Begins Here [Box set] [Import]

begins here [box set] [import]

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Perception Twin

3. Consequence

4. One Second Of Insanity

5. Crave

6. Beautiful Mine

7. Intro

8. Filling Silence

9. Always

10. Without Wings

11. Overwhelmed

12. A D

13. Outro

14. Always

15. Circus

16. Crave (video)

17. One Second Of Insanity (video)

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The Butterfly Effect is a four piece rock band from Brisbane that draws influences from such acts as The Deftones, Helmet and Faith No More. This is their debut album with a bonus disc featuring 4 tracks 'Always', 'Circus', 'Crave' (video) & 'One Second T

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Begins Here [Box set] [Import]

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I waited for this for five years
Excellent collection but BIG PUBLISHING MISTAKE!
ONE OF LLOYD WEBBER'S BEST COMPILATIONS, DESPITE A FEW FLAWS
SUCH MAGICAL MUSIC OF THE NIGHT!
A Must Have for Sir Andrew fans

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Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

Jesus Christ Superstar: Overture - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar: Everything's Alright - Yvonne Elliman/Murray Head/Ian Gilllan
Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman
Jesus Christ Superstar: Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) - Steve Balsamo
Jesus Christ Superstar: Superstar - Murray Head
Evita: Oh What A Circus/Sing You Fools - Antonio Banderas
Evita: I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You - Elaine Paige/Joss Ackland
Evita: Another Suitcase In Another Hall - Barbara Dickson
Evita: Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington
Evita: High Flying, Adored - Mandy Patinkin/Patti LuPone
Cats: The Jellicle Ball - Andrew Lloyd Weber
Cats: Memory - Elaine Paige
Cats: Gus: The Theatre Cat - Susan Jane Tanner/John Mills
Cats: Mr Mistoffelees - Paul Nicholas
Song And Dance: Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb
Song And Dance: Tell Me On A Sunday - Marti Webb
Song And Dance: Unexpected Song - Sarah Brightman
Song And Dance: Nothing Like You've Ever Known - Sarah Brightman
Song And Dance: Introduction - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Song And Dance: Variations 1 -4 - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tracks:

Starlight Express: Starlight Express - El Debarge
Starlight Express: Crazy - Greg Ellis/Reva Rice/Caron Cardelle/Samantha Lane/Voyd
Starlight Express: Next Time You Fall In Love - Reva Rice/Greg Ellis
Starlight Express: I Am The Starlight - Lon Satton/Ray Shell
Starlight Express: Light At The End Of The Tunnel - The Company
Requiem: Hosanna - Placido Domingo
Requiem: Pie jesu - Sarah Brightman/Paul Miles-Kingston
The Phantom Of The Opera: The Phantom Of The Opera - Michael Crawford/Sarah Brightman
The Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night - Michael Crawford
The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman/Steve Barton
The Phantom Of The Opera: Entr'acte - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Phantom Of The Opera: Masquerade - The Company
The Phantom Of The Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Sarah Brightman
Aspects Of Love: Aspects Of Aspects - Orchester Der Vereinigten Buehnen Wien
Aspects Of Love: Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball
Aspects Of Love: Seeing Is Believing - Michael Ball/Ann Crumb
Aspects Of Love: The First Man You Remember - Kevin Colson/Diana Morrison
Aspects Of Love: Anything But Lonely - Sarah Brightman
Aspects Of Love: Chanson D'Enfance - Sarah Brightman

Tracks:

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will Do - Jason Donovan
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Joseph's Coat - Maria Friedman/Richard Attenborough/Donny Osmond
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Close Every Door - Donny Osmond
By Jeeves: Travel Hopefully - John Scherer/Martin Jarvis/Don Stephenson
By Jeeves: When Love Arrives - Steven Pacey/Diana Morrison
By Jeeves: Half A Moment - Sarah Brightman
Sunset Boulevard: With One Look - Glenn Close
Sunset Boulevard: New Ways To Dream - Glenn Close/Alan Campbell
Sunset Boulevard: The Perfect Year - Glenn Close/Alan Campbell
Sunset Boulevard: Sunser Boulevard - Alan Campbell
Sunset Boulevard: As If We Never Said Goodbye - Glenn Close
Whistle Down The Wind: Whistle Down The Wind - James Graeme/Lottie Mayor
Whistle Down The Wind: Cold - Everly Brothers
Whistle Down The Wind: No Matter What - Children/Adult Chorus
Whistle Down The Wind: The Nature Of The Beast - Marcus Lovett/Lottie Mayor
The Beautiful Game: Overture - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Beautiful Game: The Beautiful Game - The Company
The Beautiful Game: Our Kind Of Love - Hannah Waddingham
The Beautiful Game: Dont Like You - Josie Walker/David Shannon
The Beautiful Game: Let Us Love In Peace - Josie Walker/Omagh Youth Community Choir

Tracks:

Oh What A Circus - David Essex
Memory - Betty Buckley
The Phantom Of The Opera - Sarah Brightman/Steve Harley
All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman/Cliff Richard
Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball
Any Dream Will Do - Donny Osmond
Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) - Sarah Brightman/Jose Carreras
As If We Never Said Goodbye - Barbra Streisand
The Perfect Year - Dina Carroll
With One Look - Petula Clark
You Must Love Me - Madonna
The Heart Is Slow To Learn - Kiri Te Kanawa
A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste - The Metal Philharmonic Orchestra
Whistle Down The Wind - Tina Arena
No Matter What - Boyzone
The Vaults Of Heaven - Tom Jones
Try Not To Be Afraid - Boy George
Pie Jesu - Charlotte Church

Tracks:

Make Believe Love - Wes Sands
Down Thru' Summer - Ross Hannaman
I'll Give All My Love To Southend - Ross Hannaman
Believe Me I Will - Sacha Distel
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1969 Radio Luxembourg Commercial) - Joseph Consortium/Pete Murray
Try It And See - Rita Pavone
Come Back Richard Your Country Needs You - Time Rice And The Webber Group
Goodbye Seattle - Paul Raven
John 19:41 - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra
What A Line To Go Out On - Yvonne Elliman
Disillusion Me - Gary Band
The Ballad Of Robert And Peter - Tim Rice
Christmas Dream - Maynard Williams
It's Only Your Lover Returning/All Through My Crazy And Wild Days/Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington
It's Easy For You (1977 Jungle Room Session Version) - Elvis Presley
Magdalena - Tony Christie
Buenos Aires - The Roja Rockers
Pollicle Dogs And Jellicle Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Mungojerrie And Rumpleteazer (Live At The Sydmonton Festival 1980) - Gemma Craven
I Could Have Given You More - Petula Clark
I've Been In Love Too Long - Marti Webb
Benedicite - The Stephen Hill Singers

Album Description

Disc 1: Selections from Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, and Song and Dance

Disc 2: Selections from Starlight Express, Requiem, Phantom of the Opera, and Aspects of Love

Disc 3: Selections from Joseph nad the Amaziong Technicolor Dreamcoat, By Jeeves, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, and The Beautiful Game

