Real Power

Real Power

Editorial Reviews
Stan North, GospelFlava.com
His easy-going vibes, his penchant for unbridled stage kicks, his clever and downright funny lyricism and his engaging personality have endeared him to thousands.

Product Description
"Real Power" is Stitchie's first Gospel album. Refusing to imitate the world, this album reveals a more mature Stitchie with biblically sound lyrics and a powerful ministry. Although certain tracks capture his sound of old, the majority of the album is drastically different from his former projects. "Real Power" captures the energy of a Stitchie concert and the live musicianship far surpasses his computer programmed rhythms of the past. The album was engineered and mixed in the heart of Jamaica by 2000 Grammy Winner and five-time Grammy nominee, Barrington O'Hare. Smooth roots reggae is the foundation of "Real Power." A dash of dancehall, a touch of jazz, and the feel of black gospel combine to create this long-awaited album.

Real Power

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tracks:

Dinaresade
Edi be thu, Heven-Queene
Nevestinko oro
Beata progenies
Mari stanko
Sei willekommen Herre Christ
Bog se rodi va Betleme
Koleda na Bozic
Kod Betlehema
Koleda na Bozic
Angelus ad virginem
D
Quinte Estampie real
Urbs Beata Ierusalem
Mevl

Customer Reviews:

MUSIC OF THE MEDIEVAL PILGRIM.......2007-06-11

I love this cd--all the tracks are great, especially "On the way to Bethlehem"!

Exotic, exciting and fun!.......2002-11-29

If Ensemble Unicorn is great, Unicorn combined with the Middle-Eastern-inspired Ensemble Oni Wytars is even better! Actually, the two groups seem to share many of the same members, along with Ensemble Accentus (which focuses on Spanish and Sephardic music), but with different directors for each: Michael Posch for Unicorn, Marcos Ambrosini for Oni Wytars, and Thomas Wimmer for Accentus. This CD brings the musicians together to offer a stimulating combination of western and eastern-influenced music that might have been heard or played by medieval Pilgrims making the journey eastward. The European tunes focus on the Christmas season, while the Balkan and Near Eastern selections are traditional, handed down orally through the centuries and interpreted here with a zeal that should be as appealing to belly dancers as to early music enthusiasts (and I know many people who fall into both categories!). Instruments used include chalumeau, cheremia, cornemuse bechonnet, darbukka, davul, def, gayda, gittern, kaval, nyckelharpa, sackpipa, tamburello, tombak, vihuela d'arco, and a number of others that you actually might have heard of before--bagpipe, rebec, recorder, rebec, shawm, ud and the like. Ellen Santaniello also contributes vocals. I was surprised and delighted when I played this CD for the first time, and I continue to be each time I hear it again. If you like this recording, be sure to check out the other collaboration between Ensemble Unicorn and Ensemble Oni Wytars, "Music of the Troubadours", also from Naxos.

Exotic jams.......2001-02-27

Yes, fortunately, this record does not contain anything you'd recognise as depressing Xmas kitsch.

Instead, the record wishes to envisage a journey of mediæval pilgrims, beginning in Western Europe, and moving through the Balkans towards the Holy Land. As such, the disk contains a mixture of Western European, Balkan, and Islamic melodies.

The strength of Ensemble Unicorn and Oni Wytars is their ability to use early music as the basis for extended jam sessions. This recording is framed by two such jams, each more than twelve minutes in length, the opening -Dinaresade- and the closing -Mevlana-. Based on Middle Eastern themes, these are excellent performances, rich in atmosphere. Fans of contemporary groups who make use of similar material, from Loreena McKennitt to Dead can Dance, may find this record interesting, and well worth the Naxos price.

FWIW, Ensemble Unicorn and Oni Wytars also collaborate on the -Black Madonna- recording, another Naxos release I can highly recommend.

I WANT MORE!.......1999-06-08

Great melodies, better instrumentation....INCREDIBLE MUSIC!!! I find western-europe music by ensemble Unicorn great, but the oriental part by Oni Wytars is simply amazing, both the balkanic and oriental songs. My only regret is that I loved the ensemble too much to bear the fact that no other record by them is anywhere to be found...

Too cool to be considered classical and definitely not Xmas........1999-01-12

Despite the title this album has nothing to do with Christmas music. The sounds range from Celtic to Middle Eastern. While they date from the days of the Crusades, they sound great to my ears in the nineties. The last track makes you want to belly dance!

