People Tree [Import]

People Tree [Import]

Track Listings

1. Institution Man

2. Jesse

3. Stardust Bubblegum

4. Mister Freedom

5. Warlocks Of The Mind (Part I)

6. Dragster

7. Find It In The End

8. The People Tree

9. Apple Green

10. Time Of The Future

11. Saturation 70

12. Illusions

13. Warlocks Of The Mind (Part 2)

14. A Rrip Down Brian Lane

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Product Description
2003 reissue of classic 1995 debut album, that's unavailable domestically, featuring a soul-stirring blend of funky rock & Hammond R&B. Featuring contributions from Paul Weller, James Taylor, & soulstress D.C. Lee. 14 tracks. Acid Jazz.

Tracks:

Awake, And Join The Cheerful Choir
Good People All
The Seven Rejoices Of Mary
The Lamb
A Scots Lilt
Balulalow
Balulalow
The Holly And The Ivy
The Reel Of Tullochgorum
I Saw Three Ships
A Calendar Of Kings
Air: La Fuar Geimhreadh
An Teicheadh Go Heigipt
A God, And Yet A Man?
Grene Growith The Holy
Wel, Dyma'r Borau Gorau
The Cherry Tree Carol
Can Wassel
A New Year Carol

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This offbeat disc of seasonal songs and carols by the Anonymous 4 will delight their fans and please everyone else. The 19 selections include traditional folk melodies and texts, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, interspersed with fitting selections by contemporary composers including John Taverner, Benjamin Britten, and Peter Maxwell Davies, whose ethereal a cappella A Calender of Kings gets its first recording. Andrew Lawrence-King, playing Irish harp, Baroque harp, and psaltery with his accustomed finesse, is a major reason for the disc's success, accompanying most of the vocals and contributing three lovely solos. The disc is crammed with highlight tracks, like the lilting Cornish Wassail song and the Irish Good people all, and haunting numbers like "Flight into Egypt," sung in Gaelic, and "Behold, here is the best morning," sung in Welsh. Excellent sonics and Harmonia Mundi's typically fine production values also help make this a Christmas disc that will give joy in July. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Wolcum Yule.......2006-01-17

The recording is fine . . . it just didn't appeal to me personally

lovely and unusual Yule album.......2004-01-06

Anonymous 4 has brought us a beautiful selection of 19 traditional songs from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. These include a lesser known work by Henry VIII as well as more contemporary songs by John Tavener, Richard Bennett, Geoffrey Burgon and Benjamin Britten, and a piece commissioned for the group from Peter Davies. Andrew Lawrence-King accompanies on Irish harp, Baroque harp and psaltery. There is a short essay on the traditions and legacy of the concept of Yule, a Cetic midwinter celebration, and this and the informative liner notes are given in English, French and German, accompanied by Celtic drawings.

The songs are pure, simple and very beautiful -- a welcome addition to your holiday listening.

Goose Flesh!.......2003-12-09

This is a remarkable quartet, singing with purity and style, from the haunting to the merry, medieval chant to modern settings of Celtic religious texts. Where there are arrangements, they are lovely and the instrumental pieces are simple and beautiful. This is the first time I have heard this group of women, and I am enchanted. It's a cappella at its very best: look to your laurels, King's Singers and Chanticleer, here come the ladies!

The Holly and the Ivy: Carols from Clare College

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traditional, and comfortingly so...

The Holly and the Ivy: Carols from Clare College

Manufacturer: Decca
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Carols From Clare College
The John Rutter Christmas Album
Christmas Star
Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity

ASIN: B0000041VV
Release Date: 1990-05-30

Tracks:

King Jesus Hath A Garden
Up! Good Christian Folk, And Listen
Gabriel's Message
Donkey Carol
Wexford Carol
Cradle Song
Child In A Manger
Mary's Lullaby
Ding! Dong! Merrily On High
Quelle est cette odeur agreable?
I Saw A Maiden
In dulci jubilo
In The Bleak Mid-Winter
I Saw Three Ships
The Noble Stem Of Jesse
The Crown Of Roses
Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
Omnis mundus jocundetur
Wassail Song
The Holly And The Ivy