CD 4: 1. "Oh What a Circus" --David Essex 2. "Memory" - Betty Buckleey 3. "The Phantom of the Opera" -Sarah Brightman, Steve Harley 4. "All I Ask of You" --Sarah Brightman, Cliff Richard 5. "Love Changes Everything"--Michael Ball 6. "Any Dream Will Do"--Donny Osmond 7. "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)"--Sarah Brightman, Jose Caerras 8. "As if We Never Said Goodbye"--Barbra Streisand 9. "The Perfect Year"--Dina Carroll 10. "With One Look" --Petula Clark 11. "You Must Love Me" 12. "The Heart Is Slow To Learn" --Kiri Te Kanawa 13. "Whistle Down the Wind"--Tina Arena 14. "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing To Waste"--The Metal Philharmonic 15. "No Matter What"--Boyzone 16. "The Vaults of Heaven"--Tom Jones and Sounds of Blackness 17. "Try Not To Be Afraid"--Boy George 18. "Pie Jesu"--Charlotte Church

Disc 5: (All tracks available for the first time) 1. "Make Believe Love"--Wes Sands 2. "Down Thru' Summer"--Ross Hannaman 3. "I'll Give All My Love to Southend"--Ross Hannaman 4. "Believe Me I Will"--Sacha Distel 5. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: 1969 Luxembourg Radio Commercial--The Jospeh Consortium, Pete Murray 6. "Try It and See"--Rita Pavone 7. "Come Back Richard Your Country Needs You"--Tim Rice and the Webber Group 8. "Goodbye Seattle"-- Paul Raven 9. "John 19:41"--The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra 10. "What a Line To Go Out On"--Yvonne Elliman 11. "Disillusion Me" --Gary Bond 12. "The Ballad of Robert and Peter"--Tim Rice 13. "Christmas Dream" --Maynard Williams 14. "It's Only Your Lover Returning/All through My Wild and Crazy Days/Don't Cry for Me Argentina--Julie Covington 15. "It's Easy for You" (1977 Jungle Room Session version)--Elvis Presley 16. "Magdalena"--Tony Christie 17. "Buenos Aires"--The Rioja Rockers 18. "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats"--Andrew Lloyd Webber original demo 19. "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" (Live at Sydmonton Festival 1980)-Gemma Craven 20. "I Could Have Given You More"--Petula Clark 21. "I've Been in Love Too Long"--Marti Webb 22. "Benedicte"-- Stephen Hill Singers

Customer Reviews:

I waited for this for five years.......2006-06-30

Between Amazone, Ebay and Napster, I don't usually buy CDs anymore, and I usually wait till I can buy them cheaper "new and used". When this set came out, I was excited, mainly by Disc 5, but wasn't going to spend $70 on it. I waited till it was cheap enough, and got it for Father's day this year.
It was worth the wait.

The concept is great. The packaging is great. The recording is great. Disc five is really cool for an ALW aficionado. There are a few real gems on it; my favorites are Petula Clark's "I Could Have Given You More" and "Benedicite."
I've always thought "Gus the Theatre Cat" made a great medley on the piano with "Unexpected Song" and "I DOn't Know How to Love Him," but wished there was an alternate lyric to match the other two songs. Now that I know there *is*, and it's a good lyric, it's a dream come true.
The melody of "Benedicite" is one of my favorites from _Sunset_ (the book mis-identifies it as "SUrrender"; it's actually "The Lady's Paying" and "Eternal Youth is Worth a Little Suffering"). The lyrics are the canticle from Daniel 3, which comes up every odd Sunday in the Divine Office, so it's nice to have cool music to sing it with.

I haven't bought _By Jeeves_ or _THe Beautiful Game_ yet, to it was great to sample them.

There are other parts of the CD taht aren't found in my collection. I like CD 4 "The Hits."

But the selections on CDs 1-3 don't make sense.

First, any self-respecting ALW fan has the Original London Cast of _Phantom_, so six tracks are totally useless. Why not draw from the Canadian cast with Colm Wilkinson? Or pull out some obscure recordings never published.

Why two different tracks with Michael Ball singing "Love Changes Everything", yet they're hardly any different?

On Disc 5 is "It's Only Your Lover Returning," sung by Julie Covington. It's an early draft of the song (Lloyd Webber and Rice went through several suggested titles) and quite nice. The very thing one expects on a Boxed Set.
So why have the Julie Covington "Don't Cry for Me" on disc 1?? The only difference is a few words, but it's otherwise identical. Why not Elaine Paige or Patti Lupone or Madonna?

The _Evita_ section is otherwise the best, choosing a sample from each major recording, though I'd have chosen slightly differently (as above).

There is a great selection of "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" from the Sydmonton festival, using the original music that was changed when _Cats_ went to Broadway_. It would have been nice if they'd included more recordings from Sydmonton, like the original lyric of "All I Ask of You" shown on the second DVD to the _Phantom_ movie.

With so many great actress-singers who've played Norma Desmond, why does the collection beat us over the head with Glenn Close?

Paul Miles Kingston must be set for life in royalties, for the number of albums the original recording of "Pie Jesu" has appeared on. "Amigos Para Siempre" is nice, but it reminds me of Shari Lewis's "The Song that Doesn't End," especially when it's been used on so many compilations.

In short, this is a great collection for the obscure material, if you can get it cheap. But for a boxed set, it's a poor sampling, drawn mostly from the most familiar recordings.

Excellent collection but BIG PUBLISHING MISTAKE! .......2006-01-10

Please beware they made a mistake on this. It's actually the shortened Ray Shell version of STARLIGHT EXPRESS from the original 1984 London cast - NOT the El Debarge single from 1987 like it says on the box. I don't know how they let that goof pass. Sorry to Ray Shell. Having said that, this is an outstanding compilation of Lloyd Webber's greatest hits.

ONE OF LLOYD WEBBER'S BEST COMPILATIONS, DESPITE A FEW FLAWS.......2005-03-21

Regardless of the fact that some of his latest efforts (most notably, The Woman in White) are disappointing, there can be little doubt that Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the greatest composers ever to work in the musical theatre. Ever since his "Jesus Christ Superstar" hit the stage in the early 70-is, it was clear that the conception and perception of musicals are never going to be the same again. Many of his songs became standards not only in the theatre history, but also as tops on the charts. Even though he's British, his influence on the shape of the modern musical theatre expanded over the West End boundaries long ago and has thus made an enormous impact on Broadway. Two of his shows ("Cats" and "The phantom of the opera") hold the record as two the longest running shows in the history of Broadway. He has also been the only composer to have three of his shows running at Broadway concurrently. Some of his awards include three Grammies, a Golden Globe, an Oscar and a bunch of Tony awards. But perhaps most of all, Lloyd Webber is responsible for bringing the musicals and the theatre appealing to the wide audiences, who in different circumstances would not consider seeing a musical. The secret of his success is probably the mixture of beautiful and catchy melodies, interesting subject matter (though some, like Starlight Express, are too thin) and grandiose staging.

Over the years many compilations of his work have emerged. In the late 80-is and early 90-is it was the "Encore" series and lately the one-disc collection called "Gold". The one in question here can be considered one of the best currently on the market. First, it includes a 3-disc selections from all of his shows, minus the latest one, i.e., "The Woman in White", which, considering the triviality of the score, is no great lost. The fourth disc covers some of his most known songs sung by the famous artists. Then, there is the fifth disc with previously unreleased material, most of which are the songs ALW wrote with Tim Rice for various artists during the 70-is. The disks are all neatly packed in a hardcover book that features 67 pages of pictures and text with information about each of ALW's shows. One of the other assets here is the perfect sound quality, since all of the tracks have been digitally remastered.