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Sounds great.....
A classic Frisco album

Keep It Real
T-Lowe
Manufacturer: Black Power
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065ARS
Release Date: 1995-10-30

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Sounds great............2006-09-11

This album sounds real good. I esecially like track number 6 that sounds real laid back.

A classic Frisco album.......2003-05-30

i didnt know about t lowe until about a year ago i heard him on some 11/5 and rbl stuff and thought he was tightbut didnt know he had any albums. i had a really hard time finding any of his albums i couldnt find them on this site or any local stores, then i finally found a site and i ordered it as well as Macaflama and primo stickin to da script. when i got it and listened to it i was not at all dispionted. he is a really talented rapper, as well as he had a lot of sicc beats. just about every song on the album was good there was only one that wasnt that good but other wise i would get the last one they have in stock its a great album.

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Waiting for the Real Thing
The Pointed Sticks
Manufacturer: Sudden Death
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ASIN: B000FGFUUE
Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

What Do You Want Me To Do?
Somebody's Mom
Real Thing
Out Of Luck
Lies
I'm Numb
It's O.K.
All I Could Take
How Could You?
Apologies
Marching Song
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New Ways
All That Matters
Love Or Money
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Worse
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Refreshing
Gooding Rocks
Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!!!

3X
Gooding
Manufacturer: S.3. Records
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Life Itself
Winter's Return
Collection, Vol. 1

ASIN: B00004Z42B
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

Division Station
Elysium
Licorice and Grape Cool Aid
Commercial Free
Gilligan
For Love
3X
Flow
I've Searched Low
Upper Level Distrubance
Sunday Morning

Customer Reviews:

Refreshing.......2001-08-31

Saw Gooding at a show and couldn't help but get the album, been listening to it for a while now and always find something new and unique buried in the symphony of his work. Truly an innovative creation. Simply put, WOW...

Gooding Rocks.......2001-04-01

I just saw him at the House of Blues in New York. He is amazing live and his music is both refreshing and innovative. I haven't heard anything this good in a long long time. His Funky, Jazz, Techno, Guitar laden sound is hypnotic. Bought 3X after the show can't stop playing it.

Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!!!.......2001-02-19

Yes, he's done it again. Gooding continues to amaze us with his brilliant work with 3X. For all you out there that are already fans, this is definitely awesome. If you havne't had the chance to check this album out yet, definitely do it. He is phenomenonal. In a time where music lacks creativity and isn't uniform pop, Gooding shines. You will NOT be disappointed with this album. Also, definitely check out his tour dates, I just saw him in Champaign, IL. Enjoy this album, it's one of a kind.

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Here GT begins to make good on its promise
Fragility and beauty ala Big Star
No game and too well practiced to be just a theory

Real Nighttime
Game Theory
Manufacturer: Alias Records
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ASIN: B000001HV1
Release Date: 1993-08-02

Tracks:

Here Comes Everybody
24
Waltz The Halls Always
I Mean It This Time
Friend Of The Family
If And When If Falls Apart
Curse Of The Frontierland
Rayon Drive
She'll Be A Verb
Real Nighttime
You Can't Have Me
I Turned Her Away
Any Other Hand
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Couldn't I Just Tell You

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Here GT begins to make good on its promise.......2007-02-01

I've rated many Loud Family & Game Theory recordings now on Amazon, and I seem to give them all four stars, even though LF remains securely in my top five favorite bands and GT's always a strong contender for top 10. Scott Miller here brings his sound into its mid-80s maturity. He leaves behind the more callow, awkward phase of studio tinkering and cheap budgets. Produced by Mitch Easter, this 1984 disc is the first of seven LPs that he'd work with Scott and his two bands on over the next decade or so. Clearly Mitch had an ear for the potential within GT and SM, and he begins here to broaden and expand their rather tinny power-pop sound. Freed of the limitations of self-production, under Easter the music that Miller and mates made began to reach the summits of smart pop-rock that refused to be cloying and dared to be erudite.

Some songs plod along dutifully but lack pizazz, at least as I hear them two decades later. Rayon Drive shows Miller's love of keyboard tinkering, but fails to sustain momentum. Curse of the Frontierland is a great title, but the song gets whiny, always a danger with Miller as he knows! She'll Be a Verb is a well-written song, but too close to its influences. The middle of the album drags somewhat into plaintitive moaning about the unfairness of it all. It improves with the last five entries, however.