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Initially released in 1979, this album built on the success of the legendary Carols for Choirs volumes in establishing John Rutter's name with the wider public, and it gave a strong hint that he was more than just a talented composer-arranger. As the many subsequent releases on the Collegium label have also shown, Rutter is a deeply sensitive and musical conductor, alive to the color of words, always allowing phrases to breathe naturally. The accomplished Clare College Choir features male and female voices, the latter providing a more rounded alternative to those world-famous neighbors in Cambridge. Included are many of Rutter's own easy-listening carol arrangements ("King Jesus Hath a Garden" and "Wexford Carol," for example), plus others by the likes of Vaughan Williams and David Willcocks, while "Donkey Carol" and "Mary's Lullaby" are quintessential Rutter originals. Only a few numbers can be classed (statistically) as all-time Christmas faves--the likes of "The Holly and the Ivy" and "Ding Dong Merrily on High"--but this needn't deter anyone from snapping up what is the perfect album to accompany Christmas pud mixing (preferably by candlelight, imagining the twilight scene in Ely Cathedral's Lady Chapel, whose glorious acoustic graces the sound). --Andrew Green

Customer Reviews:

Simply gorgeous.......2007-04-10

I bought this album through Columbia mail order, and it instantly became one of my favorite CDs in my collection of over 2000. When it was scratched beyond playability, I immediately re-purchased it. I have almost everything else John Rutter has put out, as well as the Dale Warland singers from the US.
The music is simply ethereal, and the songs are not the overplayed tunes we hear over and over and over.
My two complaints with the album are that some of the tracks are hard to hear because the singing is so quiet and the sound level is uneven between tracks, and some of the tracks have Rutter's cutesy, saccharine arrangements drowning out the singing (Donkey Carol is the protoypical, and one I frequently skip).
However, the album is so beautiful otherwise, with the Wexford Carol, and the nearly inaudible Jesus Christ The Apple Tree, and several other tracks, that I still have to give it a 5 star rating.

Angelic Music.......2007-01-16

Lovely. So classic and ethereal. Perfect with Christmas dinner, or quiet card games by the fire.

Top list Christmas CD.......2006-12-12

The Holly and the Ivy is one of two absolutely must-have Christmas CDs from Clare College. This is a traditional English choir with adult male and female voices, trained in the utmost clarity and sweetness of voice that is rarely found elsewhere in the singing world. Clare College Choir is coupled with a most delightful orchestral score that seamlessly melds voices and orchestra into something surprisingly merry, uplifting, and completely satisfying. There are both familiar and lesser known carols here, and every single one is a joy.

Wonderful Christmas CD.......2006-11-15

Too many people are overwhelmed with the more modern Christmas songs out there today and are unaware of the wonderful music available on CDs like this. John Rutter proves his brilliance in arranging and conducting. The music overwhelms the senses and the joy of Christmas overcomes you as you listen. This is one of the most peaceful Christmas CDs I have ever heard. "Wassail Song" is incredible, and if you are ever in a small vocal ensemble, this song is a must to perform. You will not be disappointed when you purchase this CD.

traditional, and comfortingly so..........2005-08-23

In a world where new is better and change occurs at an ever-increasing rate, it seems logical that seasonal music would be included in the rush toward mass marketing and commercial airplay. It is amazing, but not surprising, that "carols" which extol the virtues of an electrically-illuminated ungulant, or which humourously recall the tragic events surrounding the collision of an elderly woman and another ruminating creature of the forest should be featured so prominently in the playlists of the popular culture.

Tired as I am of such artistic efforts, Rutter's efforts in leading the Clare College Choir and Orchestra on this collection come at the right time and to the right place. This is true and beautiful music of the season: it is performed well and interpreted with Rutter's master's touch. For those of us whose tastes run to the traditional, this is welcome stuff indeed.

