Guitar Shop [Import]

Track Listings

1. Guitar Shop

2. Savoy

3. Behind The Veil

4. Big Block

5. Where Were You

6. Stand On It

7. Day In The House

8. Two Rivers

9. Sling Shot

Tracks:

Guitar Shop
Savoy
Behind The Veil
Big Block
Where Were You
Stand On It
Day In The House
Two Rivers
Sling Shot

Customer Reviews:

5 stars for technical brilliance, 2 stars for musicality.......2007-07-16

Jeff Beck is definately one of the greatest guitar gods ever, and he definately proves this here his riffs are hard hitting and his solos are fast and brilliant. However, one thing this album does not succeed in is giving a musical experience. Most of the songs are hard rocking but steady giving a heavy load kind of feel and the softer songs are less spectacular because of the mechanical keyboad "orchestras" backing jeff up.

Amazing playing, but if you want a musical experience check out Blow by Blow or Wired

Five Stars are not Enough!!.......2007-06-27

From the holy trinity of Beck, Clapton, and Page; this work has to be considered among the best of the best. A must for any fan of the three. Beck's best by far.

Technically flawless, but..........2007-05-10

Jeff Beck is often compared to his two fellow Yardbird alumni, Messrs Clapton and Page and frequently gets (deserved)credit for having surpassed them in his vision of what a guitar can do. While I'm not familiar enough with Page's work, other than the better known Led Zep material, to speak to his accomplishments, I'd have to say that Clapton, at least as it appears, has deepened in ways not evident on Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop. Sure, there are great grooves and intense playing and of course, amazing guitar solos. But the auto garage metaphor here works more than perhaps the musicians knew. The album is mostly pure, metallic testosterone. Barely any subtlety or warmth. Big, powerful and unapologetically beefy, Guitar Shop is an engaging disc but you're more likely to sit in wide-eyed appreciation of it than be moved or touched by it. It's shiny, but cold. Want to hear Jeff Beck more in touch with his "feminine side?" Check out his recent duet with Kelly Clarkson that aired on the American Idol charity benefit (available on itunes). He's restrained, sensitive and lyrical. And almost 20 years older!

Another gem from the the Dalai Lama of the guitar!.......2006-09-04

You can't go wrong with a trio as versatile and talented as Beck, Bozzio and Hymas. "Behind the veil" is worth the price of admission alone. Also "Savoy" and "Two Rivers". Let's face it. This guy is the best. Noel Redding (Hendrix's late bassist) confessed in an interview that Beck was his favorite. Heck, you needn't interview me for me to say the same. My favorite album of his is "You had it coming". If you're in doubt, go with that CD. And do consider "Who else". In my opinion "You had it coming" is his best. Oops, did I neglect to mention "Blow by blow" and "Beck-Ola"? Excellent illustrations of his outstanding talent.

Hard, metallic, and rough.......2006-04-26

I really like this album, but I am not sure it is quite a 5 star classic. Released in 1989, the CD is 39 minutes long and the sound quality is very good.

The great thing about Jeff Beck is that he is always experimenting and pushing the boundaries. The difficult thing is that you never know what you are going to get with a Jeff Beck CD. You might love one of his styles and hate his others. Many people who like Beck's pop music (especially the days he was with Rod Stewart) or his jazz fusion, hate this CD.

This is a trio of Beck, Terry Bozzio (from Frank Zappa and Missing Persons) and keyboardist Tony Hymas. The music has a very hard and rough edge to it, but it isn't heavy metal or hard rock.

There are vocals on two tracks, but it isn't singing. It is like a manic rap. It is strange and very addictive. It is similar to the ending of the Tube's What Do You Want From Life.

Like Beck's Rough and Ready and Blow By Blow, I find the music very atmospheric and absorbing. It is the type than can transport you to a different reality where you completely lose yourself in the music. Your head is spinning when the CD is over.