Here are my basic impressions and comments regarding the material on the discs:

* Disc #1 has the selections from "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Cats" and "Song & Dance". The Superstar material mostly comes from the Concept Recording. Although the songs sound beautiful as always, their orchestration is a bit dated now. Only Steve Balsamo's "Gethsemane" from the 1996 revival cast has a modern rock sound. "Evita" comes with the material from all of the major recordings: London, Broadway and the movie productions, as well as the Concept album. No objections here; since this is one of ALW's most satisfying works, every song is just perfect, although Patti LuPone, the Broadway and overall the best Evita, is left with only a couple of lines. With the selections from "Cats", however, I have some doubts. A plus to the choice of the "Jellicle ball" impressive orchestral sequence from the 1998 movie version and "Mister Mistoffelees" from the 1981 London cast. One of the best known ALW's songs, "Memory", also comes from that album. It's a pretty version and Elaine Paige's rendition cannot be matched, but why include this when the definite version, featuring an 80-piece orchestra and Elaine Paige with much better interpretation, can be found in the same movie version. Thusly, one has to buy Elaine Paige's latest 2-disc compilation "Centre Stage: The very best of Elaine Paige" to get that one. And "Gus the theatre cat" is more a recital than a song, so there was not much point in including that. Marti Webb brings her vocal charm to the "Song & Dance" sequence, Sarah Brightman sings "Unexpected song" with her famous soprano, but as much as I like her version, Bernadette Peters, who was in this show on Broadway is strangely left out here.

* Disc # 2 starts with "Starlight Express". This was never one of my favorite ALW's shows; the plot is even lighter than in "Cats" and the 1984 original cast recording is terribly dated. Yet, here we have one terrific duet, "I am starlight" from the original together with three songs from the later revivals and it seems that fresh orchestrations were just the thing Starlight needed. My favorite remains a touchy ballad, "Next time you fall in love". "Requiem" is the most solemn of all ALW's compositions, written in 1985 to commemorate the death of his father. Placido Domingo's tenor rides together with the chorus all the way through the strong "Hosanna", only to be joined by Sarah Brightman in the final moments of this song. She then gives an echoing deliverance of "Pie Jesu". What can be said of ALW's next show, "The Phantom of the Opera"? A phenomenon in its own right, it's easy to see from the six numbers included here why this is one of the best and most beloved musicals of all time. The cast, the music, the story - everything is perfect. Although "Aspects of love" was never a popular hit, it does have some of the most beautiful love melodies ALW has ever written. "Love changes everything" sung by Michael Ball is probably one of the best tunes ever about love. The rest of the selected material here has a dreamy love flavor and the melodies find their way into your brain in the best Lloyd Webber way.

* ALW's first musical, "Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat" was more successful in its revival form than the original from the 70-is. The three songs included here are sung by the show stars, Jason Donovan and Donny Osmond. Maria Friedman was not a lucky choice to play the narrator, as the track from the 1998 movie version shows. "By Jeeves" was ALW's only big flop when it came to the stage in the 70-is. The 1995 revival sounds much better though, full of funny numbers in the best manner of the musical comedy. "Travel hopefully" remains one of the show's highlights on this compilation. "Sunset Boulevard" comes next. "Sunset" remains for me one of Webber's best scores; lush and beautiful. I listen to the original cast recording with Patti LuPone all the time. However, here most of the songs are performed by Glenn Close. A big mistake. If you've ever listened the American premiere recording with her, you'll know what I am talking about. She may have a strong stage presence, but her vocal abilities are too limited, and her aggressive approach to the role lacks any subtlety. Therefore, the two big numbers from this show, "With one look" and "As if we never said goodbye" are ruined by the fact she can't sing. The same goes for the American Joe Gillis, who was played by Alan Campbell. Luckily, Patti LuPone and Kevin Anderson, the original Norma and Joe from the London production, make their brief entrance here with the "Perfect year"; enough to show how better they are. The funny thing is, on the jacket and inside of it, Glenn Close and Alan Campbell are credited as performers in this song as well. If this was a mistake on ALW's part, it was a good one. The next ALW's show, "Whistle down the wind" was never a critic's dear and yet the audiences rushed in to see it in London. The score brings back ALW to his rock and roll roots of the seventies and the story is quite interesting. But the selections here are not the happiest, since the cast recording boasts with much better songs. And finally, "The Beautiful Game". Again, we have one of those ALW's shows that is worth in its individual parts rather than as a whole. "Our kind of love" and "Let us love in peace" are two catchy ballads. The latter is a nice amalgam version not available elsewhere. The two other tracks here I could live without.

* Disc # 4 has the songs from all the above shows performed by different artists. The assembled tracks have their pros and cons. For example, we have some previously unreleased stuff, like Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's operettic rendition of "The heart is slow to learn", or a stunning and epic "A kiss is a terrible thing to waste" from "Whistle down the wind", performed by The Metal Philharmonic Orchestra. Then again, what was the point in including almost identical tracks as the ones on the previous disks? So we have Michael Ball again singing "Love changes everything" with only a bit different orchestration; Sarah Brightman comes out again with the same Phantom duets, but only with the different male singers. It would be much more appropriate to include tracks from the Toronto Cast of the Phantom, with Colm Wilkinson. Other pop deliverances (Tina Arena's "Whistle down the wind", Barbra Streisand's "As if we never said goodbye", Boyzone's "No matter what" and many more) were wisely chosen. Patti LuPone is again nowhere to be found and Petula Clark's "With one look" sounds too worn-out.

* The last disc is probably the one that will be of most interest to Lloyd Webber aficionados. It consists of entirely previously unreleased material ALW for the most part wrote for various artists during his early years, with Tim Rice. Some of these tunes, not successful as a singles, were later used in his shows. Thus "Down thru' summer" became "Buenos Aires"in Evita, "Try it and see", an unsuccessful attempt for the Eurovision was used for "King Herod's song" in "Superstar" and so on. Some of these songs are nicely made pop songs: "Make believe love", ALW's first recorded composition, for which he provided the lyrics; "Goodbye Seattle", sung by Paul Raven, who later became Gary Glitter; "Come back Richard, your country needs you", from a never made musical, sung here by Tim Rice, or Latin flavored "Magdalena", with Tony Christie singing. My all time favorite here is a song called "It's easy for you", sung by none other than Elvis Presley himself. Lloyd Webber and Rice sent him a demo recording that he accepted and recorded this live version a couple of weeks before he died. It's amazing to hear how his voice remained in the perfect shape. Also, there is a track of Andrew Lloyd Webber singing "Policle dogs and Jellicle cats" while plying the piano. His voice doesn't sound bad at all.

Taken as a whole, this compilation makes a perfect birthday or Christmas present to any fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber shows, or just anybody interested in some of the best tunes from the modern era of the musical theatre; despite the flaws I mentioned above. To the former, it may just be the final addition for the Andrew Lloyd Webber collection.

SUCH MAGICAL MUSIC OF THE NIGHT!.......2003-01-19

"Evita." "Sunset Blvd." "Starlight Express." "Jesus Christ Superstar." "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." "Requiem." "Aspects of Love." The man who is the most recognized composer in the history of the musical theatre, the man who has won more Tonys than any other composer, the man who boasts the best-selling show of all time ("The Phantom of the
Opera") and the longest-running show of all time ("Cats"), the man whose homes are filled with three Grammys, five Oliviers, a Golden Globe, and Oscar and too many other honors and hosannas to mention, the man knighted in 1992 certainly doesn't need an introduction. Now Decca Broadway pays tribute to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber with "Now and Forever," a spectacular 5-CD set compiled and produced by Sir Andy himself. It's cheaper than a
ticket to "The Producers" ... and more much exciting. This treasure trove contains highlights from all of Webber's shows, and a bonus disc of tunes sung by Betty Buckley, Barbara
Streisand, Jose Carreras, Boy George, Charlotte Church, Madonna, Tom Jones, Petula Clark, even Elvis! A must for lovers of theatre---and good music.

