Trouble: Norwegian Live [CD-single] [EP] [Live] [Import]

trouble: norwegian live [cd-single] [ep] [live] [import]

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Product Description
Extremely limited tour EP from these Brits who won the 'Best British Group' & 'Best British Album' for the 2001 'Brit Awards'. Includes 5 tracks all recorded live at the 'Rockefeller' in Norway. Tracks, 'Trouble', 'Sparks', 'Shiver', 'Yellow' & 'Everything's Not Lost'. All 5 tracks are exclusive and unavailable on any single released thus far! 2001 release. Standard jewel case.

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Trouble: Norwegian Live [CD-single] [EP] [Live] [Import]

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Live Alive Minus One
really good. good as any live album.
Not His Best
****1/2. Much underrated
SRV is/was great !

Live Alive
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
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Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

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Most live blues recordings have a feeling of intimacy, as if the concerts took place in some out-of-the-way venue for an audience who not only know all the lyrics, but know the performers personally as well. Live Alive, in contrast, feels like a large-scale rock concert, an epic production full of grand gestures. But really, nothing suited Stevie Ray Vaughan's style better; everything, from the overall sound to the solos, feels big. The roar of the audience, especially for favorites like "Pride and Joy," "Cold Shot," and "Texas Flood," is huge but distant, an arena sound. Overall, Live Alive leaves the impression of a series of stellar moments caught on tape, with an intensity rarely captured in the recording studio. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Live Alive Minus One.......2006-11-14

This is an excellant SRV album. I had to buy several copies in cassette version because I played it so much I kept stretching it out! The only problem I have with the CD version is that the "powers that be" eliminated the "Life Without You" version that appears on the cassette. This is inexcusable, in my opinion, and I can only assume it happened because of pressure to be "politically correct"....Stevie makes very direct references to South Africa and Apartheid. Stevie "preaches" in the middle of the song and gives one of the all-time classic lines...."I may be White, but I ain't stupid!" I would really, really, REALLY like the studio to reconsider and re-release this album on CD in its original form. In any event, this is a "must have" CD for any serious SRV fan.

really good. good as any live album........2005-11-13

this is a really good live album. some of the songs he sings are first timers for him like Superstition or I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime). but all and all, a really great album.

Not His Best.......2005-07-12

Stevie's contract mandated that he produce another album. He was so strung out on drugs at the time that he was unable to produce new material. A live album was all he was able to come up with. The available material (mostly the Montreaux performances) evidently didn't meet the highest standards of quality so a lot of overdubbing was done. Stevie's drug induced monologue at the end of Life Without You was an embarrassment to many of his friends and colleagues.

BUT IT'S STILL STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND THEREFORE FANTASTIC!!!!! The CD still rocks. It still has some great guitar work. As far as I'm concerned it's still a good piece of work. This was the first SRV tape I got, and I was not disappointed. SRV was a great guitarist. Period. This CD is also great.

But his other stuff is much better.

****1/2. Much underrated.......2005-06-10

The late Stevie Ray Vaughan rocked on stage. His rendition of Howlin' Wolf's "Commit A Crime" may lack the raw punch of Wolf's original, but that's a minor complaint...most of this album is simply excellent, filled with gems from Vaughan's first three albums.

Stevie Ray's muscular and versatile guitar playing is sublime, with more grit than most of his studio orginals. His vocals are good, too, and the song list is magnificent, featuring the rare, non-LP track "Willie the Wimp" about the bizarre 1984 funeral of a Chicago "wiseguy".

Other highlights include Vaughan's best song, the superbly groovy "Pride And Joy", as well as "Look At Little Sister", "Cold Shot", "Love Struck Baby" and the slow blues "Texas Flood" and "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love", but there are really no weak songs, and this album should appeal to fans of both blues and rock music.
The sound is good, although not always crystal clear, and the band is excellent. Several songs actually sound better in this live setting than on the original studio albums, partly because of the blistering blues-rock arrangements which include keyboards (piano and organ).

Apparently some people feel that Vaughan's playing wasn't up to his usual standards when this album was recorded, that he must have been having a bad night or something. I've heard a lot of live SRV, and I can't make any sense of that claim, especially since "Live Alive" wasn't recorded during just one show, but actually incorporates cuts from different concerts in both 1985 and 1986. He must have been having some bad years, then, and this myopic claim sounds particularly absurd when it is brought forward by people who then go on to praise Stevie's "Live At Montreux" album. Several of these performances are from, yes, you guessed it, the very same 1985 Montreux performance.

Contrary to what some people have apparently heard and chosen to believe, this is a very enjoyable, soulful live album, and it is highly recommendable to anyone with an interest in Stevie Ray Vaughan, or contemporary blues and blues-rock in general.