I can't quite give this 5 stars. There are some sensational tracks, such as the "vocals" Guitar Shop and A Day in the House. The tracks in the middle are also very stunning, getting the most of the keyboard and guitar interaction. But, some tracks are just merely good. Two Rivers is a just mundate New Age type jazz number. Behind the Veil and Sling Shot are fusion type numbers that Beck has done much better in the past.

If you like this, you have to get Jeff Beck Live at BB King's.

If you want to try something along the same lines but a little more melodic but spacy, with longer compositions, check out Francis Monkman Jam.

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Tracks:

Overture To 'Tannhauser'
Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
Hungarian Dance No.7
The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
Csardas Music
The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
Tzigane
Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
Caprice No.24
The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
The Violin Muted
Clair De Lune
The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
The Pizzicato Violin
Pizzicato Polka
In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
Hungarian Dance No.4
Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
Bolero
Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
Elfenreigen

Tracks:

Introduction To The Viola
Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
Cypresses (No.9)
The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
The 'Period' Viola In Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
Elfentanz, Op.39
Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
The Protecting Veil (Opening)
A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
Flamenco
Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
Symphony No.9 (Finale)
Introduction To The Double-Bass
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
Elegy No.1 In D Major
The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
Capriccio Di Bravura
Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
Sa'Dawi
Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
Chamber Music No.II
The Piccolo - Aptly Named
La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
A Variety Of Techniques
Chamber Music No.II
Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
Naelden, Naelden
The Bachian Oboe
Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
The Swan Of Tuonela
The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
Bolero
The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
...And Quite Low.
Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
Introduction To The Saxophone
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
Bolero
The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
Sax-O-Phun
The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
Bolero
The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
Symphony No.3 (Opening)
The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
The Ceremonial Trumpet
Fanfare For The Common Man
Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
Billy The Kid
The Trumpet As Character Actor
Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
The Birth Of The Trombone
Aenmerckt Nu Hier
The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
Canzon 12 In Double Echo
The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
Hosannah
The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
The Trombone As Caricaturist
Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
The Horn And The Hunt
Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
Walter Music (Minuet 1)
The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
Den Hoboecken Dans
Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
Gymnopedie No.2
The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
The Birth Of The Bongo
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
Taking Advantage Of Tunability
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
Ravel And The Xylophone
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
Introducing The Vibraphone
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
Folk Dances
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
Introducing The Tubular Bells
Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite (Introduction)
But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Introducing The Celeste
The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
Mahler's Sleighbells
Symphony No.4 (Opening)
A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Nocturnes
Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
The Oboe As Duck
Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
A Thunderstorm In A Million
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
Octet In F (Mvt 3)
The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
Canzon 28
Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
Images (Gigues)
A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

Tracks:

Even It Up
Kathy's Song
Half Moon
Everything
A Case Of You
Sister
Love Mistake
Ground Zero
Leghead's Lament
In Your Eyes
Angels
These Dreams
The Rain Song

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Considering her status as a driving force behind the worldwide success of Heart, it's surprising to see the caution with which guitarist-vocalist Nancy Wilson has approached her bow as a solo performer. Most bands spin off solo careers as often as--indeed, perhaps more often than--they change their shirts. But Wilson is old school and Heart has always gotten her best stuff. Just so, Live at McCabes comes off as a loose and low-key showcase for Wilson's new material, as well as a chance to show off her interpretive skills. The 13-song all-acoustic program is highlighted by well-chosen covers such as Paul Simon's "Kathy's Song," Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes," and Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You." Wilson also takes on three Heart classics--"Even It Up," "Angels," and "These Dreams"--while new songs such as the mandolin-driven "Half Moon" and the gorgeous "Everything" stand comfortably alongside her best stuff. "All we need is a campfire," Wilson quips at one point, an appropriate summation of this intimate, unpretentious, classy set. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Great solo performance.......2007-07-13

I've been a Heart fan for years, and have loved Ann Wilson voice, the best female rock singer for decades (IMO). If I heard anything about Heart, I used to think only in Ann Wilson "and the rest of the band".