A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song
Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B00005S85Q
Release Date: 2001-12-11

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Christmas Echoes, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Gothic Records
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ASIN: B000ARFPZ8
Release Date: 2005-09-13

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2003 Grammy nominee for Best Choral Performance! An assortment of carols from traditional to modern, in familiar and new arrangements, featuring America's preeminent choral ensemble, which retired in 2004 after a legendary 31 seasons. This album includes a cappella tunes as well as accompaniment for harp, guitar, organ, handbells, and other instruments.

A Stephen Sondheim Evening (1983 Concert Cast)

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By no means bad!!!
Buyer Beware!!
Atrocious! Dont be fooled!
A wonderful recording of some great Sondheim
I just wish I'd been there!

A Stephen Sondheim Evening (1983 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Liz Callaway , Angela Lansbury , and Steve Orich
Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway
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Sondheim Evening: A Musical Tribute (1973 Concert Cast)
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Side By Side By Sondheim (1976 Original London Cast)
A Little Night Music (1973 Original Broadway Cast)
Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast)

ASIN: B000003F96
Release Date: 1994-01-18

Tracks:

Invocation And Instructions To The Audience - Bob Gunton And Company
Saturday Night - Company
Isn't It? - Victoria Mallory
Saturday Night (Reprise) - Men
Poems - George Hearn/Bob Gunton
What More Do I Need? - Liz Callaway
Another Hundred People - Judy Kaye
With So Little To Be Sure Of - Victoria Mallory/George Hearn
Pretty Little Picture - Bob Gunton/Liz Callaway/Steven Jacob
The House Of Marcus Lycus - George Hearn/Bob Gunton/Women
Echo Song - Liz Callaway
There's Something About A War - Cris Groenendaal/Men
Being Alive - Judy Kaye
The Miller's Son - Liz Callaway
Johanna - Cris Groenendaal
Not A Day Goes By - Victoria Mallory
Someone In A Tree - Bob Gunton/George Hearn/Steven Jacob/Cris Groenendaal
Send In The Clowns - Angela Lansbury
Old Friends - Stephen Sondheim/Angela Lansbury/Company

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A revue created for the Whitney Museum's Composers' Showcase series (and sometimes known as You're Gonna Love Tomorrow), A Stephen Sondheim Evening collects songs with music and lyrics by Sondheim in a live 1983 concert featuring a top cast of Liz Callaway, Cris Groenendaal, Bob Gunton, George Hearn, Steven Jacob, Judy Kaye, and A Little Night Music's Victoria Mallory, with a special appearance by Angela Lansbury. While many of the songs were somewhat obscure at the time, they're rather familiar decades later, including selections from 1954's Saturday Night and outtakes from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. And though the Fender Rhodes sounds dated, the cast and the performances are excellent. Callaway's "What More Do I Need" is still definitive, and Sondheim himself accompanies Lansbury's "Send in the Clowns" and leads the singers on "Old Friends." --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

By no means bad!!!.......2005-01-04

I like this Sondheim Revue. The performers are good, and I appreciate that they don't try to be "clever" with Sondheim's music. They just performs it as it is written.

The orchestrations are...well...slim. But the synths aren't disturbing, except in Miles Gloriosus.

Otherwise some rare SJS gems are included here. And Angela Lansbury's Clowns is one of the few versions of this song worth listening to (it's not a bad song, but done so many times:P).

Buyer Beware!!.......2004-05-28

This is one of the better Sondheim tributes, but because RCA cut out 2 numbers from the original 2 lp set to fit on one disc, I can only give this 3 stars. I owned the original lp set, and wasnt aware of this omission until after I bought the cd. One of the best songs on the original, You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through with Liz Callaway (among others) from Follies was cut. Inexcusable! There were several other lesser songs they could've cut instead if time was a problem. (Poems and There's Something About a War being two of them) In small print in the booklet it says the 2 cut songs are available on Collected Sondheim. Yeah, like I want to shell out 50 bucks to get those 2 songs when I have everything else on that compilation? If you havent heard the original set, you'll probably love this recording and there is a lot to love, including Angela Lansbury singing Send In the Clowns with Sondheim on the piano. But if you have heard the original LPs, Buyer Beware! Shame on you, RCA!!!