SRV is/was great !.......2005-01-21

What a loss. SRV reached superstar status and then like other superstars was cut down in his prime. I read other reviews about this release but I personally love this recording and if you have enough money I suggest you also buy the box set which has some live tracks as well and pick up a vhs/dvd of Stevie playing live. His rendition of voodoo child will drop your jaw.

Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit

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elvis movies in the late60s
super set from the man

Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit
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ASIN: B0002W0ZOW
Release Date: 2007-04-09

Tracks:

Almost in Love
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Out of print in the U.S.! Digitally remastered special installment in the Elvis Double Features series includes the complete soundtracks to four of Elvis' '60s fun-filled feature films. The artwork is superior to the deleted domestic titles as it features photos of the original vinyl releases on the cover. This CD contains all the songs from the movies Live A Little Love A Little (1968) and The Trouble With Girls, Charro and Change Of Habit (all released in 1969) plus bonus tracks. Originally, each of the films only had singles and/or EPs released containing the soundtrack's performances. Elvis' acting may have been a little stiff, but his vocal performances on his soundtrack recordings were always electrifying. 20 tracks including 'A Little Less Conversation', Rubberneckin'' and 'Clean Up Your Own Backyard'. Camden..

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elvis movies in the late60s.......2007-07-01

elvis presley movie career was coming to a end hollywood last best elvis movie soundtracks.in the song edge of reality you can hear the maturity of elvis presleys singing voice,hollywood did nor catch it.

super set from the man.......2007-02-12

This cd has so many good songs on it.Alot of underappreciated and overlooked material.The song Edge of Reality from the dream sequence in Live A Little Love A Little was ahead of its time.The versions of Almost,Swing Down Sweet Chariot,and Clean Up Your Own Backyard from The Trouble With Girls are awesome.Let Us Pray from Change Of Habit is worth the price of the cd alone.Rubberneckin from the same movie is great also.No number one radio hits here,just plain good music,happy,feel good,toe tapping music.Buy it and enjoy.Get it while you can,this one will be a high dollar item when it is no longer available.The music from Charro has often been overlooked and unavailable as well and it is great music as well.

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Phenomenal
1982 performance is second to none
Amazing - Nicely Put Together
get it on DVD
1982 Amazing. Short, perhaps his best.

Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble
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ASIN: B00005RGPY
Release Date: 2001-11-20

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It's not the familiar, fiery playing of Stevie Ray Vaughan that tips listeners off that this set's first disc has captured an extraordinary moment in modern blues history; it's the jarring, rising chorus of boos that accompanies it. As with previous musicians as disparate as Dylan and Stravinsky, Vaughan's willful tweaking of staid genre conventions initially infuriated purists. Though few could have imagined it at the time, Vaughan and company's July 17, 1982, show at the Montreux Jazz Festival (included here in its entirety) ignited not only a brilliant career, but a widespread revival of the blues as well.

David Bowie was there that night, but he was not booing. He secured the Texas guitarist's services for his smash Let's Dance album on the spot, nearly a year before Vaughan would make his major-label debut.

Straight from the Austin club scene, the band displays their nervous energy in a set that contains several previously unreleased/rare gems from SRV's early repertoire, including the Hound Dog Taylor romp "Give Me Back My Wig." By the time of this set's second disc, recorded just three years later, SRV was a worldwide star, the boos had turned to rousing cheers, and Vaughan's nervousness was replaced by an incendiary swagger he seemed all too happy to push into the crowd's faces. With the band (drummer Chris Layton, bassist Tommy Shannon) now augmented by Reese Wynans on organ and guest guitarist Johnny Copeland sitting in on "Tin Pan Alley," the triumphant show (11 of the 15 songs are included here) centered on the cream of SRV's first three studio albums. While some of these tracks have found their way onto other releases (Live Alive, Blues at Sunrise), the show's "Scuttle Buttin'," "Voodoo Chile," "Gone Home," and "Couldn't Stand the Weather" are released here for the first time. The set's comprehensive liner notes contain new commentary from the band's Shannon and Layton, David Bowie, early confidant Darryl Pitt, and many quotes from the guitar legend himself. All history lessons should be this riveting. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Phenomenal.......2007-05-04

These are two classic SRV shows and a good place to start for anyone just beginning to be interested in SRV (good bang for the buck and includes a solid number of SRV staples). As others have written, the first (1982) was a defining performance -- he was booed, but made the right impression on notables (including Bowie). The second show is a triumphant return.

Highlights include the 82's Texas Flood and Dirty Pool and 85's Voodoo Chile and Tin Pan Alley.

1982 performance is second to none.......2007-02-25

This is a must have for SRV fans. I would suggest the DVD as well captures a world class performance before he was even discovered or released on CD.

The 1982 version of Hideaway/Rudemood will give you goose bumps or you dont like blues.

ENJOY!