A Must Have for Sir Andrew fans.......2002-05-21

This five-CD collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber's career is fantastic. It leaves virtually no stone unturned. I have no doubt that diehard Webber fans will love this, especially for the 5th disc entitled "From the Vaults." This disc alone is worth the price as it contains tunes never before heard by the typical fan. Who knew Elvis did a Lloyd Webber tune?!? I didn't! Also the tune "Benedictine" which the composer wrote for his most recent marriage is not only pretty, but it has the same medley as "The Lady's Paying" from "Sunset Blvd." which I found highly enjoyable. Another great track is the composer himself singing a cut song from "Cats" entitled "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats" which has the same tune as "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats," but to hear Sir Andrew sing is a blast...he sounds a lot like Al "Year of the Cat" Stewart.
The cuts from the musicals are great but are likely owned by ALW fans as they are on the original cast albums. And I'm glad that there were tunes included from the composers most recent efforts which have yet to make it beyond London (Whistle Down the Wind, Beautiful Game).
My only complaint is the inclusion of way too many tracks by Sarah Brightman. She must've received a great divorce settlement that included having tunes on any ALW collection until the end of time!! Her interpretations of some of the tunes were limp and uninspired. I would've much rather heard casts from around the world rather than yet another song by this disdainful soprano! How about Colm Wilkinson's version of "Music of the Night" from the original Canadian cast of "Phantom"? Or Michael Crawford's version of "Unexpected Song"? What? No Betty Buckley from "Sunset Blvd."? And of course there are songs you KNOW are going to be on the collection before you even listen to it as they have been on EVERY ALW collection for the past decade or so.
A great collection but too much Sarah Brightman!

The Complete Gilbert & Sullivan (Box Set)

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Release Date: 2003-05-13

Customer Reviews:

Don't underestimate those "unknown" Operettas!!.......2005-07-07

This is, as far as I know - the only way of buying the "official" recordings of "The Grand Duke" and "Utopia" - which seem to be otherwise out of print!! Several of the others are not that easy to get either.

In any case - most people getting this set will already have the Mikado, and very probably Pirates and Pinafore for that matter, so you're really getting it for the others.

So just for the record - someone has to say this!

The Mikado is (of course) a wonderful piece, but it enjoys its long running status as the most successful of all the G&S operettas very largely for "extra-musical" reasons. It is visually so wonderful, with all those great authentic costumes, and the whole idea of satirising English institutions by pretending they are Japanese is of course brilliantly funny.

Again, Pirates and Pinafore enjoy a lot of their acclaim simply because we have heard them so often. And at least part of the initial success of these (admittedly very funny and entertaining) pieces was the vogue for "nautical drama" on the popular Victorian stage.

Iolanthe, Ruddigore, and Yoemen are all MUCH stronger musically than any of what another reviewer here keeps calling the "trilogy". Patience, Princess Ida, and the Gondoliers all excel either "nautical" operetta, at least musically, although not, perhaps, the Mikado. And I have had a lot of fun listening to my recording of the Sorcerer - although I think most at least of the other G&S operettas are even more interesting.

As for "Trial by Jury" it is really another thing altogether - but in its kind the most perfect thing either Gilbert or Sullivan had anything to do with!

This leaves Utopia and the Grand Duke.

Both of these were produced after the long running friendship between G&S had soured, and they have been sadly neglected ever since. Utopia is none the less both musically beautiful and very funny, and well worth taking an effort to come to grips with. The main point of the satire (which many commentators and reviewers seem to miss) is the way that the English language and British (especially English) institutions were being adopted, often rather uncritically, by countries around the world (most, but not all, of them members of the British Empire, of course). India is perhaps the country Gilbert had most in mind, but you could set it in any of a dozen other countries. The residual problems this has left in the post-colonial world ensure that this work is still far from dated. In some ways this operetta is about globalisation! What could possibly be LESS dated than that!

The Grand Duke, on the other hand, is a bit of an odd man out - I suppose you still have to say it is the weakest of all the G&S efforts. It's the ONLY one that didn't score a very respectable run on its first outing. Surprisingly, however, if an attempt is made to duplicate the musical and (especially) dialogue cuts that G&S would have done themselves if they had not by this time been at each other's throats all the time, a very entertaining piece can be made of it. I was very agreeably surprised by the Ohio Light Opera recording, which does just that - and I am coming round to the idea that the only thing really wrong with the Duke is that it is too long.

ANYWAY:

For all people (especially callow youth) who remain convinced that G&S only wrote three operettas worth listening to - all I can say is, buy this set, and give the lesser known ones a chance. Make sure you have a libretto in your hands as you listen, of course. It may even just need a single hearing in some cases, but otherwise, be patient. In the meantime, you really cannot have any conception of what you are missing.

A few details.......2004-03-28

This 24-CD album consists of 12 plastic cases, each with a thin booklet giving background and plot summaries for the works on its 2 enclosed CD's. Most of the album consists of 15 operettas, 2 of which (Cox and Box, The Zoo) have texts not by Gilbert and 7 of which (The Sorcerer, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore, Yeomen of the Guard, Utopia Limited, The Grand Duke) omit most of the spoken dialogue. Before listening to any of these operettas that you don't know well, you'll want to obtain a copy of its text so you can read along and not miss any of the words or the wit.

Wonderful set, if a little inconsistent at times........2003-07-07

If you thought that the Sargent set of G&S opera recordings was gargantum enough, then this D'Oyly Carte cycle is even more gargantum. Although it is more expensive (because of the four extra operas that the Sargent cycle did not include), this complete 24-CD set is like a joy to behold. There is a debate as to whether this is better than the Sargent cycle, but I like to think that this is a delight from first disc to last, because of the idiomatic sense of polish that these recordings seem to have, and are given a life that makes them able to breathe well. This is all thanks to Isidore Godfrey and Royston Nash's conducting. I know that the performances may not be entirely consistent (this is evident when you compare the performance and recording quality of Mikado and Pirates with those of Gondoliers and Pinafore), but this is only a matter of personal preference. The 1960s performances were given more sumptuous and well-detailed recordings than the 1970s recordings, made when the performing style was not so fresh. But anyway, I still think that this is definitely a good buy for anyone who loves G&S. Even with the consistency of Sargent's cheaper EMI set, I would still say: do go ahead to invest in the set because of the liveliness and style in this complete G&S cycle that Sargent never (hardly ever) tackles. The only thing is: I would also like to suggest complementing it with the 1957 Decca D'Oyly Carte recordings of Mikado and Pirates, recently released by the Sounds on CD label, so that these recordings can do justice to the enormous spirit of these operas.