My favorites are, in order: Waltz the Halls-- this shows the strong melodies and catchy choruses GT began to create. Scott and band begin here to find their style and recognize its potential within three-minute bursts. Friend of the Family-- a rather rare example of the band rocking out harder than usual, but done with aplomb. Is it about the Manson cult? The cover of Alex Chilton's You Can't Have Me seems a surrender to the Big Star-GT comparisons Scott Miller probably welcomed, but while it captures the desolation of the original, it is a bit rushed along. On the other hand, seeing it's a song one can wallow in, perhaps a better arrangement was made by GT to hurry up the song a wee bit! The maudlin dangers that Chilton and Miller both could fall prey to weaken 24, which too self-consciously imitates earlier power-pop sensitive mid-tempo angst-fests, and the title track also skitters too fast past to make much of an impression.

The highlight, I agree with the other reviewers before me, is I Turned Her Away. Sort of like the indie-label take on REM's The One I Love? A rejection song done equally well by former REM producer Easter and GT on probably a much smaller budget! Any Other Hand sounds like a throwaway near the record's end, but it's done with brio. I like the Beatles cover tucked in as well; it takes no liberties with the original, but it does convey its sunny spirit, which this record (and Miller's general worldview) needs a dose of to allay the gloom. The economic closer, a cover of Todd Rundgren's Couldn't I Just Tell You, recalls GT's earlier Davis college radio days in its reversion to Chiltonesque and early 70s songcraft-- this is meant as praise! Ten years before, this band could have been the Raspberries or Badfinger in its ability to condense longing and lingering into a 45/7".

Fragility and beauty ala Big Star.......2003-09-24

Game Theory was quite an anomaly in the early 80's - while most power pop bands wanted to sound like Cheap Trick or Rick Springfield, Scott Miller and crew were channeling Big Star to great effect, with some modern flourishes such as female backing vocals and occasional synths. Even with an early album like Real Nighttime, the first produced by pop hero Mitch Easter, Miller's songs sound accomplished and mature - although unlike his newer band Loud Family the ballads far outshine the rockers. This may be his most direct and accessible effort - I was lucky to find it for $30, snag it for anything less than $50 because it doesn't seem likely to be remastered.

Best Tracks:
"24" - After the 8 seconds of the jerky intro "Here Comes Everybody" (in tribute to Finnegan's Wake, like the liner notes), 24 kicks in with delicate acoustics and grows into a simply great song. Hilarious low volume fade out with chords from "Stairway To Heaven."
"Waltz The Halls Always" - New wave fluff that beat the pants out of Animotion or Culture Club or ABC or Depeche Mode or (you get the picture)
"If And When It Falls Apart" - Big Star's Third meets the Velvet Underground's self titled third. Beautiful song and vocals.
"I Turned Her Away" - Though Miller is often the victim of his heartless romantic interets in his songs, in this song he turns the girl away, and makes you feel even more sorry for him. Insanely catchy song that isn't just a lyrical waste.

"Couldn't I Just Tell You" - Todd and Scott should collaborate - I love this cover.

No game and too well practiced to be just a theory.......2002-03-13

Sprinkle some of the Beatles in with some of the Beach Boys and add a Northern California sensibility. Keep the quality high.
Somehow find a way to keep the publicity low: I have no idea how.

Well, there's undoubtedly no recipe to produce a band as special as Game Theory. "Real Nighttime" is just one of many excellent works by them. A very clean one with many excellent songs. Some of my favorites are "24", "Friend of the Family", and especially "I Turned Her Away" but it's not easy to choose. The cover of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" holds its own. The cover of "Couldn't I Just Tell You" goes beyond that.