Amazing - Nicely Put Together.......2006-10-28

Hats off to Jimmie for tastefully adding to the SRV catalog. This album is a true treat for any SRV fan. The story has been well told about how SRV & DT went to the Montreux Blues Festival as was boo'ed. Afterwards David Bowie approached Stevie to play on the Let's Dance album and Jackson Browne offered the band free use of his LA studio, which produced their masterful debut album 'Texas Flood'. This frist disc is from the 1982 set and it is amazing. The second disc sees the band returning in 1985, but this time to cheering fans. This disc and many of the songs are on Alive Live. It's great to comapre and contrast the two shows and see how they had evolved during that time period. It's great that more material has been made available to the public from his early days. The CD is nicely put together with great pictures and liner notes. This is a great addition to any SRV collection and an excellent way to get to know Stevie for first timers.

get it on DVD.......2006-03-19

I bought this in a 2-DVD set for my husband this past Christmas; he is a big SRV fan. The DVD set is absolutely fantastic. The music is great, but Stevie Ray is also so awesome to watch, especially the 1985 concert. It is a must-have for SRV fans; get it on DVD, you won't regret it!

1982 Amazing. Short, perhaps his best........2005-12-03

I have been a fan since his first album. I bought this to keep the collection complete, thinking it was just another live set. The first disc, from before his first album was recorded, is a brilliant, hungry and energetic set. I understand now why David Bowie and Jackson Browne had to introduce themselves after this concert. Short, yes, perhaps his best. The second disc is great from years later. Buy this CD.

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CONTAINS THE HEAVIEST VERSION OF FREEBIRD YOU'LL EVER HEAR!
3 1/2 stars. Decent Live CD of a great band
As good as Sknyrd's One More From The Road!!
My husband loves it
Excellent

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CONTAINS THE HEAVIEST VERSION OF FREEBIRD YOU'LL EVER HEAR!.......2007-06-14

I can't count the number of speakers that I have blown through the years of listening to this album. It's just that good, you can't listen to it at a low volume. Just listening to the crowd explode during Freebird will give you goosebumps. Although Skynyrd will always be known for Freebird, Molly Hatchet's version will make you slam the gas pedal even further through your floorboard! Great Live album from start to finish, and great price too!

3 1/2 stars. Decent Live CD of a great band.......2007-04-13

Molly Hatchet recieved MUCHO grief for releasing Freebird on this album.
Riff West(bassist) was a guest speaker/consultant at a recording arts institute I attended and said this album was basically blackballed by the industry and fans alike;sales were dismal at best.This release was an embarassing moment for the good 'ol boys. Aside from that controversial point, the album is a real southern rocker. Anything with singer Danny Joe Brown is good stuff! An excellent addition to your Hatchet collection.

As good as Sknyrd's One More From The Road!!.......2007-03-21

This is the best live CD from the 1980's--period. Molly Hatchet's popularity may have been waning by the mid 80's, but they were certainly going down fighting, judging from the intense performances on this CD--amazing! One great song and performance after another. The Freebird cover was awesome--Danny Joe Brown sang it perfectly! Ronnie would be proud (he was planning on producing Molly Hatchet before the Skynyrd plane crash occurred)! The guitarists are on fire throughout! Boogie No More is incredible!

The sound quality (EQ'ing, specifically) is great on some songs, OK on others, and lousy on one or two. Apparently it's tough to capture a live CD from analog tapes soundwise, because Skynyrd's One More From The Road was spotty with the EQing as well. But the quality of the performances completely cancels out the weaknesses in the sound, as far as I'm concerned.

This CD is a MUST HAVE for any guitar-rock enthusiast, and especially for any Southern Rock fan!

My husband loves it.......2007-02-17

I purchased this CD of Molly Hatchet live for my hubby. It has a great selection of songs. He is very pleased.

Excellent.......2007-01-12

Powerfull, molly hatchet in thier prime - a must have for molly hatchet fans

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Great Live Album
Definately the best second Coldplay purchase
YES!
Norway Welcomes the Woderful Music of Coldplay.
Coldplay at Peak Live Performance

Trouble: Norwegian Live
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ASIN: B00005AU1Q
Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

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Album Description

Extremely limited tour EP from these Brits who won the 'Best British Group' & 'Best British Album' for the 2001 'Brit Awards'. Includes 5 tracks all recorded live at the 'Rockefeller' in Norway. Tracks, 'Trouble', 'Sparks', 'Shiver', 'Yellow' & 'Everything's Not Lost'. All 5 tracks are exclusive and unavailable on any single released thus far! 2001 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Super 5 song live EP from the group making inroads into the rock n roll machine. Includes a live version of their US hit 'Yellow'.

Customer Reviews:

Great Live Album.......2005-08-21

I enjoyed this album as soon as I heard it. It sounds amazing and the tracks are classic! I would recommend this album to any Coldplay fan that loves the sound of a good, clean, live album. Hope you'll take my advice & enjoy!