Atrocious! Dont be fooled!.......2000-04-29

This recording is really realllllllllly bad. The songs are terrific, of course, although the selection seems rahter arbitrary. And it is terrific to have a recording of lost gems like House of Marcus Lycus and Invocation. But otherr than that, this CD just stinks! The arrangements were scaled down to a piano (which really seems like its being piped in from a different concert hall) and a wince-inducing synthesizer. The voices are uniformly distant and tinny, the result - i assume - of poor mic placement. And WHO is this Stephen Jacob person, and how did he get it into his head that he's a singer? Every time he opens his mouth - I kid you not - I shudder. I was kind on this CD - I give it 3 stars only because it has some great songs on it, and Judy Kaye's Another Hundred People is very very good. But other than that, this is worthless.

A wonderful recording of some great Sondheim.......2000-04-13

I was at this concert, and this recording captures the excitement that the performers generated that night. A lot of Sondheim's best songs, and a generally strong group of singers. It's unfortunate that the CD release is missing two of the numbers that were performed that evening (and were included on the original LP release). Judy Kaye's "Being Alive" is a particularly glorious highlight of this CD.

I just wish I'd been there!.......1999-09-09

Live performances are tricky to record, and the result is often not nearly as satisfying as attendance at the event itself. This album, though, is different. "Brilliant" about sums it up. Besides including numbers that had been part of recorded scores before, it includes some that were cut from various musicals, or were never produced at all. Not only is Bob Gunton's performance of "Pretty Little Picture" far better than that on the original "Forum" cast album, it is, I think, done more in the fashion Sondheim intended. And two of the "cut" "Forum" numbers are delicious: "In the House of Marcus Lycus" is delightfully sly and filled with double-entendre, and George Hearn revels in the witty lyrics; and "There's Something About A War" is screamingly funny, especially at the point the soldiers lose control gloating about "houses to destroy --Hey! women to enjoy-- hey! statues to deface - hey! - mothers to debase - hey!...". Even the wonderful scoring for small ensemble works perfectly. (In "Something about a war" the fanfare, in the original cast album scored for brass, is performed by a synthesizer, and sounds wonderfully satirical, reminding one of Marvin Martian from the Warner Brothers cartoons.) The numbers from the (at the time) unproduced "Saturday Night" are great, especially Victoria Mallory's ecstatic "What More Do I Need?". The rendition of the moving "Someone In A Tree" is indeed, as others have pointed out, far better than on the "Pacific Overtures" album. And as a final pair of jewels we are treated to Angela Lansbury singing "Send In the Clowns", accompied by Sondheim himself, and then Sondheim and company singing "Old Friends" I could go on and on, but you get the picture. NOW, get the CD!

Witness: Skyward My People Rose - Music of William Grant Still

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A Great American Composer

Witness: Skyward My People Rose - Music of William Grant Still
Stephen Foster , William Grant Still , Philip Brunelle , Hilda Harris , VocalEssence Ensemble String Orchestra , VocalEssence Orchestra , Yolanda Williams , and Vocal Essence
Manufacturer: Clarion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001FVEQ8
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

Wailing Woman
Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)
And They Lynched Him on a Tree
Miss Sallys Party
Elegy for Organ

Album Description

William Grant Still's music for chorus, orchestra and organ brings the blues into the concert hall, ragtime to the ballet stage and the Old World into a new era.

Customer Reviews:

A Great American Composer.......2004-05-31

Though William Grant Still (1895-1978) was of a mixed lineage - Irish, Native American, Hispanic and African American - his country defined him as "black." Sometimes Still embraced the definition, sometimes chaffed under it; e.g.when called "the Dean of Afro-American Music" he is said to have responded "Why, then, isn't Aaron Copeland called the 'Dean of White Composers'?"

He never disclaimed his African ancestry, but he also longed to fuse the many elements that were part of his -and our - national heritage, to be a truly American composer. This CD provides an excellent representation of this goal, with works ranging from a setting of "Swanee River" (which began life as a black folk song, was converted to a minstrel tune by Stephen Foster, then found it's way back into the folk tradition) to a ballet which concludes with a "cake walk," a round dance from plantation days.