Tracks:

Places That Are Gone
Nothing Happened Yesterday
Babyface
Back To Zero Now
When The Truth Is Found
Hey! Little Child
Something Got A Hold Of Me
The Real Underground
Misunderstood
That You Do
Mr. Roland
Back Again
Safe In The Light
People With Fast Cars Drive Fast
Love Is The Only Thing That Matters
Dull Afternoon
Tattoo
Don't Sleep In The Daytime
Hey Man
Andrea
Something To Rave About
Shake Some Action
Sleeping On A Rollercoaster

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4 1/2 Stars: Excellent Collection, But Not A "Best Of".......2006-05-30

Like so many other talented American power pop energizers, Tommy Keene has neither lost faith in the magic of brash/sensitive tuneful music or enjoyed any appreciable commercial success from it. A versatile guitarist, gifted songwriter and appealing singer, the Bethesda, Maryland native graduated from Washington DC's new wave Razz. He went solo at the start of the '80s and has been releasing sterling records on and off ever since. An underappreciated member of the Southeastern fraternity that numbers Matthew Sweet, Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Don Dixon, Tim Lee, and Mitch Easter, Keene spent some '90s time on the road in Velvet Crush, but returned to his own career in mid-decade.

The Real Underground looks like a Keene best-of but isn't. The album draws from only two previous records, and is predominantly made up of otherwise unreleased tunes. In addition to all six songs from Places That Are Gone and the two studio numbers on Back Again (Try...), this 23-song collection includes top-quality leftovers of various vintages, including outtakes from the five-song Sleeping on a Roller Coaster. (The informative and enthusiastic liner notes don't precisely detail the material's sources, but given Keene's modest and steady approach over the years, it hardly matters.) Highlights include "Places That Are Gone," "The Real Underground," "Mr. Roland," "Dull Afternoon," "Hey Man," the Who's "Tattoo" (sung over solo guitar) and a precise full band re-creation of the Flamin Groovies' "Shake Some Action." - Ira Robbins/Jim Green, Trouser Press

A well-done and welcome retrospective........2003-01-26

A well-done and welcome retrospective of a talented guitarist/singer/songwriter, The Real Underground boasts 23 tracks, all of which are currently out of print in their original packaging or previously unreleased. This is a great collection, but does not include anything from the two fine albums Keene made for Geffen, or the excellent tracks that company released on the Run Now EP. Regardless, fans will delight in having the outstanding Dolphin EP Places That Are Gone in its entirety, as well as singles and previously unreleased demos from 1982-92. Some of the fun in those unreleased tracks comes from great covers, such as the Who's "Tattoo" and the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action." - Jack Leaver, AllMusic.com

Classic Pop Album.......1999-08-17

Just get it. Enough said

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Maiden Rocks!
Not Great ,Not Louzy,Just prety Good.
Could have Been alot better.
Half good, other half...well...
[BAD] LIVE ALBUM

A Real Live Dead One
Iron Maiden
Manufacturer: Raw Power
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ASIN: B00000BKE2
Release Date: 1998-09-29

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The Number Of The Beast
The Trooper
Prowler
Transylvania
Remember Tomorrow
Where Eagles Dare
Sanctuary
Running Free
Run To The Hills
2 Minutes To Midnight
Iron Maiden
Hallowed Be Thy Name

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Be Quick Or Be Dead
From Here To Eternity
Can I Play With Madness
Wasting Love
Tailgunner
The Evil That Men Do
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter
Heaven Can Wait
The Clairvoyant
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Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue featuring both of their 1993 live albums together as a two CD set. 'Live' features 11 of their more then-recent tracks; 'Dead' has 12 of their best from the '80s. A combined total of 23 cuts. An enhanced release, it also contains the CD-ROM video to 'Fear Of The Dark' (Live). Contains the artwork of both original albums. Double slimline jewel case. 1998 Raw Power release.

Customer Reviews:

Maiden Rocks!.......2003-05-10

This first CD blows my mind! It is a better line up than Rock in Rio!! It has a real live sound to it. Yes it sounds different from studio recordings, but it's supposed to. I think this first CD and all its hits are greatly played...better than the studio recordings. The second CD is a littly sketchy. Some good songs on there like "Be Quick or Be Dead" and "Fear of the Dark", but i think they could've added a little more taste to it. A Real Live Dead One shows Iron Maiden's heavy metal side, but its weaker side( the weaker side be very small). I am a HUGE Maiden fan...trust me if u liked Rock in Rio...you'll Love this!