Definately the best second Coldplay purchase.......2002-03-27

As with all of the live Coldplay stuff I have heard the renditions of their songs are pretty straightforward; however, as with all live music it has an energy that is only felt when a band is on stage. Chris uses his voice to accent songs bringing the majority of their uniqueness and variation.

Audience participation is sparse, but a fun addition when it can be heard. The recording quality on this recording is B+ for a live rock concert. Could stand to be tightened up a little bit, and I don't think the concert went without a clip or two (Shiver is the least amiable of the tracks.)

In the end this CD is for Coldplay fans, collectors, or people who just buy too many CD's, such as myself. But I promise that you won't be disappointed with the purchase. This is an excellent live performance and is a fun rediscovery of one of our new favorite bands.

YES!.......2001-10-29

What can I say, I was there! In Norway at the concert, great(!), buy it now! By the way you can hear me whistle in the background:)

Norway Welcomes the Woderful Music of Coldplay........2001-04-11

This is a great CD for anyone who is a fan of Coldplay. The CD starts with the song that I see as their best display of songwriting to date, "Trouble". The live feel of this song makes it greater than it is on their CD, "Parachutes". On this song as well as the other four, Chris emotes great emotion in his voice.

As the CD progresses from song to song, Chris' voice starts to wear a little bit, all the while becoming a bit strained. However, this brings real poignancy to each song and makes each one sound all the more personal.

By the time of the fifth track,"Everything's Not Lost", you almost begin to feel as if you were there in Norway, on the front row, cheering and singing along to the band's performance.

Coldplay at Peak Live Performance.......2001-03-27

This 5 songs CD, recorded in December 2000 in Olso, brings us Coldplay in peak live performance.

"Trouble" is a faithful version of the "Parachutes" track, wiht Chris at piano. The song remains one of Coldplay's better tracks.

"Shiver" finds Chris at accoustic guitar. Because of the layered instrumentation found on the "Parachutes" studio version, this live version sounds quite different. The energy jumps out at you.

Before starting "Sparks", Chris dedicates the song "especially to the guys that don't have a girlfriend", after which he starts questions some guys in the audience whether they have a G/F. Finally ("Do all Norewegians have girlfriends or are they just lying?" Chris jokes), he finds someone without a G/F, and Christ jumps in the song. At times, I thought Chris would not be able to reach all the heights of the tune live, but he did.

"Yellow" gets the greatest applause from the audience, of course, but otherwise is a straight rendering, no more, no less.

Before starting the last song, Chris asks for the audience's help to sing the last part of "Everything's Not Lost". Chris then takes a false start to the song, prompting him to start over. Coming towards the end of the song, rather than ending with a crescendo, we hear the audience repeating the last verses as the band is heard leaving the stage. Beautiful!

This CD is a fantastic memento for anyone that's been to a Coldplay concert recently. For those not so lucky, it is a superb live record, period. Good value too: at 25+ min., it runs (almost) half of an actual concert (the show I saw on their recent US tour ran barely over a hour). Finally, the sound quality is superb as well. BUY IT!

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NOT CARPENTER'S ORIGINAL SCORE...IT'S A HACK JOB...

not for fans of carpenter's scores

Essential what?

AVOID THIS IMITATION GARBAGE!!!!! FAKE CARPENTER

"absolute in capturing the original scores"

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NOT CARPENTER'S ORIGINAL SCORE...IT'S A HACK JOB..........2005-12-04

What a piece of ****. Do not buy this worthless CD. If you are a fan of John Carpenter's scores, you will not like this. Don't waste your money like I did...And the only reason it got one star is because you can't give it any less!

not for fans of carpenter's scores.......2004-12-03

like other reviewers said, this is someone else playing those classic carpenter tunes. sometimes it sounds like elevator music. unfortunately, the cover doesn't say anything about this piece of work...

Essential what?.......2003-07-08

As the previous reviewer noted, nowhere on this CD does it indicate that the 'Essential John Carpenter' is someone re-recording all of the famous cues. Naturally all the info is on the inside.

And the disc? I don't see the point in bothering. They might as well make Assault on Precinct 13, Dark Star, and They Live (which pretty much don't have scores in print anymore) available again, even if they have to combine a couple to make one disc.

Carpenter does not use orchestras or elaborate bands for his scores. He does most of it himself and that makes another Carpenter collection simple. It's not difficult to play the notes, but everything is just slightly off and after a while you wonder what's the point.

This is NOT the music from the Carpenter films you love. This is someone playing that music. Assault on Precinct 13, which provides most of the attraction of this pretty worthless disc, sounds lousy and has none of the life of the throbbing synth of the original. Not only that, but they have the nerve to throw in two (2) cues from Starman, a Carpenter film that he didn't do his own music for(!) Instead the disc is broken by the Jerry Goldsmith pieces that sound NOTHING like anything Carpenter has done. It's bad--it belongs elsewhere, namely the Starman soundtrack which is still in print.