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Smilin and Scattin
Essential Listening for the Expert and Neophyte
Amazing and Essential

Bebop Spoken Here
Various Artists
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The Bebop Years
Tempus Fugue-It
Hittin' on All Six
Jivin With Jordan
The Big Horn: The History of the Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone

ASIN: B00004UFTG
Release Date: 2001-05-28

Tracks:

Woody'n You - Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Disorder At The Border - Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
The Moose - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Tiny's Tempo - Tiny Grimes Quintet
Good Bait - Dizzy Gillespie All Stars
Something For You - Oscar Pettiford & His All Stars
Night In Tunisia - Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
In The Middle - Georgie Auld & His Orchestra
Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Atmosphere - Dizzy Gillespie
Opus X - Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
Reverse The Charges - Frank Socolow's Duke Quintet
Loverman - Sarah Vaughan
Hot House - Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet
Hallelujah - Red Norvo And His Selected Sextet
Koko - Charlie Parker's Reboppers
Second Balcony Jump - Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie Septet
Ornithology - Charlie Parker Septet
If You Could See Me Now - Sarah Vaughan
Jay Bird - Jay Jay Johnson's Beboppers
Our Delight - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Things To Come - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
BeBop In Pastel - Sonny Stitt All Stars
Webb City - The Bebop Boys

Tracks:

Opus De Bop - Stan Getz Quartet
Dodo's Bounce - Dodo Marmarosa
Smooth Sailing - Dodo Marmarosa/Lucky Thompson Quartet
Woodchopper's Holiday - Sonny Berman's Big Eight
The Man I Love - Wardell Gray Quartet
Indiana - Bud Powell Trio
Disc Jockey Jump - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
All God's Children Got Rhythm - Red Rodney's Be-Boppers
Oop-Pop-A-Da - Bab's Three Bips And A Bop
The Chase - Dexter Gordon
All Night, All Frantic - Allen Eager
Mad Lad - Sir Charles Thompson's All Stars
Milestones - Miles Davis All Stars
Ow! - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Confirmation - Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker
Thrivin' On A Riff - Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
The Squirrel - Tadd Dameron Sextet
Ruby My Dear - Thelonious Monk
Embraceable You - Charlie Parker Quintet
What Is This Thing Called Love? - Anita O'day
Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker Quintet
In Walked Bud - Thelonious Monk
Donna Lee - Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald

Tracks:

The Duel - Dexter Gordon/Teddy Edwards
Nostalgia - Fats Navarro
Dexter's Riff - Dexter Gordon Quintet
Dexter's Mood - Dexter Gordon & His Boys
Cool Breeze - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Wee Dot - Leo Parker's All Stars
Yardbird Suite - Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
How High The Moon - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Bone-O-Logy - Jay Jay Johnson's Bop Quintet
Four Brothers - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
The Thin Man - Art Blakey's Messengers
Bop Alley - Art Blakey's Messengers
Bluebird - Charlie Parker All-Stars
The Talk Of The Town - Howard McGhee Sextet
Confirmation - Kenny Clarke And His Fifty Second Street Boys
Jumpin' There - Kenny Clarke And His Fifty Second Street Boys
Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
Stealin' Apples - Benny Goodman Septet
Ah-Leu-Cha - Charlie Parker All-Stars
Parker's Mood - Charlie Parker All-Stars
The Skunk - Howard McGhee/Fats Navarro
Double Talk - Howard McGhee/Fats Navarro
Blue Brew - Brew Moore
Cu-Ba - James Moody's Modernists

Tracks:

Tin Tin Deo - James Moody's Modernists
Foo's - Tony Fruscella Quintet
Ool-Ya-Koo - Ella Fitzgerald
Jam For Boppers - Gene Ammons/Tom Archia
That's Right - Woody Herman And His Orchestra
Victory Ball - Metronome All-Stars
Casbah - Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra
Professor Bop - Babs Gonzales And His Orchestra
Move - Miles Davis And His Orchestra
Israel - Miles Davis And His Orchestra
Undercurrent Blues - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
Focus - Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra
Blue Lou - Benny Goodman Septet
BeBop Spoken Here - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Wallington's Godchild - Kai Winding Sextet
Crossing The Channel - Kai Winding Sextet
I'll Keep Loving You - Bud Powell
Tempus Fugit - Bud Powell
Euphoria - Charlie Ventura
Crazy Chords - Stan Getz Quartet
Wail - Bud Powell's Modernists
Twisted - Wardell Gray Quartet
Move - Serge Chaloff

Album Description

The language of bebop is one of the most enduring and eloquent in the history of jazz music. The 97 bebop statements in this box set sound as fresh and invigorating now as when they were first recorded some 50 years ago. The artists include Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Berman, Woody Herman and Miles Davis. Includes 52 page fully illustrated booklet, discography and rare photographs. Over four hours of music. 4 standard jewel cases packaged in a 5' x 5' colorful cardboard slipcase. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Searching for booklet: please help!.......2007-01-13

The reviews above just about sum it up: great collection, nice selection of songs, and I hear the booklet is great. I bought my box set from another seller and it came without the book. Anyone wishing to sell one or know of a place to get it, please contact me!

ótimo custo benefício.......2007-01-07

Se você está interessado em conhecer o bebop, esta é uma boa oportunidade. A coleção traz um apanhado geral do estilo e no mínimo vale como curiosidade para quem quer se iniciar no tema.

Smilin and Scattin.......2006-03-18

Like eating really good filet mignon for the first time, and feeling slightly sorry that you deprived yourself up that point. But otherwise, just smiling, swaying to the beat and scatting along.

A good friend of mine who is a semi-professional musician attempted to teach me about modes, how jazz is often constructed. I'm just an appreciative music fan, but clearly the artists on this collection were high adepts, skillful in weaving together some of the most complex yet unpretentious music ever heard. Too many fabulous artists to single out; they're all good. I hope jazz fans back in the day enjoyed this music as much as I do.

BUY THIS COLLECTION AT ONCE!!!

Essential Listening for the Expert and Neophyte.......2005-09-26

As a long time jazz fan, you'd expect that I would have most of the material on a box like this. And I do. But there are quite a few gems I've found nowhere else and, in any case, it's wonderful having all of this amazing music in one place. "Bebop Spoken Here" is indeed a perfect introduction to this challenging subgenre of jazz, but it is also a wonderful set for the connoisseur of jazz. All the greats are here, both the famous and the obscure. If you haven't picked this up yet, do so!

Amazing and Essential.......2005-05-25

This huge compilation casts a wide net, capturing the classic recordings of the giants of bebop: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Bud Powell, the early recordings of future stars like Dexter Gordon and Stan Getz, the popularizers who made it accessible to a larger audience: Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet and Charlie Ventura and the rarities by now-obscure musicians: Freddie Webster, Sonny Berman, Tom Archia, Tony Fruscella and many others.

Why buy this set? You won't hear this music anywhere else as radio these days won't play anything made before the LP era.
You will discover that although this music was far-out, Dizzy Gillespie was popular enough to have his own big band and a
major-label record contract. Charlie Parker could play any style,
his first record with Tiny Grimes is pure swing and Parker plays superbly. You'll hear Trummy Young, Louis Armstrong's trombone player, play superbly on "Good Bait" with Dizzy Gillespie and Dexter Gordon. You will hear so much rare and excellent music, otherwise completely unobtainable, by musicians, like Tadd Dameron, so influential and yet now forgotten. You will hear the
greatness of those who died far too soon like Wardell Gray and Fats Navarro.

If you want to experience and understand this music, this is essential listening. Reasonably priced, excellently documented too!

