - Judee Sill / Heart Food
Judee Sill
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ASIN: B000FS9KS0
Release Date: 2006-06-26

Tracks:

Crayon Angels
Phantom Cowboy
Archetypal Man
Lamb Ran Away with the Crown
Lady-O
Jesus Was a Cross Maker
Ridge Rider
My Man on Love
Lopin' Along Thru the Cosmos
Enchanted Sky Machines
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Pearl [Original Version][*]
Phoenix [Original Version][*]
Ridge Rider [Alternate Version][#][*]
My Man on Love [Alternate Version][#][*]
Intro/The Vigilante [*]
Lady-O [*]
Enchanted Sky Machines [*]
Archetypal Man [*]
Crayon Angels [*]
Lamb Ran Away with the Crown [*]
Jesus Was a Cross Maker [*]

Tracks:

There's a Rugged Road
Kiss
Pearl
Down Where the Valleys Are Low
Vigilante
Soldier of the Heart
Phoenix
When the Bridegroom Comes
Donor
Desperado [*]
Kiss [*]
Down Where the Valleys Are Low [*]
Donor [*]
Soldier of the Heart [*]
Phoenix [*]
Vigilante [*]
Pearl [*]
There's a Rugged Road [*]
Donor [Alternate Mix][#][*]

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Judee Sill
Judee Sill was just 35 when she died of a drug overdose in 1979, never having extended what seemed to be an unlimited potential on this, her debut record, released just eight years before. With the wits of a poet and the intonation of an angel, the post-hippie Californian laced her original compositions with astral and religious imagery--and feelings of hopelessness--and then executed them with the pop lavishness of Karen Carpenter. Sill's contemporaneous acoustic folk is sparely backed, while her multitracked vocals add to the redemptive eeriness of supernatural songs like "Lopin' Along thru the Cosmos," "The Phantom Cowboy," and "Enchanted Sky Machines." That Graham Nash produced the minor radio hit "Jesus Was a Crossmaker" (and later saw it covered by his former band the Hollies) attests that Sill was running with the right crowd. But despairing lyrics like "Guess reality is not as it seems / So I sit here hoping for truth and a ride to the other side" ("Crayon Angels") suggest that Judee Sill was conscious that her life could be brief. Thankfully, she left this behind. --Scott Holter

Heart Food
Judee Sill's follow-up to her 1971 self-titled debut sadly also turned out to be her final album, yet Heart Food stands neck and neck with its wondrous predecessor as a near-flawless slice of 1970s pop-flavored Laurel Canyon folk. The production and arrangements here are much grander then on Judee Sill, with her original piano- and guitar-driven songs enhanced by strings, church organ, harmonica, pedal steel, kettle drums, and even male vocals. But no matter the song--be it the Brian Wilson-influenced "The Vigilante," the country-flavored "There's a Rugged Road," or the piano-solo delight "When the Bridegroom Comes"--it all comes back to Sill's virginal voice, which twists and teeters in varying octaves and moods, sometimes within the same track. Sadly, her deliberate songwriting style denied her any chance at a third album. Drugs claimed Judee Sill's life just five years after Heart Food, which can serve as an alluring introduction to this brilliant artist or as a proud bookend to her more-appreciated debut. --Scott Holter

Album Description

2006 two CD compilation from this under-rated folk artist containing both albums she recorded for the fledgling Asylum Records label (Judee Sill from 1971 and Heart Food from '73) plus 19 bonus tracks. This collection combines both Expanded Versions of her albums, originally issued in limited quantity by Rhino Handmade in 2004.

Album Details

UK Collection of the Acclaimed Seventies Singer / Songwriter's Elektra Recordings and Rarities. Her Two Beguiling Albums Are Here with Numerous Outtakes, Demos and Live Performances. "Judee Sill" Has 10 Additional Tracks, Including "The Pearl" and "The Phoenix", Left off in Favor of "Jesus was a Cross Maker" plus Its Demo, One of her Best Known Songs. The Rest were Recorded Live at Boston Music Hall in 1971 by Bill Halverson, Concurrently as He Recorded the Headliners David Crosby and Graham Nash. Nash Produced "Jesus was a Cross Maker". "Heart Food" Adds the Previously Unreleased Outtake, "The Desperado" Along with Eight Solo Demos, Recorded in Hollywood.