Stay away from this thing. It's a ripoff, another attempt to cash in on a name without providing any real product.

AVOID THIS IMITATION GARBAGE!!!!! FAKE CARPENTER.......2003-06-25

These jerks did a great job hiding the fact that these tracks are re-recorded by some schlep. Avoid this lame piece of garbage at all costs. The tones are totally wrong, it sounds very little like the genius originals. I bought this to get some of the Assault on Precinct 13 stuff, and was horrified to find that everything had been re-recorded. THIS IS NOT MENTIONED ON THE OUTER PACKAGING IN ANY WAY!!! You would never know until you open it and read the liners. Shame on these bastards for trying to dupe and rip people off. AVOID THIS [STUFF]!!!

"absolute in capturing the original scores".......2002-12-03

Hats off to Gareth Williams, James Fitzpatrick and Silva Screen Records for this venture into the world of John Carpenter. Silva has done a masterful job of recreating the feel of the original Carpenter film scores. This awesome compilation of "great thriller music" sends chills up our spines from composers Ennio Morricone, Jack Nitzsche, Dave Davies, Alan Howarth and of course John Carpenter. Each selection is arranged and performed with plenty of suspense dating back to 1974, which gave the audience a supernatural and imaginative fright. Each score paints the mood for every cue, which writer, producer and director Carpenter required...and then some.

Each score takes on a life of its own away from the film. If you've never seen any of the films, your imagination plays a key role interpreting what our legendary director/composer has up his sleeve when writing and directing the music. Entire album is a stand out ~ this one's for Carpenter and Silva fans alike, a collection for the first time with tremendours power and immediacy of each cue can now be heard. With Dolby Digital Surround Sound Recordings...this is a must have for your collection. All "film-score-buffs" beware, this is guranteed to give your goosebumps on the very first track, gotta love it!

Tracks:

The Threepenny Opr: Mack The Knife - Harald Paulsen With Orch
The Threepenny Opr: Cannon Song - Harald Paulsen With Orch
The Threepenny Opr: Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
The Threepenny Opr: Babarasong - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
The Threepenny Opr: Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menslichen Strebens - Bertolt Brecht With Theo Mackeben And His Orch
Happy End: Mandalay Song - Lewis Ruth Band
Happy End: Surabaya Johnny - Lotte Lenya With Pno
Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Moon Of Alabama - Lotte Lenya With The Three Admirals And Orch
Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya With Pno
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Knickerbocker Holiday: There's Nowhere To Go But Up - David Brooks With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Knickerbocker Holiday: The Scars - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Gertrude Lawrence With Orch/Leonard Joy
Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Danny Kaye With Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel
Lady In The Dark: And Other Russians - Danny Kaye With Chor And Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
One Touch Of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: Westwind - Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: Speak Low - Mary Martin/Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: That's Him - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Walter Huston With Orch/Victor Young
Ulysses Africanus: Lover Man - Lotte Lenya With Pno
One Touch Of Venus: Very, Very, Very - Kurt Weill
One Touch Of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
One Touch Of Venus: Jersey Plonk - Kurt Weill
One Touch Of Venus: The Trouble With Women - Kurt Weill

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DVD/CD 4 Disc Combo is Fantastic!

Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
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ASIN: B0002VEY54
Release Date: 2004-09-21

Tracks:

Hide Away
Rude Mood
Pride and Joy
Texas Flood
Love Struck Baby
Dirty Pool
Give Me Back My Wig
Collins Shuffle
Couldn't Stand The Weather [DVD]

Tracks:

Scuttle Buttin'
Ain't Gone n' Give Up On Love
Pride and Joy
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) - Johnny Copeland, , Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Texas Flood
Life Without You
Gone Home
Couldn't Stand the Weather

Tracks:

Hide Away [Multimedia Track]
Rude Mood [Multimedia Track]
Pride and Joy [Multimedia Track]
Texas Flood [Multimedia Track]
Love Struck Baby [Multimedia Track]
Dirty Pool [Multimedia Track]
Give Me Back My Wig [Multimedia Track]
Collins Shuffle [Multimedia Track]

Tracks:

Scuttle Buttin' [Multimedia Track]
Say What! [#][*][Multimedia Track]
Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up On Love [Multimedia Track]
Pride and Joy [Multimedia Track]
Mary Had a Little Lamb [Multimedia Track]
Cold Shot [#][*][Multimedia Track] - Johnny Copeland, , Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) [Multimedia Track]
Look at Little Sister [#][*][Multimedia Track] - Johnny Copeland, , Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [Multimedia Track]
Texas Flood [Multimedia Track]
Life Without You [Multimedia Track]
Gone Home [Multimedia Track]
Couldn't Stand the Weather [Multimedia Track]

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DVD/CD 4 Disc Combo is Fantastic!.......2004-09-26

Get this limited edition 2 CD/2 DVD set in one package! Just a fantastic set!