For over 10 years, The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Chorus (conducted by Philip Brunelle) has presented an enduring series of concerts showcasing the talents of trailblazing African American composers. Now this wealth of music is available outside the concert hall through a series of recordings called WITNESS.

The other three CDs are available as single titles, or in the boxed set THE WITNESS COLLECTION which includes:

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD: Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus
DANCE LIKE THE WIND: Music of Today's Black Composers
GOT THE SAINT LOUIS BLUES: Classical Music in the Jazz Age
SKYWARD MY PEOPLE ROSE: Music of William Grant Still
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Curator, AfroAmericanHeritage.com

Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time
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Breathtakingly beautiful!

Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate'

Not ultimate, but truly classical

Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

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ASIN: B00006L3OY
Release Date: 2002-10-01

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I Wonder As I Wander - Emily Van Evera
Villancico De Navidad - John Williams
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Children's Prayer From Hansel And Gretel - Bernstein
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming - Andre Previn
The Coventry Carol - Eileen Farrell
Good People All, This Christmastide - Andrew Parrott
Watts's Cradle Hymn - Martin Neary
Pastoral Ad Libitum - Largo From Concerto Grosso In G Minor Op.6 No.8 'Christmas Concerto' - Richard Kapp
O Tannenbaum - Rita Ford Music Boxes
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Eileen Farrell
Largo From Concerto In F Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op.8 'L'Inverno' (Winter From The Four Seasons) - Zukerman, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ave Maria - Ayako Shinozaki
Pie Jesu From Requiem, Op.48 - Andrew Davis
Ich Steh' An Deiner Krippen Hier (I Stand Here By Thy Crib) (Choral) From Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 - Helmuth Rilling
Lullay My Liking - Gregg Smith
What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) - London Symphony Orchestra
O Come, O Come, Emanuel - Philadelphia Orchestra
Silent Night - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Wiegenlied 'Guten Abend, Gut Nacht' Op.49, No.4 - Helmut Deutsch

Tracks:

Hallelujah Chorus From Messiah, HWV - Philadelphia Orchestra
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Philadelphia Orchestra
Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) - Wiener Symphoniker
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Philadelphia Orchestra
Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy) - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Deus IN Adjutorium From Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin - Canadian Brass
Laudemus Te From Gloria In D Major, RV 589 - La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy
German Dance, K. 605, No.3 'The Sleigh Ride' - Bernstein
Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Hark! The HErald Angels Sing - Andrew Parrott
Gesu Bambino - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
O Come, All Ye Faithful - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The First Noel - Philadelphia Orchestra
Ding Dong! Merrily Oh High - Anthony Newman
March From The Nutcracker Ballet, Op.71 (Act I) - Philadelphia Orchestra
I. Allegro (Exsultate) From Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165 - Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Canzon Septimi Toni No.2 - Philadelphia And Cleveland Brass Ensembles
Die Menge Der Engel (The Hosts Of Angels) From Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi/History Of The Birth Of Jesus Christ, SWV435, 435A - Barockorchester Stuttgart
Joy To The World - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Once, In Royal David's City - The Chestnut Brass Company
O Sanctissima (O Du Frohliche) - Philadelphia Orchestra
Angels We Have Heard On High - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Magnificat From Magnificat In D Major, BWV243 - Helmuth Rilling

Customer Reviews:

Breathtakingly beautiful!.......2007-01-15

Over and over we played "Die Menge der Engel" - - it is stunningly beautiful! The loftiness of the voices, wonderful.

We loved the boys/children's choruses on many of the other pieces on the album. Duets by Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavorati - - magnifico!

It is a pleasant compilation of traditional favorites and awesome classical pieces that are worth listening to again and again.

Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate'.......2004-10-08

If you love Christmas as much as I do, you will probably enjoy this album. It features plenty of standard favorites - especially sung by the MoTab, who seem to be a holiday staple. I probably wouldn't pay $17.95 just to hear songs like 'The Little Drummer Boy' of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.'

What makes this compillation interesting is the liberal sprinkling of less traditional - or, anyway, less well-known - classical pieces. Vivaldi's 'Gloria', Corelli's 'Christmas Concerto', and the opera 'Hansel and Gretel' all make an appearance. The standout, in my mind, is the ethereally beautiful 'Watt's Cradle Hymn,' which I have never seen or heard anywhere else - that one song alone makes this album worth a listen.