Hearing Nancy's solo show at McCabes Guitar Shop, I realized how good guitarist and singer she is and, something I already knew, how a great composer.

Album starts with Heart's song "Even It Up", very well performed by Nancy (only her voice and her guitar, some times helped by Kristen Barry and Astrid Young with background vocals). Other Heart stuff made me smile and enjoy as well, but new songs which I'd never heard before, are really great. "Ground Zero" is the one I like the most, a song which, musically, goes beyond the ballad I could expected.

Guitar playing, even though it some times sounds a bit raw, like it is in Even It Up, is amazing. Just listen the couple which starts with Paul Simon's "Kathy's Song", followed by Nancy's "Half Moon", as well as an awesome song for solo guitar called "Leghead's Lament". This clean and rich way of playing her acoustic guitar, is present in the whole disc.

Sequence formed by "Love Mistake, Ground Zero, Leghead's Lament, In Your Eyes, Angels and These Dreams (songs from 7 to 12) is lovely.

I wonder why a Nancy's studio album has not produced yet.

I love Nancy's voice!.......2007-03-22

I may be in the minority here, but I prefer Nancy Wilson's voice to her sister Ann's. Don't get me wrong: Ann is a remarkable, world-class vocalist, but I have enjoyed Nancy's sturdy, vulnerable vocal stylings in all the Heart songs in which she does lead vocals (especially "There's The Girl" and "Stranded"). So, naturally, this CD had to be bought!

While I would love Nancy to put out a solo studio album, this CD is great. It's a low-key live show, presented without pretense or expectation. Nancy did this solo show just for the love of music, and the listener can tell. She keeps it charming and light throughout, but she defintely impresses with her lovely singing and exemplary guitar playiing.

I'd recommend this CD to any fan of Heart, and anyone who enjoys female acoustic singer-songwriter music. An awesome collection.

Bare Bones Nancy Wilson.......2006-10-02

The first time I saw Heart perform live, during the "Dreamboat Annie" tour, The show started out with a very mellow crowd, who were surprisingly (to the Band) enthusiastic to the slower more acoustic based song performances. Ann Wilson looked out into the crowd seeming rather puzzled, and said something like "Wow you guys really like the softer stuff" the crowd went wild with appreciation, and she said something to the affect, "We'll have to come back sometime and play a whole show like that... But tonight, we're here to "Rock & Roll"" to which of course the crowd went wilder. And they thoroughly kicked butt for the next two hours. To this day one of the best Concerts I ever saw.

Although, Heart came back to town a couple of times, the Wilson Sisters forgot about that promise, but I never did.

So here, along with "The Road Home", "Live at McCabe's" is as close as I will come to hearing that show.

That being said... This is a bare bones performance, so don't expect studio qualitly.

What you should expect is a unique set of performances by one of the best harmonizing voices in rock music.

One of those voices..........2006-08-21

If you're of the opinion, as I am, that Nancy Wilson has one of those voices you just love when you hear it, then you'll probably enjoy this a lot. Her down-to-earth, sweet tones are inspiring. This CD was done, as the title indicates, live, at a very small and intimate venue. It's just Nancy, singing and playing brilliantly, with a couple of back-up vocalists providing harmonies. Highly, highly, highly recommended.

Incredible power of Nancy Wilson ...........2005-08-24

An absolute A+, a must have for any Heart-fan ... Nancy Wilson delivers her great power on lyrics and voice, as a comment pretty well writen, not pretensious, just incredible ....