Not Great ,Not Louzy,Just prety Good........2002-01-06

This CD has the same tracks as "Donnington" with a few extras(read track listing).I wish thse guys would put out a live record with dome different songs,one's they have not released yet like "Caught Somewhere in time" and "T.L.O.T. Long distance Runner." Alot of people Have a problem with the production on this CD but I dont.It sounds fine to me but it could be these THX Speakers though (lol).My problem is that it is just a bunch of live songs recorded at different dates.It does not flow like "Donnington" and "Live After Death." Plus they mess with your mind by Putting a photo from the "seventh Son" tour on the back with adrian even though Adrian does not pick one note on this entire record.Not that I'm one of those Janick Gers Bashers,But I do like adrian better when I am listening to CD's Janick has a better stage presence than Adrian no doubt about it."Live after Death" and "Donnington " are better but this is not bad,and you need it to finish your eddie face...Up The Irons!!!

Could have Been alot better........2001-10-30

I like the CD because it has a few songs that are not on on "Live after Death" But The production is poor...The drums are drownded out you can realy only hear Nicos Snare when he is playing beats.It is like he has no bass drum,You can barley hear the rest of the kit when he does fills.THis was very disapointing to me because Nico is one of my favorite rock drummers...the bass is way to loud as if Harris was trying to say "watch me play"...and Even Bruce's VOX seem a bit off.Gears Butchers Adrians solos...he just plays too fast.It is just not the same live experence that the great "Live After Death " is....but it does have a few tunes that Live After Death does not have...so I guess this CD is worth picking up....I guess :(

Half good, other half...well..........2001-08-25

I see that this is being sold as a two CD set now. I bought these two as individual CDs when they first were released. "Real Dead One" has a different cover, a Derrick Riggs "Eddie" as a DJ at 666 Studios or something. Anyway, for years I've always felt that "Dead One" rocks and "Live One" falls flat. "Dead One", despite the title, is much more lively. The band sounds more energized, the song selection is much better, and the production is even (slightly) better. Granted, it's no "Live After Death", but it's a worthy addition to any Maiden fan's collection. "Live One", on the other hand, it downright bad (as in NOT GOOD). The song selection focuses on No Prayer For The Dying ("Tailgunner", "Bring Your Daughter") and Fear of the Dark ("Be Quick", "From Here to Eternity", "Wasting Love", etc.), probably Maiden's two weakest albums. The band sounds very tired on "Live One". The only saving grace of "Live One" is the live version of "Fear of the Dark". Not only is it one of Maiden's best later-day songs, this version actually rivals the studio version. Overall, if you could buy just "Dead One" alone, it wouldn't be a bad deal, but having to buy "Live One" too sinks this package considerably. 3 stars for "Dead One" and the song "Fear of the Dark".

[BAD] LIVE ALBUM.......2001-07-25

I don't even know how EMI let these albuns to be released ... Steve Harris mad one of the worst ever productions jobs for a heavy metal band. The sound is atrocious, the songs seem to be played by a garage cover band. Janick is in his usual low form, nothing new here. The suprise came with the inclusion of "BRING YOUR DAUGHTER.." ( what on Earth Maiden' musicians saw in this awful tune ??!!?), the terrible mixing, the lack of energy from the band ( or maybe the mixing didn't capture it, I don't know), etc, etc. Thanks God Adrian Smith is back !!

This Is Skateboard Music: A Collection of Real 1970s Skateboarding Tunes

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This Is Skateboard Music: A Collection of Real 1970s Skateboarding Tunes
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Groove Attack
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-10-18

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Intro
The Carvells Skateboard Racer
Sneakers & Lace Skatewalk Boogie
Zafra Skateboard Shuffle
The Carvells Skateboard Queen
Wood Lane Skateboard Saturday
Zack Ferguson Skateboard Dancin
Sneakers & Lace Little Skateboard Queen
Daffy Duck Skateboard Honeymoon
Streetkid Blue Tile Fever
Corky Carroll Skateboard Bill
Sneakers & Lace Skateboardin USA
Jack Tempchin Skateboard Johnny
The Rivals Skateboardin In The UK
T.Rex with Gloria Jones Skateboard

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Badfinger........Say No More
Undeservingly Ignored
The Final Badfinger Albums has its Great Moments
Great To Finally Have This on CD
You know what I mean (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

Say No More
Badfinger
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Airwaves
Airwaves
Wish You Were Here
Golders Green

ASIN: B00004U0ZK
Release Date: 2000-03-31

Tracks:

I Got You
Come On
Hold On
Because I Love You
Rock 'N' Roll Contract
Passin' Time
Three Time Loser
Too Hung Up On You
Crocadillo
No More