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Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00062FLI8
Release Date: 2004-11-30

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Ahead of their Time
Clearing The Vaults
Where are the demos?
Same Old, Same Old

From Here to Eternity: The Live Box Set
New York Dolls
Manufacturer: Castle
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One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
Down to Kill
Hard Night's Day
Thunders, Kane, & Nolan - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

ASIN: B0007W0KJW
Release Date: 2006-04-17

Tracks:

Trash
Milk Man
Puss 'N' Boots
Intro/Personality Crisis
Bad Girl
Looking for a Kiss
Who Are the Mystery Girls
Stranded in the Jungle
Human Being
Pills
Trash
Milk Man
Puss 'N' Boots
Babylon
Lone Star Queen
Don't Start Me Talking
Puss 'N' Boots
Looking for a Kiss
Trash
Stranded in the Jungle
Personality Crisis
Bad Girl
Pills

Tracks:

Hoochie Coochie Man
It's Too Late [False Start][Version]
Chatterbox
Human Being
Hoochie Coochie Man
Great Big Kiss
Dont Mess with Cupid
Chatterbox
Babylon Tell Me Your Name
Showdown
Mystery Girls
Jet Boy
Human Being
Intro/Personality Crisis
Vietnamese Baby
Bad Girl
Great Big Kiss

Tracks:

Pills
Frankenstein
Lone Star Queen
Don't Start Me Talking
Red Patent Leather
On Fire
Something Else
Daddy Rolling Stone
Ain't Got No Home/Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Girls Girls Girls
Down, Down Downtown
Pirate Love
Pills
Teenage News
Personality Crisis/Looking for a Kiss
Stranded in the Jungle
Personality Crisis
Don't Mess with Cupid
Great Big Kiss

Album Description

3 CD set. Combining both studio demos and live recordings, this three CD box set defines the early history of the the New York Dolls' recorded output by offering a near complete document of their '73 studio sessions. The live recordings are taken from shows recorded in Paris in December '73, Vancouver in '74 and New York City in '75. Some hardened fans consider the demo recordings superior to the subsequent Mercury albums. Castle Music. 2005.

Album Details

Triple CD Box Set that Assembles Live Recordings that Define the Early History of this Ground Breaking Punk Group that Could Invariably Only Come from New York. The Live Tracks in the Set were Recorded at Shows in Paris in December '73, Vancouver in '74 and New York City in '75.

Customer Reviews:

Ahead of their Time.......2006-12-17

As a Dolls fan, I bought this item as soon as I saw it. The song selection
is excellent, and is an amazing career overview. The only down side(although
not for me) is the sound quality. If that would deter one from buying this,
your not as big a Dolls fan as you may have thought you were. A must have for any serious fan of The New York Dolls.

Clearing The Vaults.......2006-06-26

According to the placemat on my table at Lim's last night, 2006 is the Year of the Dog. Well, at least they got the first two letters right because even though we're only about halfway in, it appears Year of the DOLL may be closer to the truth. Based on all of the Stooges swag dusted off and cleaned up for consumption by the great unwashed masses last year though, the Chinese nailed it when they christened 2005 the Year of the Cock.

Early track listings for this swanky mini box trumpeted the inclusion of studio demos allegedly superior to those versions ultimately released on the two much-maligned albums which make up the Dolls official discography but like Jimmy Hoffa back in 1975, they've gone missing somewhere between concept and reality. Has anyone checked the Meadowlands?

What we get instead are three discs worth of shows which, with the possible exception of Vancouver (1974), have all been available on various boots and dodgy, semi-official releases over the past 30 years, packaged a hundred different ways under wrappers like "Panic In Detroit," "Paris Le Trash," "Dolls Live: Dallas '74," "Live At My Father's Place," "Hootchie Cootchie Dolls," "Seven Day Weekend," and "Red Patent Leather." For what it's worth - perhaps an afterthought - Castle even throws in three songs from a 1984 Heartbreakers gig in Sweden with Sylvain Sylvain masquerading as Walter Lure, previously available on Receiver Records' "Sad Vacation."

Extra credit to whoever untangled the snarl of licensing rights as well as to whoever has to figure out the distribution of royalties.

True believers in the healing powers of digital technology will be dismayed to learn that it has proved worthless in cleaning up the sound of those dusty old vinyl sides they may have laying around the basement. It's all as boomy, flat, and muffled as ever, even the Detroit show, culled from a WABX-FM simulcast, but it will do in a pinch. Hand-held cassette recorders held high above a sea of tottering, jean-jacketed chunderheads fortified on Quaaludes and cheap wine were never meant to take the place of a soundboard.

But the performances shine BRIGHTLY nonetheless, like the best night of your life crammed into 60-minute blocks of the sound of five guys, with not inconsiderable chemical assistance, not so much reinventing the wheel as fitting it with shiny chrome mags and raised white lettering. Set lists will read like the back of the hand to the faithful aside from the occasional non-LP track and cover like "Lone Star Queen," "Great Big Kiss," "Don't Mess With Cupid," and "Daddy Rolling Stone." Nice to have all of this in one spot, thereby freeing up the vinyl versions for sale on ebay.

Frankly - and I never thought I'd say this - I'm tapped out of adjectives for the New York Dolls, much as I was in 2005 with The Stooges. Reviewing albums by either band without using words like "raw," "fuzz," "proto," "primal," "punk," "drugs," "crash," or "burn" - ad nauseum - is no longer within my wheelhouse.

"From Here To Eternity" clears the Dolls' plate just in time to welcome the dawning of a new epoch. Bring on the new album! I'll meet you there, alright?

Where are the demos?.......2006-06-14

First of all, the track listing is wrong from what appears on the Amazon site as of 6-14-2006. It's not even close. Second, there are no demos on this. Am I missing something?? I preordered this to get the demos and all we have are live recordings. The sound on this is awful, very similar to the Stooges live recordings. If your familar with those, you know what I mean. I would have given it one star, but it is still a interesting listen, as I love The New York Dolls. I'm shocked they would release this the way it sounds. It appears to be a attempt to make money without putting a dime in cleaning up the sound on this. The Vancouver show is the only decent recording on this release.

Same Old, Same Old.......2006-06-14

Nice packaging and liner notes but this is mostly the same old stuff that has been floating around on boots or semi-legitimate releases for years.

Unfortunately there was no magic remastering applied so the crummy sounding stuff still sounds crummy.

One bright spot: I had never heard the Vancouver material before and it is pretty darn good, very listenable.

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One of the Finest "Neo-Classical" Guitar Efforts
Great Bargain!
From Rock to Classical

From Here to Eternity
Uli Jon Roth
Manufacturer: Dressed to Kill
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Transcendental Sky Guitar
Metamorphosis

ASIN: B00000HZ9A
Release Date: 1999-02-09

Tracks:

Electric Sun
Lilac
Burning Wheels Turning
Japanese Dream
Sundown
Winterdays
Still So Many Miles Away
Earthquake

Tracks:

Cast Away Your Chains
Indian Dawn
I'll Be Loving You Always
Fire Wind
Prelude In Space Minor
Just Another Rainbow
Children Of The Sea
Chaplin And l
Hiroshima: Enola Gay/Tune Of Japan/Attack/Lament

Tracks:

Bridge To Heaven
Thunder Bay
Pegasus
Starships Of Dawn
Winds Of War
Sky Valley
The Wings Of Avalon
Until The End Of Time
Tod Und Zerstorung
E Lucevan Le Stelle
Starlight
Aquila/The Eagle And The Rainbow
Zephyrus/The Southwind/Je Reviens
Endymion/The Eternal Sleeper/Balahe
Ballerina/Dance With Infinity
Aprilis/Melting Snow Of The North
Cygnus/The Swan Of The West
Aeolos/Father Of Winds/Autumn Leaves
Flora/Bride Of The Summer Wind
Boreas/Northeast Winter Wind
Lethe/River Of Oblivion/Arpege
Galatea/Daughter Of Oceans
Aqua Vitae/Poseidon's Water Of Life/Eau Sauvage

Album Details

Rare, Out of Print Triple CD Collection from the Guitar Viruoso Uli Roth. Discs One and Two Contain the Earthquake and Firewind Albums Respectively While Disc Three Contains Prologue to the Symphonic Legends (1995) and the Previously Unreleased Aguila Suite (12 Arpeggio Concert Etudes for Solo Piano 1991).