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Freedy at his Intimate Best
Quite good

Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop
Freedy Johnston
Manufacturer: Shout Factory
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sky Blue Sky
West
Don't Tell Columbus
Farewell to the World

ASIN: B000FVBLLG
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

Introduction
The Farthest Lights
Radio For Heartache
Underwater Life
Moving On A Holiday
Pretend It's Summer
Evie's Tears
Gone Like The Water
You Get Me Lost
Two Lovers Stop
Wichita Lineman
Western Sky
This Perfect World
Bad Reputation

Album Description

Singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston rocketed to fame in the early '90s with the release of his second album, Can You Fly, which critic Robert Christgau called "a perfect album." He quickly signed to Elektra and recorded a string of albums, including This Perfect World, which spawned the Top 40 hit "Bad Reputation." This previously unreleased live concert, from April 25, 1998, contains not only that song, but also three others from that album, two songs from his at-the-time-unreleased album, Never Home, and his acclaimed cover of "Wichita Lineman" from the earlier Unlucky EP, among other fan favorites.

Customer Reviews:

Freedy at his Intimate Best.......2007-01-09

Fans of Freedy Johnston such as me will revel in this delightful, intimate live performance. I have seen Freedy perform five times over the past twelve years in such varied venues as larger music halls (where he was accompanied by a full back-up band) to small coffeehouses (where he was either unaccompanied or worked with another guitarist.) I have preferred the latter more intimate performances, and that is just what you get with "Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop".

The disc is heavy on songs Freedy was recording for his soon-to-be released CD at the time "Blue Days Black Nights" (including a lovely rendition of "Radio For Heartache", which ultimately was left off the "Blue Days..." CD due to technical studio issues and later released on "Right Between The Promises".) Freedy is in fine form throughout the perfomance captured here; his voice and guitar/banjo playing are dead on, the sound quality is top-notch and his relaxed banter in between songs make the listener feel as if he/she is actually in attendance at the show.

Every song here is a keeper, with my current personal favorites being the aforementioned "Radio...", "Evie's Tears" and frequent Freedy concert cover "Wichita Lineman". Perhaps the finest attribute of this CD is its versatility - in addition to being essential for all Freedy Johnston fans, it is also a great place to start for anyone unfamiliar with the music of a truly underrated songwriter and performer.

Quite good.......2006-11-18

Excellent acoustic versions of many of Freedy's best & a couple of covers, with trademark humor of his live sets between songs

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Tom Paxton performing live at McCabe's Guitar Shop back in 1991

Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop
Tom Paxton
Manufacturer: Shout Factory
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton
Live In The UK
Looking for the Moon
Best of Friends
One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters

ASIN: B000FVBLLQ
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

Introduction
Ramblin Boy
If I Pass This Way Again
Forest Lawn
When Annie Took Me Home
My Last Love Song
I Am Changing My Name To Chrysler
Did You Hear John Hurt?
Bottle Of Wine
Home To Me (Is Anywhere You Are)
Billy Got Some Bad News Today
It Aint Easy
One Million Lawyers
My Favorite Spring
We All Sound The Same
The Ballad Of Gary Hart
Yuppies In The Sky
The Last Thing On My Mind

Album Description

Tom Paxton started out in the Greenwich Village folk scene as a contemporary of such folk greats as Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs. Though he released a string of albums on Vanguard, Elektra, Reprise, Sony, Flying Fish and Rounder, he is best known for his live concerts and his songwriting. His biggest hit, "The Last Thing On My Mind," has been covered by Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson, Peter Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell and countless others. Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop, recorded on February 23, 1991, contains his biggest hits and most-scathing political songs, including "The Last Thing On My Mind," "Bottle Of Wine," and "Yuppies In The Sky."

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Tom Paxton performing live at McCabe's Guitar Shop back in 1991.......2006-09-10

I saw Tom Paxton in concert last night at the Big Tent Chautauqua next door in Wisconsin, along with a rare reunion of the original Chad Mitchell Trio. In trying to keep the feelings of the evening going this live recording of Paxton certainly suffices. While the album was released this year, "Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop" was recorded in the popular Santa Monica folk venue in 1991, not that you can really tell we are fifteen years down the roads at this point. After all, that is but a fraction of the time that Paxton has been one of the premier troubadours in the great tradition of Woody Guthrie. You really have to look at Pete Seeger to come up with somebody who has been a part of the folk scene longer than Paxton, although certainly he would be more associated with the Greenwich Village tradition, for which he would be the elder statesman. After all, he is a few years older than either Phil Ochs "the singing journalist" or Bob Dylan, the poet laurette of the Sixties.