Customer Reviews:

Defective Liner Notes.......2006-12-06

I love the music, but the copy I received (from Amazon) was missing some pages from the liner notes. I wanted to exchange it for another copy, but Amazon said no. I tried contacting Rhino, and they never did anything. How can I get the liner notes without having to buy a whole new CD?

Essential Sill in one package.......2006-08-19

Regardless of the shoddy slipcase that totally LOOKS budget (and really, I didn't buy this set for the slipcase) - this is an essential item in any serious music collector's library. Judee Sill went overlooked in her lifetime and it really is dumbfounding as to why when listening to these CDs. She's got a plain, yet completely touching voice -- slight twang, and remarkably similar to the motherly Kate McGarrigle -- and this voice cannot lie when lyrics are sung through it. She believes what she is singing about, and I love that. Everything you've read about her arrangements and tunes are true: they are grand, understated at times, overstated never, and utterly get under your skin even after just the first play. To get her brilliant two albums in one set for a very low price is a gift. The booklet is fabulous, great photos of Judee with sensitively written liner notes and great detail into the mastering of these CDs (particularly about 'preserving' the distortion in the masters.) The material on these discs are the exact same as the two Rhino Handmade discs released a few years ago. [and believe it or not, a bit of a better mastering job!] so stop staring at those $50+ copies here on Amazon -- unless you are a true Judee Sill COLLECTOR in the sense that you need every edition pressed ever, this is what you want. You get her two timeless records, and those great great demos and that STELLAR live performance all here for next to nothing. Lovely, brilliant, about time!

Best thing in 2006.......2006-08-08

I discovered Judee Sill in internet activities. Buying this 2-CD set was my first opportunity to hear her singing at a volume and sound quality that I can appreciate. On some Warren Zevon web page, I found words and chords for "Jesus Was a Cross Maker," a Judee Sill song that was on his `Mutineer' CD in 1995. The original version by Judee Sill that I found at MySpace.com introduced me to her abilities as a Gospel pianist, which are particularly powerful on the renditions of "Enchanted Sky Machines" that are on Disc One of this set.

"Crayon Angels" has one of the lines that gives me one of the biggest Judee Sill laughs I've had in the last month. After the false prophets caused her heavenly visions to disappear:

"the angels came back and laughed in my dreams,
I wonder what it means."

judee .......2006-07-20

a complilation like this should have been assembled by rhino years ago. instead, rhino handmade released limited editions of sill's first and second asylum recordings as individual packages, both of which included studio "demos", and live performances as added bonus cuts.
the reissue producer gives a technical statement of how this compilation differs from all previously released versions of both albums in terms of distorted vocal levels that were/are part of the existing master tapes. for those familiar with the recordings, the distortions were part of the mixing and mastering process, and thus cannot be corrected. enough said.
the music is some of the most gorgeous, powerful, and haunting recorded material i have heard from anybody. let the music of judee sill take you away. the packaging is beautifully assembled. for those of you who could not buy the rhino handmade series, here is your chance to have most of what was issued on those limited releases.
at the price of this admission, you must pick up a copy immediately.

Judee is magical..........2006-06-21

I bought her first album when it was released years ago. This was the age of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and so many other wonderfully talented singer-songwriters. I thought Judee would be a star right along all the rest of them. Her spaced-out spirituals were haunting and mysterious to me. Her troubled life ended her singing career after two albums, however, and she seemed to disappear. I never purchased her second record and looked for it for years in used record stores. I continued to listen to the album I had and later read about her early death. It made me sad. I was happy, however, to learn that she wasn't forgotten when I saw her two albums re-released with great additional tracks on CDs a few years ago. Now Judee's music continues to take me to far away places. She is a classic hippie-chick songwriter of the early '70s. Listen to songs like "Lopin' Along Thru the Cosmos" or "The Phoenix" and you'll get the flavor of the times. These folk spirituals are colorful and lyrical. Her voice is pure and simple.

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If Only I Had Known
THIS IS THE ONE!!!
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HEART WRENCHING AND BEAUTIFUL!!!