Album Description

CD debut for this 1981 classic, a must-have for any Badfinger fan. Recorded with orignal band members Joey Molland andTom Evans, with keyboards from Tony Kay (Yes) and cover artby Peter Max. 10 tracks including 'I Got You', 'Come On', 'Rock And Roll Con

Customer Reviews:

Badfinger........Say No More.......2004-11-28

An ironic title to this last release by Tom and Joey together. This time they did what they liked to do, pull out all the stops. This was strickly high energy with the most outrageous lead guitar ever on a Badfinger release, provided by Glenn Sherba. Fantastic keyboards were also added by Tony Kaye and the great songwriting of Tom and Joey continued. If "Airwaves" didnt convince you that Tom and Joey were back, "Say No More" should have. "Say No More" was an excellent final release that didnt get the attention it truly deserved.

Undeservingly Ignored.......2004-02-16

With Joe Tansin no longer gumming up the works, Evans/Molland managed to put together a pretty good album. While Airwaves sounded to cater to radio listeners, Say No More is pure rock. That's not to mean that this is a hard-rocking album--Badfinger sounds overall as poppy as ever on this one. However, there is nary a ballad to be found here (though a couple of the lighter songs come close) and the production barely sounds "80's" on most of the tracks.
Say No More honestly isn't a GREAT collection of songs and the best ones don't stand out TOO much, but what it IS is a solid album, which is more than what can be said about its predecessor. It doesn't stand up too strongly next to Badfinger's "classic" albums, but it is definately a worthwhile listen.

The Final Badfinger Albums has its Great Moments.......2004-02-08

The Badfinger line-up that recorded "Airwaves" had already disbanded before the album was released. For "Say No More" Tom Evans and Joey Molland had brought together another strong version of Badfinger. Tony Kaye ( known from Yes) played the keyboards, Glen Sherba played guitars, Richard Bryans played drums and Tom and Joey played their usual bass and guitar. This album would be the last Badfinger album; Tony Kaye and Tom Evans actually did rehearse for a second Radio Records album, but nothing came out of that.

Their ideas for "Say No More" was to produce a rock album; not so slick and commercial as "Airwaves". Unfortunately the material on the album is not up to the same standards as its predecessor. A few strong tracks can be found here, though. "Too Hung Up On You" by Tom Evans is the outstanding track on the album; to my ears the only song where the vocals sound like classic Badfinger. "Hold On" is a good song too; it actually was a minor hit.

Some of Joey Mollands songs also rocks nicely!

Great To Finally Have This on CD.......2002-02-18

Say No More is one of my favorite Badfinger Albums, one that I wore out years ago. My only concern, is that it sounds like this CD was taken from vinyl. Are the Master tapes lost ?

You know what I mean (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).......2000-10-29

Although this isn't up to the best material that Badfinger recorded in its prime, "Say No More" is less slick and more rock orientated than its predecessor "Airwaves". The It's still a fine album despite its production flaws. "I Got You" and "Hold On" are highlights both featuring strong melodies and top notch singing from Joey and Tommy. The addition of keyboardist Tony Kaye from Yes expands the sound on this album. The "band" sounds more like a "band" here--the previous incarnation that recorded "Airwaves" broke up before they ever toured and this version actually DID tour. The band sounds tight and while the material here isn't always the best, even the weakest material works pretty well with the tight playing by the band.

We also get the Tommy's bitter classic "Rock 'n' Roll Contract" which is quite good (although I prefer the version that was recorded for "Head First"). Molland and Evans did their best to carry in after the death of Pete Ham. Both were talented songwriters and players but, truly, the heart of Badfinger was Ham and without him much of their passion was missing on this comeback record. Sadly, this would be the last album that Molland and Evans would make as Badfinger. Evans and Molland would split with Evans touring with a competing version of Badfinger that featured former Badfinger member (from "Head First") Bob Jackson and drummer Mike Gibbins fighting with Molland over the use of the name. Throughout it all the band was picked apart by the vultures in the music biz. Evans would later kill himself while original drummer Mike Gibbins died from cancer a couple of years ago.

A pity that the demos for the album couldn't be included (including the demos that Tom Evans and Joey Molland submitted to Radio Records for the follow up album that was never done). Sadly, this album had very bad distribution when it was original released (the album actually started moving up the charts and the band had a minor hit with "Hold On" which made it to #57 on the Billboard singles chart)and the original distributor Radio Records just didn't do a good job getting this into stores at a critical time for its success.

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