There are seventeen songs making up the eighteen tracks because the "Intro" is a separate track because this is one of those CDs where the songs start at the beginning of the track and Paxton's introduction is at the end of the previous track. You will find that a few classic Paxton tunes anchoring the album, beginning with "Ramblin' Boy," with his big sing along "Bottle of Wine" in the middle and his most popular song, "The Last Thing on My Mind" providing the benediction to the evening. One of the joys here is listening to his introduction of "Did You Hear John Hurt?", which tells listener most of what they need to know about the legendary blues singer Mississippi John Hurt before Paxton does a song written in that style.

Most of the "recent" material stems from the period when Paxton had started his own label, Pax Records, in the late 1980s (e.g, "If I Pass This Way Again," "It Ain't Easy"). Another hallmark of a Tom Paxton concert are the topical songs (last night we heard a lament entitled "You'll Always Be a Planet to Me," dedicated to the "new" dwarf-planet Pluto), and in that regard this album is a bit dated when Paxton launches into "The Ballad of Gary Hart." But "One Million Lawyers" certainly rings true today, and neither "I am Changing My Name to Chrysler" and "Yuppies in the Sky" are not exactly exercises in pure nostalgia (too bad he only sings "Forest Lawn" in southern California). Paxton's self-depreciating sense of humor sets his audience at ease, and his explanation that when you buy his cassettes and CDs that he needs to sign them so that they will be correctly activated speaks volumes on his relationship with his adoring audience.

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Great Comeback Harking to the Inventive "Blow By Blow" days!

Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas
Manufacturer: Epic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live
Wired
Jeff Beck Group

ASIN: B0006TPHV2
Release Date: 2005-03-07

Tracks:

Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck
Savoy - Jeff Beck
Behind the Veil - Jeff Beck
Big Block - Jeff Beck
Where Were You - Jeff Beck
Stand on It - Jeff Beck
Day in the House - Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Tony Hymas
Two Rivers - Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Tony Hymas
Sling Shot - Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Tony Hymas

Album Description

Japanese limited edition remastered reissue in a mini-LP sleeve. Sony. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

Great Comeback Harking to the Inventive "Blow By Blow" days!.......2005-12-02

This is a great comeback album for guitar innovator/pioneer Jeff Beck. After a long hiatus, Beck returns with a strong backing lineup and strong, inventive tracks with a sense of humour as well. There are spoken verses throughout a couple of the tracks and "Where Were You" really stands out among other great tracks. This version comes in a mini-lp replica sleeve and has been remastered and so the sound is quite good but not great. Years back when I first got the cassette tape, I noticed that the sound quality was quite poor and so I'm guessing the original master wasn't all that well produced and so given that, I guess the remastering has really cleaned up the original sound quite a bit so that it's decent but not great. I guess we've been spoiled by the great production on "Blow By Blow" (Sir George Martin!) and "Wired" but although sound quality-wise this album doesn't stack up to those two, the song quality comes real close. This is probably the best version of this album that is out there and is highly recommended for all Beck fans.