For My Broken Heart
Reba McEntire
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ASIN: B000002OI1
Release Date: 1991-10-01

Tracks:

For My Broken Heart
Is There Life Out There
Bobby
He's In Dallas
All Dressed Up (With Nowhere To Go)
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
Buying Her Roses
The Greatest Man I Never Knew
I Wouldn't Go That Far
If I Had Only Known

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It's easy to understand why this is one of the most intense, heartfelt albums that Reba McEntire has ever recorded. It came on the heels of a plane crash that killed her road manager and six band members. Though McEntire channels her sense of loss into these songs, her restraint is what makes these performances so memorable. Her voice is powerful and taut with emotion as she grapples with the tangled despair of the title tune and "Is There Life out There"--both back-to-back No. 1 singles. Other highlights include McIntire's fabulous rendition of the 1973 Vicki Lawrence hit, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia." --Bob Allen

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Very Good Music.......2006-07-15

This is one of the best CD's Reba has ever recorded in her career. Every song on this CD is a winner. From For My Broken Heart to If I Had Only Known (Which could have been a single.)
Reba really sings her heart out on these songs and you can feel the hurt in her voice also. I lost my father 2 1/2 years ago and this CD really helps me through some rough times.
She does a good rendetion of Vicki Lawrence's The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia. The Video is also wonderful.
Another one of my favorite songs on the CD is The Greatest Man I Never Knew. It is about a girl whose father never had time to listen to his family and I feel he missed out on a lot from his family and daughter. It didn't stop his daughter from loving her father.
This CD is for anyone who has had a sad time in their life. It can really help you through a lot of pain.
GOOD JOB REBA!!!

If Only I Had Known.......2005-10-27

What a wonderful album.I have listen to it a lot.Reba knows how to sing a song to make it your own.The song "If Only I Had Known" Means a lot to me.It has special meaning.You will not be disappointed in this album.

THIS IS THE ONE!!!.......2005-09-30

If ever there were a quinticential Reba McEntire album, "For My Broken Heart" would be the one! The album is dripping with raw emotion! It produced 2 #1 singles and has sold over 4 millions copies, making it her most successful studio album. It's no wonder really. The album is nothing short of a masterpiece. No words can actually describe how amazing this album is! I think the 5 STAR rating proves it all!

THIS ONE DESERVES FIVE STARS AND MORE.......2005-09-30

While not in keeping with traditional country, this CD is breathtakingly beautiful nonetheless because the songs are first class material and the arrangements are perfect! This is the best of Reba in the 90s.

HEART WRENCHING AND BEAUTIFUL!!!.......2005-09-25

The most heartfelt album that Reba has ever done. This is classic all the way!! From beginning to end!!

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Used Heart For Sale
I Love Gary Allan!! Great Vocals &, Music
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Good Debut

Used Heart for Sale
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ASIN: B000002P2I
Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

Send Back My Heart
Her Man
Forever And A Day
Living In A House Full Of Love
All I Had Going Is Gone
Used Heart For Sale
Of All The Hearts
From Where I'm Sitting
Wine Me Up
Wake Up Screaming

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Used Heart For Sale.......2007-02-14

This is a nice CD that forshadows his later work which keeps getting better and better. Every CD by Gary Allan is worth having.

I Love Gary Allan!! Great Vocals &, Music .......2007-01-10

I am working on getting all of Gary Allan's released cd's - I believe I have one left to buy. Used Heart for Sale is a wonderful addition to the collection I already have - and I enjoy listening to it. Great Music!

If you love country.............2006-11-12

This CD is great, good old fashion HONKY TONK!!!! This CD didn't get much radio time but it is an amazing debut CD from an amazing country artist. Gary Allan has always said that he loves true country and this CD is proof positive of that!!!

used heart.......2006-08-23

I own all of G.A.'s cds this was another great addition. I searched every store I know and could not find it. W/ Amazon it took me 2sec. to locate and 2days to receive!!! I will definately use Amazon more often and am looking forward to more great stuff from Gary Allan!!