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Brecht sings!
Some good, some bad, all Weill.

Weill: From Berlin to Broadway

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Threepenny Opera (1954 New York Cast) (Blitzstein Adaptation)
Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins & Berlin Theatre Songs
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Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner

ASIN: B000000WQ7
Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

Die Dreigroschenoper: Ballade von angenehmen Legen - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Zweiter Dreigroschenfinale: Ballade uber die Frage, 'wovon lebt der Mensch?' - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Die Songs der Dreigroschenoper: Seerauber - Jenny - Kanonensong - Liebeslied - Barbarasong - Tango-Ballade - Ballade von angenehmen Leben - Lied von der Unzulanglichikeit menslichen Strebens - Moritat von Mackie Messer - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Overture - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat von Mackie Messer - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Ballade von angenehmen Leben - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Liebeslied - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Kanonensong - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Seerauber - Jenny - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Ernster Dreigroschenfinale - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Barbarasong - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Eifersuchtsduett - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Abschied ... Zweiter Dreigroshenfinale - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Zuhalterballade - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Lied von der Unzullichkeit menschlichen Strebens - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Schlusschoral - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Moritat von Mackie Messer - K. Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper: Lied von der Unzulanglichkeit menslichen Strebens - K. Weill
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Moritat von Mackie Messer - K. Weill
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Die Ballade von angenehmen Leben - K. Weill
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Tango - Ballade - K. Weill
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: Kanonensong - K. Weill
Happy End: Bilbao Song - K. Weill
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama Song - K. Weill
Mahagonny - Excerpts: Auf nach Mahagonny - Alabama Song - Ach, bedenken Sie, Herr Jakob Schmidt...Havana Song - Wunderbar ist das Heraufkommen des Abends - Ihr habt gelernt das Cocktail-Abc - Erstens, vergesst nicht, kommt das Fressen - Meine Herren, m... - K. Weill
Der Silbersee: Das Lied von Schlaraffenland - K. Weill
Der Silbersee: Der Backer backt ums Morgenrot - K. Weill
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - K. Weill

Tracks:

Knickerbocker Holiday: The Scars - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: Glamour Music Medley Including: Oh Fabulous One - Huxley - Girl Of The Moment - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: This Is New - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: It's Never Too Late To Mendelssohn - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: Tchaikovsky (And Other Russians) - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Kurt Weill
Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: Ballet: Forty Minutes For Lunch - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: Westwind - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: Foolish Heart - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: The Trouble With Women - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: Speak Low - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: That's Him - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: Ballet: Venus In Ozone Heights - Kurt Weill
One Touch of Venus: Finaletto: Speak Low - Kurt Weill
Six Songs By Kurt Weill Interpreted By Lotte Lenya: Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Kurt Weill
Six Songs By Kurt Weill Interpreted By Lotte Lenya: Ulysses Africanus: Lover Man - Kurt Weill
Six Songs By Kurt Weill Interpreted By Lotte Lenya: Marie Galante: J'attends un navire - Kurt Weill
Six Songs By Kurt Weill Interpreted By Lotte Lenya: Complainte del a Seine - Kurt Weill
Six Songs By Kurt Weill Interpreted By Lotte Lenya: Happy End: Surabaya Johnny - Kurt Weill
Six Songs By Kurt Weill Interpreted By Lotte Lenya: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Den wie man sich bettet - Kurt Weill

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Brecht sings!.......2003-02-02

Come on! A chance to hear Bertolt Brecht sing his own Mack the Knife before Bobby Darrin messed it up! How many CDs are going to have that?!

Some good, some bad, all Weill........2003-01-02

Kurt Weill and Broadway fans will probably feel an intense need to have this album, and I'm not sure I'd be able to dissuade them. There's some good stuff on this recording, to be sure, but a great deal of it is in German, and much of it might not interest even someone with just a casual interest in the material chronicled. While there's a strong representation of The Threepenny Opera (all in German), the selections from Lady in the Dark featuring Gertrude Lawrence and Danny Kaye are vital, as are the tracks of Mary Martin and Kenny Baker performing selected numbers from One Touch of Venus. (You can also hear Walter Huston performing a song from Knickerbocker Holiday, though it is, for some strange reason, "The Scars." It's an interesting historical record, but not a great song.) Lotte Lenya also sings some as well, which is a treat, but overall, this is a highly variable recording. Make sure you know exactly what you're getting beforehand, or you may be likely to find yourself--as I do--listening to only half the album.

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Armchair quarterback's always moanin'.
Critics be Damned
OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS.
OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS.
Above standard soundtrack recordings.

Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit
Elvis Presley
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008OOV
Release Date: 1995-03-28

Tracks:

Almost in Love
Little Less Conversation
Wonderful World
Edge of Reality
Little Less Conversation [Album Version]
Charro!
Let's Not Forget About the Stars
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
Signs of the Zodiac [#] - Marilyn Mason, Elvis Presley
Almost
Whiffenpoof Song [#]
Violet [#]
Clean Up Your Own Backyard [Undubbed Version][#]
Almost [Undubbed Version][#]
Have a Happy
Let's Be Friends
Change of Habit
Let Us Pray
Rubberneckin'

Album Description

1995 remastered compilation combines 'Live a Little, Love a Little' (1967), 'Charro!' (1969), 'The Trouble With Girls' (1969), & 'Change of Habit' (1969), four original soundtracks that aren't available domestically with previously unreleased material (5 tracks) & other tracks that were not in the original film (5 tracks). 20 tracks in all. RCA.

Album Details

A Collection of Tracks from his Final Four Films in the 1960's: Live a Little, Love a Little, the Trouble with Girls, Charro and Change of Habit. Includes Two Previously Unreleased Tracks from the Trouble with Girls, (Undubbed Versions of 'clean Up Your Own Backyard' and 'almost') plus Five Tracks Not Included in Any of the Collected Films.

Customer Reviews:

Armchair quarterback's always moanin'........2006-08-08

This CD features the soundtracks to the last four Elvis Presley movies. This is possible because none of these soundtracks had more than six songs.

Live a Little, Love a Little features four good songs, including one great one, "A Little Less Conversation". This song was not a hit at the time, but it gained newfound popularity a few years ago in a remixed version. This CD includes two versions of "A Little Less Conversation", the "movie version" and the "album version", but they sound the same to me.

The Charro! soundtrack features two songs, but only the title song actually made it into the movie. Both songs are okay, nothing special. But "Charro!" does have a spaghetti western feel to it that is different from any other Elvis song.

The Trouble With Girls featured six songs. "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is a great song which was a minor hit, but deserved to be a bigger hit. "Almost" and "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" are good songs, although "Chariot" isn't as good as the version of it Elvis recorded a few year earlier. "Signs of the Zodiac" is a goofy novelty song, which is a duet between Elvis and actress Marlyn Mason (she does most of the singing). "The Whiffenpoof Song" and "Violet" are very short versions of collegiate songs. The CD also includes undubbed versions of "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" (no horns or girl singers) and "Almost" (no strings).

Change of Habit features five songs, four of which aren't too good. "Rubberneckin'", on the other hand, is a great song. Of course, it wasn't specifically recorded for the movie, either.

A little over half the songs on this CD are good, which may make it worthwhile for an Elvis fan to seek out.

Critics be Damned.......2003-11-12

Elvis's movie career, especially the mid to late 1960s output, has long been the favorite whipping boy of critics. Of the King's many cinematic endeavors from this era, few elicit more scorn and ridicule than the four featured on this collection: 1968's "Live a Little, Love a Little" and the three 1969 releases, "Charro!", "The Trouble with Girls (and How to Get into It) and "Change of Habit." Given this negative stigma, it is not surprising that the music associated with these four films have been virtually ignored by all but the most uncompromising Elvis fan. This is unfortunate because as evidenced by the four soundtracks compiled on this version of "Elvis: Double Features", the quartet of films featured some very underrated songs. This disc contains 20 tracks representing an eclectic grouping of Presley recordings that is more diverse than any collection this side of an all encompassing boxed set. Soft love ballads, upbeat sing-alongs, social minded mantras, and a couple of unreleased tracks highlight this collection. The movie "Live a Little" offers two top-notch performances: the bluesy "Edge of Reality" (B-Side of the 1968 hit "If I Can Dream) and the underappreciated "A Little Less Conversation", another 1968 single that achieved very mediocre chart position. Both performances sound fresh and each has a gritty drive far removed from what was usually found on Presley soundtracks. "Charro!", a movie best remembered as the one in which Elvis sported a full beard and delivered just one song (during the film's opening credits) offers up two gems. In the title track, Elvis's strong vocals are backed by the magnificent Hugo Montenegro Orchestra, and the combination delivers a classic, albeit, cliché laden western movie love ballad. The second track, "Let's Forget About the Stars", didn't make it into the film's final version and that is unfortunate because the song is a tender sonnet. RCA should have released this song with "Charro!" as a single instead of using the latter as a throw away B-Side with "Memories" in 1969. The third movie of this soundtrack, "The Trouble with Girls", features eight tracks. The highlight is "Clean Up Your Own Backyard", a Dylan-esque narrative with the underlining theme of "people who live in glass houses...". The very short, but very touching ballad "Almost" effectively shows off Elvis's fine vocals. This CD features dubbed and undubbed versions of each song. Saving the best for last, Elvis's last feature film "Change of Habit" contributes the remaining five songs of this collection. All are excellent. "Have a Happy" is an upbeat ditty (even if it does sound like something the "Brady Bunch" would have recorded) and is harmless fun. The title track is a quick tempo song with a social conscious and the very catchy "Let Us Pray" is a gospel rocker RCA should have released as a single. The final track, "Rubberneckin", packs a wallop and features a musical composition quite contemporary for the era in which it was produced...the record deserved a much better fate than to be paired as the B-Side of the 1969 release "Don't Cry Daddy." Ironically, this disc features the two Elvis songs, "A Little Less Conversation" and "Rubberneckin", that both reached number one on the charts when released in a dance remix format in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Can remix versions of "Change of Habit" or "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" be far behind? All in all, "Elvis: Double Features" clearly prove that Elvis possessed the ability to produce above quality music though burdened by substandard movie scripts...critics be damned!!

OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS........2003-08-28

As Elvis' movies matured in their content, the songs improved as well. This CD includes all the songs included and recorded for Elvis' last four movies and suprise, it is very good.

The songs from "Live a Little, Love a Little" are an odd mixture and quite different from Elvis' previous soundtracks. While this movie contained, as almost every Elvis movie did, a love ballad(s) and a rocker(s), the songs are smarter and geared to a more adult audience. The love ballad "Almost In Love", a song with an unusual tempo, is sung in a very deep voice and while not one of Elvis' best ballads, it is still above average. "Little Less Conversation", the rocker, has mean lyrics and Elvis is perfect for this type of song. Two versions of this song appear on this CD, the original 1968 single version and the version that appeared on the RCA / Camden budget LP "Almost In Love". "Wonderful World", a feel good ballad that should have been released as a single, and "Edge Of Reality" an unusual, interesting and indescribable ballad, are the remaings songs from this movie.

While only one song was included in the movie "Charro!", that being the title song, there was another song recorded for the movie that was not in the final print of the film. "Let's Forget About The Stars" is a fine ballad in which urges his love to forgot about astrology and follow her heart. The title song is passionately sung and one the few story ballads Elvis recorded.

The songs from "The Trouble With Girls" are an even odder mixute than the ones from "Live A Little.." "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is a social commentary song that actually hit the Top 40 in 1969 and Elvis growls and chews on the lyrics as only he could. "Almost" is a lovely and sad, although short ballad. Elvis could sing these songs till his blue moon turned to gold. "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" is a remake from Elvis 1960 gospel album "His Hand In Mine" and Elvis gives it just as solid of a treatment as he did eight years previously. The rest of the songs from this movie, "Violet", "The Whiffenpoof Song" and Signs Of The Zodiac" (a duet with co-star Marilyn Mason) were recorded directly from the soundtrack of the movie and are not noteworthy.

"Change of Habit" was Elvis' last movie in which he acted and the songs range from exellent to average. "Let Us Pray" is an outstanding gospel number and the title song is a psuedo gospel number that while well sung and written, suffers from being over produced. "Rubberneckin" was not recorded for this movie, but was actually recorded at Elvis' famous Memphis sessions of 1969 that produced "Suspicious Minds" and "Kentucky Rain". It was included in the movie and it is a wild, raucous song that has to be heard to be believed. "Have A Happy" is a more typical Elvis movie song that in the movie is sung to a child, and it is innocuous and pleasant. "Let's Be Friends" was cut from the movie and was actually an alternate song for "Have A Happy". It has slightly more mature lyrics than "Have a Happy" and again is a nice, listenable track.

Overall, I would give this CD 4 and 1/2 stars and recommend it to any Elvis fan.

OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS........2003-08-28

As Elvis' movies matured in their content, the songs improved as well. This CD includes all the songs included and recorded for Elvis' last four movies and suprise, it is very good.

Overall, I would give this CD 4 and 1/2 stars and recommend it to any Elvis fan.

Above standard soundtrack recordings........2001-10-10

Here are Elvis' final soundtrack entries, and it's interesting to realize that as his interest in movie-making waned, the quality of the product came up more than a notch. The roles fit his age and generally he did a fine job in the acting department, and a *very* fine job singing. His vocals are strong, especially when the material is good - i.e. on the uptempo, contemporary "Edge of Reality" from "Live A Little..."; "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" from "The Trouble With Girls"; and the title tune to "Change of Habit". The lone number for "Charro" is its' musical namesake and is very well-produced, but Elvis' vocal is not what it could have been. Another low-key effort is for "Let's Forget About The Stars", a tired "beat ballad", if you will, a song which is reported to be from the session for the Western "Charro". The tune would have fit a scene from the light musical "Live A Little..." when the subject of Astrology comes up at a party. [Presley experts, do you think Elvis could have carried this possibly planned but unrecorded "Live A Little..." number to the "Charro" session?] For me, the highlight in this collection is "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" from "The Trouble...", an actual Presley remake of a song from his "His Hand In Mine" album. This '68 rendition of a song he also did *live* at the '61 Hawaiian Benefit Concert (see "Elvis Aron Presley" boxed set from 1980) is a bit livelier. [**** for Elvis collectors / ** for casual fans = a solid ***].

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