Customer Reviews:

One of the Finest "Neo-Classical" Guitar Efforts.......2001-10-29

The title of this review refers primarily to Uli's "Prologue to Symphonic Legends", one of the three CDs in this collection. The set also includes Uli's first two Electric Sun Albums from '79 and '80. The Electric Sun recordings definitely have bright spots - Uli's awesome and crafty guitar solos which are brilliant compositions in themselves, his Hendrixisms, and his beautiful Strat tone. Unfortunately, they also have rough spots - the production, the vocals (Uli is a great player but an awful singer who makes music sometimes sound like karaoke - a great band backing up an ameteur vocalist, but Uli can be forgiven since his playing is so stellar, his vocals don't matter), and in my opinion, inconsistent songwriting. In spite of weaknesses, they are great to listen to for electric guitar fans and offer an education on where certain developments in rock guitar sprang from during the eighties.

The best part of this collection is the Prologue, which unlike most other "neo-classical" efforts, is mainly orchestral music with Uli interjecting beautiful, violin-like guitar solos on his six octave guitar. The opening piece is a familiar Puccini piece which Uli rewrote the lyrics for. His solo is breathtaking. His tone and use of the wah are about is perfect as it gets for this genre. The other pieces are Uli's own compositions and reveal him to be among the foremost composers whose primary instrument is electric guitar. The cadenza in "Pegasus" is the most perfect distorted electric guitar solo I have ever heard and it alone is worth the price of this entire 3 CD collection. Uli not only plays the right notes for classical pieces, but has the right feel - the right rubato. That is something lacking amongst most electric players who attempt classical pieces. The drawback to "Prologue" is that the orchestration is synthesized, but the timbre isn't too thin in spite of this. There is also a nice bonus after the "Prologue" of Uli's incredible piano compositions. And best of all...Uli doesn't sing!

Any fans of virtuoso electric guitar music who have not yet heard Uli or who only know him from his early Scorpion days, must check him out. In my opinion, he makes Yngwie sound like a kindergartner - and I speak as an Yngwie fan!

Great Bargain!.......2000-06-18

Okay, Uli Roth started out copying Jimi Hendrix. This compilation shows what he was trying to do when he left the Scorpions (and both parties went very separate directions). Yes, Uli's voice (like Jimi's) is nothing extraordinary (the last disc has classically-trained singers, not Uli). But his guitar melodies are straight from Heaven. Uli took himself from a Hendrix follower, to an innovator himself, and his work has taken the guitar to places that I know even Jimi would be amazed, and pleased. The last disc and the new direction is very much symphonic rock opera, but the backbone of all Uli's work is beautiful solos. Not wanking like Yngwie, but rather ethereal music. Uli has a sound like no one else, and his custom 7 string guitar is more like a violin (here you see the classsical direction). This collection is a must for guitar fans. Beyond that, I am not sure I'd recommend it. But if you are prone to buying Steve Vai, Yngwie, Satriani, Eric Johnson, Santana, or any of these guys...They know and admire Uli. Buy this and see why.

From Rock to Classical.......2000-02-29

The first two discs were exactly what I expected of Uli, very Scorpionslike. If you like songs like Fly To The Rainbow,Evening Wind and Polar Nights then, you will like these two discs. The vocals are a little week especially on the Fire Wind disc. Disc three is different. If you like classical music you should enjoy this disc, if not you won't. It's that simple. The last song "AQUILA SUITE" is a piano composition, I think it is a very good change of pace. Not that I don't enjoy blisstering guitar work because I do, it's just that in my advacing years I am becoming a more rounded music fan (I will not ever become a top 40 fan). For the money this is a very wise purchase, three for the price of one. Buy this set, reminisce about days gone past and enjoy some good classical music with your favorite beverage or herb.

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horrible
The best ever symphonic collection of the Fab Four ever!

Symphony for the Stars: The Beatles

Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000KZV
Release Date: 1995-09-01

Tracks:

All You Need Is Love
Hey Jude
Here Comes The Sun
Let It Be
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Michelle
And I Love Her
The Long And Winding Road
Can't Buy Me Love
Strawberry Fields Forever
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Penny Lane

Tracks:

Norwegian Wood
I Feel Fine
Something
Lady Madonna
Don't Let Me Down
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Yes, It Is
She Loves You
Hello, Good-Bye
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Across The Universe
I Should Have Known Better

Customer Reviews:

horrible.......1999-05-23

The beatles are bad enough on their own, they dont need an orchestra to make them worse.

The best ever symphonic collection of the Fab Four ever!.......1999-03-21

The fact you are reading this probably means you are a fan of the Beatles. If you sometimes wish for a collection of orchestral Beatles songs but are unsure of some of the cheap numbers you have heard, well! This set is amazing, the music is rich and full of feeling, a best buy without a doubt. If it were possible I would give it six stars!

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Opera Highlights (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Delta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Overture - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Pres des remparts - Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa
La garde montante - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Parlez-moi de ma mere....Ma mere je ma - Andras Molnar
Habanera - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Les dragons d'Alcara/Danse boheme - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Votre toast - Nicolai Ghiaurov
La fleur que tu m'avais jetee - Andras Molnar
Intermezzo - Marche des contrebandiers - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Je dis que rien ne - Liliana Vassileva
Aragonaise - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
A deux cuartos - Sofia National Opera Chorus
Ballet Music - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Les voici! Voisi la Quadrille! - Sofia National Opera Chorus

Tracks:

Overture - Marcello Viotti
Hier Soll Ich Dich Denn Sehen, Konstanze - Jerrold Van Der Schaaf
Solche Hergelauf'ne Laffen - Kurt Rydl
Singt Dem Grossen Bassa Lieder - Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Marsch, Marsch, Marsch! Trollt Euch Fort - Kurt Rydl
Durch Zartlichkeit Und Schmeicheln - Jeanine Thames
Ich Gehe, Doch Rate Ich Dir - Kurt Rydl
Martern Aller Arten - Sylvia Greenberg
Welche Wonne, Welche Lust - Jeanine Thames
Wenn Der Freuden Tranen Fliessen - Jerrold Van Der Schaaf
Ach Belmonte! Ach Mein Leben - Sylvia Greenberg
Im Mohrenland Gefangen War - Wilfried Gahmlich
O, Wie Will Ich Triumphieren, Wenn Sie Euch Zum Richtplatz Furhren - Kurt Rydl
Nie Werd' Ich Deine Huld Verkennen - Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Tracks:

E Soffito...E Pareti - Giacomo Aragall
Dovunque Al Mondo/Quale Smania Vi Prende! - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Viene La Sera/Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni Di Malia - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
E Izaghi Ed Izanami - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Un Bei Di Vedremo - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Una Nave Da Guerra/Scuoti Quella Fronda Di Ciliegio - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Coro A Bocca Chiusa - Sofia National Opera Chorus
Io So Che Alle Sue Pene/Addio, Fiorito Asil - Giacomo Aragall
Con Onor Muore - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Tracks:

Overture - Chamber Orchestra Of The Hungarian State Opera
Ah, Se Intorno A Quest' Urna Funesta - Julia Hamari
Chiamo Il Mo Ben Cosi - Julia Hamari
Gli Sguardi Trattieni - Maria Zempleni
Chi Mai Dell'Erebo Fra Le Caligini/Mille Pene - Julia Hamari
Dance Of The Blessed Spirits - Ervin Lukacs
Vieni A Regni Del Riposo - Chamber Chorus Of The Hungarian State Opera
Torna, O Bella - Chamber Chorus Of The Hungarian State Opera
Vieni, Appaga Il Tuo Consorte - Veronika Kincses
Che Fiero Momento - Veronika Kincses
Che Faro Senza Euridice - Julia Hamari
Ballet Music - Ervin Lukacs
Trionfi Amore - Veronika Kincses

Tracks:

Entrance Of The Gods In Valhall - Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia
Ride Of The Valkyries - Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater - Reiner Goldberg
Der Manner Sippe - Eszter Kovacs
Wintersturme Wichem Dem Wonnemond - Reiner Goldberg
Magic Fire Music - Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede Mein Hammer - Reiner Goldberg
Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Yuri Ahronovitch
Siegfried's Death And Funeral March - Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia
Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Auf - Eszter Kovacs

Tracks:

Long Live Boris Federovich - Warsaw National Opera Chorus
Boris's Monologue - Warsaw National Opera Chorus
Varlaam's Scene - Marek Wojciechowski
Boris's Recitative And Aria - Anatolij Kotscherga
Scene Boris/Shuisky - Kazimierz Pustelak
Boris's Mad Scene - Anatolij Kotscherga
Duet - Ryszarda Racewicz
Get Him Here - Warsaw National Chorus
Pale Moonlight - Marek Wojciechowski
Domine, Domine Salvum - Marek Wojciechowski
We, Dimitri Ivanovich - Vitalij Taraschtschenko
Flow, Flow, Hot And Bitter Tears - Krzysztof Szmyt
A Pious Servant Of The Lord - Jerzy Ostapiuk
Farewell, My Son - Anatolij Kotscherga

Tracks:

Overture - Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Se Qeul Guerriero - Celeste Aida - Jozsef Simandy
Possenthe Ftha - Bulgarian National Chorus
Ritorna Vincitor - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Chi Mai Fra Gl'immi E I Plausi - Bulgarian National Chorus
Silenzio! Aida Verso Noi S'Avanza - Gisella Passino
O T Che Sei D'Osiride - Sofia National Opera Chorus
Qui Radames Verra - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Gloria All' Egitto - Bulgarian National Chorus

Tracks:

Preludio - Roberto Paternostro
Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici - Fujiwara Opera Chorus
E Strano! - Lucia Aliberti
Lunge Da Lei...../De' Miei Bollenti Spiriti - Peter Dvorsky
Annina, Donde Vieni?/O Mio Rimoroso - Peter Dvorsky
Dite Alla Giovine - Lucia Aliberti
Di Provenza Il Mar, Il Sol - Renato Bruson
Noi Siamo Zingarelle - Fujiwara Opera Chorus
Di Madride Noi Siam Mattadori - Fujiwara Opera Chorus
Di Sprezzo Degno - Fujiwara Opera Chorus
Preludio - Roberto Paternostro
Teneste La Promessa - Lucia Aliberti
Parigi, O Cara - Lucia Aliberti
Ah! Violetta!/Voi.....Signor! - Lucia Aliberti

Tracks:

Preludio - Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Che Faceste - Bulgarian National Chorus
Nel Di Della Vittoria - Sylvia Sass
Oh Noi Perduti...Schiudi, Inferno, La Bocca - Kolos Kovats
La Luce Langue - Sylvia Sass
Chi V'impose Unirvi A Noi - Bulgarian National Chorus
Studia Il Passo/Come Dal Ciel Precipita - Boris Christoff
Tre Volte Miagola La Gatta - Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus
Ballabili - Prague Festival Orchestra
Patria Oppressa! - Bulgarian National Chorus
O Figli, O Figli Miei! - Peter Kelen
Perfidi! All' Ango Contro Me - Piero Cappuccilli
Vittoria! - Peter Kelen

Tracks:

Overture - Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Gli Arredi Festivi - Manfred Schenk
Ben Io T'invenni/Anch'io Dischiuso Un Giorno - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Vieni, O Levita/Tu Sol Labbro - Kolos Kovats
E I'Assiria Una Regina - Bulgarian National Chorus
Va Pensiero, Sull'ali Dorate - Prague National Theatre Chorus
Son Pur Queste Mie Membra!/Dio Di Giuda - Lajos Miller

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Sentimental Souvenirs Box Set (6-discs)
reader's digest
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000J3G1WO

Product Description

DISC 1 1.let's fall in love.2.i'm in the mood for love.3.as time goes by.4.my prayer.5.medley:top hat,white tie and tails/let's face the music and dance.6.if i love you.7.i'm making believe.8.it could happen to you.9.all or nothing at all.10.fools rush in 9 MORE TRACK DISC 2 1.some enchanted evening.2.the way you look tonight.3.night and day.4.i'll see you in my dreams.5.twilinght time.6.moonlight become you.7.tonight.8.two sleepy people.9.dancing in the dark.10.in the still of the night.11.the sweetheart if sigma chi.12.the most beautiful girl in the world 9 MORE TRACK DISC 3 1.it hat to be you.2.all the thiongs you are.3.the anniversary song.4.i only have eyes for you.5.embraceable you.6.to each his own.7.if i didn't care.8.i love you truly.9.till the end of time.10.love is here to say.11.red roses for a blue lady.12.blue moon 9 MORE TRACK DISC 4 1.i remember you.2.i'm gettin sentimental.3.thanks for the memory.4.they can't take that away from me.5.these foolish things.6.where or when.7.that old feeling.8.try to remember.9.when you were sweet sixteen.10.unforgettable 9 MORE TRACK

From Here to Eternity: The Live Bootleg Box Set

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From Here to Eternity: The Live Bootleg Box Set
New York Dolls
Manufacturer: Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

American Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

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Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

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Perception (6CD/6DVD, Boxset)

ASIN: B000F6ZP4A
Release Date: 2006-11-21

Tracks:

Trash
The Milk Man
Puss `N' BootsDetroit WABX Radio `73
Intro/Personality Crisis
Bad Girl
Looking For A Kiss
Who Are The Mystery Girls
Stranded In The Jungle
Human Being
Pills
Trash
The Milk Man
Puss `N' Boots
Babylon
Lone Star Queen
Don't Start Me TalkingLong Island, NY WBAB `74
Puss `N' Boots
Looking For A Kiss
Trash
Stranded In The Jungle
Personality Crisis
Bad Girl
Pills

Tracks:

Hoochie Coochie Man
It's Too Late
Chatterbox
Human BeingVancouver `74
Hoochie Coochie Man
Great Big Kiss
Don't Mess With Cupid
Chatterbox
Babylon Tell Me Your Name
Showdown
Mystery Girls
Jet Boy
Human BeingDallas `74
Intro/Personality Crisis
Vietnamese Baby
Bad Girl
Great Big Kiss

Tracks:

Pills
Frankenstein
Lone Star Queen
Don't Start Me TalkingNew York `75
Red Patent Leather
On Fire
Something Else
Daddy Rolling Stone
Ain't Got No Home/Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Girls Girls Girls
Down Down Downtown
Pirate Love
Pills
Tennage News
Personality Crisis/Looking For A Kiss
Stranded In The JungleSweden `84
Personality Crisis
Don't Mess With Cupid
Great Big Kiss

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