Good Debut.......2004-03-12

This album was released in the fall of 1996, and introduced one of my favorite male country singers. Gary Allan understands what true country is, and is not afraid to showcase it on his albums. Hopefully one day he receives the acclaim and attention he deserves. The hit from this album was the ballad "Her Man", and the two other singles were "Forever And A Day" and "Living In A House Full Of Love". The title track is my favorite of the bunch, and the closing "Wake Up Screaming" is another definite highlight. Not his strongest album, but a good introduction to his music, and an overall pretty solid debut album.

The King's Singers Original Debut Recording

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King's Singers Debut
Thirty years old: still terrific
This is vintage King's Singers!

The King's Singers Original Debut Recording

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ASIN: B000000A9F
Release Date: 1994-05-10

Tracks:

The Peanut Vendor
Shenandoah
Cherry Ripe
Summertime
Time Was
Scarborough Fair
None But The Lonely Heart
Linstead Market
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Wives And Lovers
Blow Away The Morning Dew
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As the line in the opening track, "The Peanut Vendor", says: "Fifty million monkeys can't be wrong." And back in 1971, the purchasers of this debut LP (originally The King's Singers: By Appointment) found overwhelming proof in its vinyl grooves that a refreshingly new quality product was on the market. Soon the unlikely lads known as The King's Singers were all over television screens in the company of the likes of Val Doonican, Shirley Bassey, and Nana Mouskouri--also, of course, performing bucketloads of serious repertoire in concerts. For those who rushed to buy the original, this re-release is a real trip down memory lane, the excellent sound enhanced by the extra detail and color in the CD transfer (though, please note, there's less than 35 minutes of music). "Cherry Ripe," "Scarborough Fair," and Bacharach's "Wives and Lovers" are here, along with lots more, performed with that familiar mix of vocal perfection and effortless poise and complemented by the discreet contribution of the Gordon Langford Trio. --Andrew Green

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King's Singers Debut.......2007-01-12

I am a real fan of the King's Singers, and this album was very well received. I loved it. Recommend it to anyone.

Thirty years old: still terrific.......2003-02-02

We have loved this album for 30 years. We are so pleased it has been released on CD. It was originally part of a very small collection of gramophone records, and is now one of hundreds of CDs, but it is one we keep playing and playing.

The singing is flawless, the songs are wonderful and the arrangements are very clever. What more could you want?

It includes The Kings' Singers theme song, "What Kind of Things (do the Kings' Singers sing?)" which is a humorous description of the variety in their music and in their vocal ranges.

Other highlights are:
Summertime, which is quite close to the orignal sheet music, carefully arranged for 6 voices.

The folk song Scarborough Fair adheres quite closely to the Simon and Garfunkel arrangement, whereas The Oak and the Ash and Blow Away the Morning Dew are special creations for the group by Gordon Langford.

Time Was and The Green Leaves of Summer show the group's ability to create a wonderful mood through slow, soulful singing.

Highly recommended. Timeless music.

This is vintage King's Singers!.......2001-06-09

In the thirty or more years that the King's Singers have been going, they've released dozens of CDs. And as much as I adore some of their recent recordings, I still regard this first album as some of their best work.

This performance is both of a very high quality and is also a magnificent showcase of the variety of things the King's Singers sing. I doubt you would find many other recordings which contain works by Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Bacharach as well as traditional folksongs from the British Isles and America - especially not recordings that are of such a high standard. The vocal harmonies are just delicious, and the Gordon Langford Trio also provides a brilliant accompaniment and gives songs like The Peanut Vendor, Shenandoah and Summertime a delightful relaxed feeling. Then there is also the lighthearted and whimsical What Kind of Things - a song all about what sort of music the King's Singers sing!

Tracks:

Armadillo Stomp
Good Rockin' Tonight
I'm Coming Home
DownTo Seeds And Stems Again Blues
Sunset On The Sage
Little Sally Walker
Git It
Oh Momma Momma
Crying Time
Diggy Liggy Lo
Riot In Cell Block #9
Too Much Fun
Mean Woman Blues

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Great Gig.......2007-04-04

The Commander and his Airmen were my favourite rockin' country band of the 70's and this album shows them at their very best. Since there is no definitive Commander "Best Of" album out there, (the "Too Much Fun" album is probably the best but still less than satisfactory), Cody fans should just go out and get all their early albums (i.e. those albums released prior to 1976). Start with "Lost in the Ozone", "Hot Licks, Cold Steel and Trucker's Favourites", this Armadillo live album (and its companion piece "Sleazy Roadhouse Stories" - the rest of the Armadillo concert) and then go from there. The Airmen were not just a bunch of stoned, drunk musos but instrumentalists (and songwriters) of the highest quality. Many are still making a living from music over 30 years later. They may seem rough and ready on the albums but that was the effect they sought. Listen closely and you will hear superb musicianship, arranging, singing and songwriting (including inspired selection of covers).