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Like Being Live With the Doc...
The best of ol' time country music

Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop, 2.11.01
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Manufacturer: Dcn Records
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Ralph Stanley
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live

ASIN: B00005Y1TW
Release Date: 2002-02-12

Tracks:

Intro
Orange Blossom Special
Ralph Introduces James Alan Shelton
Sunny Side of the Mountain
Ralph Introduces Jack Cooke
Sittin' on Top of the World
Ralph Introduces Steve Sparkman
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Ralph Introduces James Price
Jesus Savior, Pilot Me
Pretty Girls, City Lights
Ralph Introduces James Price
Cacklin' Hen
Ralph II Introduces His Father
Man of Constant Sorrow
Daddy's Wildwood Flower
Intro to Oh Death
Oh Death
I'll Wear a White Robe
Daybreak in Dixie
Will You Miss Me
Rocky Island
Rank Strangers to Me

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Now that the world knows Ralph Stanley thanks to the ubiquitous O Brother soundtrack, it's time we got to know his band. When they're on, as on this February 2001 evening in Santa Monica, the Clinch Mountain Boys can fill a room like a bluegrass orchestra--two banjos, two guitars, fiddle, bass, and three- and four-part gospel harmonies--and trade leads like old friends telling stories. Some Stanley hits are here, but so are more rarely performed gems like "Daddy's Wildwood Flower" and the sprint-from-the-gate instrumental "Daybreak in Dixie." Even Ralph II, a sometimes nasal singer, effortlessly nails the lead on "Rank Strangers." And while Dr. Ralph steals the show with the blazing clawhammer of "Rocky Island" and a spike-up-the-spine version of "Oh Death," it's his road-wizened band that brings these songs to life. --Roy Kasten

Album Description

This live album from Grammy Award winner Ralph Stanley features live versions of Stanley's hit songs from O Brother Where Art Thou? USA Today says, "If you want to know how a 75-year-old beat out Tim McGraw, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson for a Grammy, your answer is right here."

Customer Reviews:

Like Being Live With the Doc..........2002-06-12

I'm a young lad and although most of my peers had never heard of Ralph Stanley until "Oh Brother" made its debut I've been a devotee of bluegrass and old school country from way back. If you're into today's psuedo-country, flat-bellied, line-dancing, disco, top-40 junk you'll definately want to shy away from this record. On the other hand, if you're into true music performed and sung by real musicians then this is right up your alley. In February of 2002 I had the rare opportunity to hear the good Doc and his band play live in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Listening to this CD is almost like being back at that concert. The play list is largely similar (the recording was made within a month or so of the performance I heard) and features some great vocals, original songsmithing, and dandy clawhammer banjo picking. Having seen Dr. Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys in person I can visualize each performer as the good Doc introduces them on the album- from the wizened old boy that plays the upright bass ("the ex-mayor of Norton, Virginia") to the giant of a man that saws the fiddle ("He TOOK first prize"). As a fan of live albums, this one ranks among my favorites. The audience is small enough that the applause doesn't overpower the music and the clarity and quality of the recording is great. If you're new to Dr. Stanley or a follower from way back this is a great album to get and one that I would highly recommend.

The best of ol' time country music.......2002-03-30

This is a wonderful, upbeat album with the "feel" of a live performance by this outstanding group pf musicians. My favorite tracks are Orange Blossom Special (the best performance I've ever heard) and I'll Wear a White Robe, as beautiful a song as Angel Band. There is some down home humor between the songs. In short, this is the best album I've heard in a long, long time.

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Hard Words in a Speakeasy

Manufacturer: Low Water
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAG64W
Release Date: 2004-09-14

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Ricky King - Golden Guitar Hits

Manufacturer: Memory Pop Shop
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0007XGLGW

Product Description

1. Quartermaster Stores ~~~ 2. Le Reve ~~~ 3. High Noon ~~~ 4. Java Guitar ~~~ 5. Midnight ~~~ 6. Storm Rider ~~~ 7. Amapola ~~~ 8. Aranjuez ~~~ 9. Guitar Tango ~~~ 10. The House of the Rising Sun ~~~ 11. Wipe Out ~~~ 12. The Joker ~~~

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Road Is Promising

Manufacturer: Rock Shop Recording
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAD95Q
Release Date: 2002-02-12

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1. Guitar Shop
2. Savoy
3. Behind The Veil
4. Big Block
5. Where Were You
6. Stand On It
7. Day In The House
8. Two Rivers
9. Sling Shot