CCAHLPA burned hot and bright for a short time and this live album is the pinnacle of their recorded work.

Commander Cody at His Best.......2006-06-25

These are all of the Commader Cody songs that have made him a legend. Highly recomended for any one into Rock-a-billy or Texas Rock.

Should have been a double live..........2005-12-08

...And it almost was a double live...the commander wanted it that way, record company said no...what do record companies know? Not much, sadly, becuase there WAS a WHOLE LOT more music from this concert at the world-famous Armadillo World Headquarters...the rest of this concert can be found on one of three albums...Sleazy Roadside Stories, Bar Room Classics, or Texas Roadhouse Favorites...the third mentioned is hard to find, apperantly a UK only release. Sleazy Roadside Stories has two tracks missing from the other two, but any of those are good if you want the rest of the concert. This is a great album, it has, arguably, the BEST version of "Riot In Cell Block #9" ever recorded...was that July 27 1973 or 1963? Hmmmm Anyway, crank this one up, crack open a lone star, and drift away to 525 and 1/2 Barton Springs Road in Austin, TX...in 1973, was there a better place to see the greatest progressive country band in history?

Good Rockin Tonight.......2005-08-19

There were a lot of groups that I enjoyed in my wilder 20's and 30's. Asleep at the Wheel was my favorite until I discovered Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. These guys could really rock and roll. Their early albums showed them finding their style and they kept getting better. Unfortunately, when they had really hit their stride, the real talent of the group went elsewhere and we were left with the Commander and a new group. He may have put the group together and his name at the front but Commander Cody was not the heart and soul of this group.

"Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas" is one of those great later albums when the group had found their sound and wasn't afraid to show it. My favorite cuts are "Sunset on the Sage", "Git It", "Diggy Liggy Lo", "Mean Woman Blues", and "Too Much Fun". They show that they can do ballads, rock and roll, and out of control rockabilly. I thing what gives them their special sound is the liberal use of the pedal steel guitar and the fiddle. It gives their sound a sort of "take off" to a higher level.

I saw Asleep at the Wheel live on several occassions (including the original cast) but I never had an opportunity to see Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. There's nothing I can do to fill the void except continue to listen to their live albums. If you can't get excited about this album, you're on too much medication.

Superb live album of hippie-country-rock-swing.......2003-08-06

Following a third album that didn't shine as inventively as their first two, the Airmen returned with an absolutely brilliant document of all that their music meant. Recorded live at Austin, Texas' "World Armadillo Headquarters," the Airmen sound like the Buckaroos in their prime: relaxed, confident, and deadly across a wide variety of inter-related musical genres. They even cover Owens' "Crying Time," much to the crowd's delight.

The band swings effortlessly from the opening fiddle-driven instrumental into a rousing take of Elvis' "Good Rockin' Tonight." They cruise along with Johnny Horton's trucker themed "I'm Coming Home" only to plow headlong into the misery of the band's signature "Seeds and Stems (Again)." They harmonize with equal beauty for the cowboy tune, "Sunset on the Sage," and the doo-wop "Git It."

The Commander gets his boogie-woogie slot on the band-penned "Oh Momma," and his spoken-vocal leads a guitar-and-sax heavy take of Leiber & Stoller's "Riot in Cell Block #9. The Cajun-influenced "Diggy Liggy Lo" bursts with incredible, manic energy, and the band's "Too Much Fun" shows what a fine dance-combo they were, as does the rousing closer, "Mean Woman Blues."

This would be the last record the band would make before jumping to Warner Brothers, and it's a pitch-perfect document of all they created in their time at Paramount. All that's missing from this album is the dancer's sweat and a cold Shiner Bock -- the good times are preserved here for all to hear.

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