Not ultimate, but truly classical.......2003-11-19

Good mix of the expected ("Silent Night", "O Come All Ye Faithful", etc) and the unexpected (the Vivaldi Gloria, Gabrieli, Schutz). Kudos to the Sony team for uniform clarity & quality of sound, despite source material from 1959 through 1998. Word to the wise: the performance of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" credited to Marilyn Horne is actually by Eileen Farrell from her excellent "Carols for Christmas Eve" release. No disrespect to Ms Horne, who is well represented by two performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. If you're truly a classical music fan but don't mind a traditional carol or two, this is an excellent buy.

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The People Tree
Mother Earth
Manufacturer: Beat Goes Public
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000O5916U
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Institution Man
Jesse
Stardust Bubblegum
Mr. Freedom
Warlocks Of The Mind Pt. 1
Dragster
Find It
The People Tree
Apple Green
Time Of The Future
Saturation 70
Illusions
A Trip Down Brian Lane
Jesse (Alternate Master Mix) Previously Unissued

Tracks:

Jesse (Acoustic) (Bonus Track)
Apple Green (With Backing Vocals) Previously Unissued
A Trip Down Brian Lane (7" Mix) Previously Unissued
Find It (Radio Edit) (Bonus Track)
Almost Grown (Bonus Track)
Soul Sacrifice (Bonus Track)
Slide Sweet Baby (Previously Unissued Bonus Track)
Time Of The Future (Alternate EP Mix) Previously Unissued
Have The Time (Bonus Track)
Jesse (Previously Unissued Alternate Brendan Lynch Radio Mix)
Warlocks Of Bakersfield, CA (Bonus Track)
Roadster (Bonus Track)
Help Me Up (Bonus Track)
Headf**K (Bonus Track)

Album Description

In 1994 Mother Earth released their second album "The People Tree", a masterful mix of soul, funk and rock. It made the UK Top 50 and looked to be a stepping-stone on their way to becoming genuine stars. Despite selling more than 100,000 copies world-wide it never broke really big in any one place, and the band's progress was halted by the juggernaut that was Britpop.

The original album was 13 tracks long, each beautifully recorded in analogue, and topped by incredibly soulful Matt Deighton vocals, which are pitched somewhere between Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Winwood. Tracks such as 'Apple Green', 'Jesse' and 'Find It' became great favourites of the group's fans. Guest vocalists on the record include Paul Weller and Dee C. Lee.

This deluxe edition comes with an additional 13 tracks which bring together the contemporaneous singles, B-sides and two previously unreleased songs. This round up allows you to hear the wonderful acoustic version of 'Jesse', an unreleased Brendan Lynch 7-inch mix of the same song, the unissued 7-inch mix of 'Take A Trip Down Brian Lane' and the unreleased psych weirdness of 'Slide Sweet Baby'. If you really want to you can also check out Paul Weller playing harmonica on the band's version of the Small Faces' 'Almost Grown'.

The booklet comes with out-takes from Gered Mankowitz's sleeve session, and notes taken from long interviews with Mother Earth lead singer (and later Weller and Oasis guitarist) Matt Deighton, organist Bryn Barklam and album producer and Acid Jazz founder Ed Piller.

The album has been remastered from the original half-inch analogue masters and is in exceptional sound quality.

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Late 70'S fusion revisted in the mid-90's
Top of Jazz Fusion Album

Tree People
Metro
Manufacturer: Lipstick Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000059IL
Release Date: 1995-09-07

Tracks:

Tree People
The King And The Haircut
Bing Bang Boom!
Mu Lucky Day
Prayer Stone
Lol Shuffle
The Journey
Footsteps
Sleeping Beauties
Back To Fusion
Grind
Proclamation
There And Back Again

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Late 70'S fusion revisted in the mid-90's.......2002-04-08

Metro's 3 CD releases feature hot Guitarist ~ Producer Chuck Loeb & Keyboardist Mitchel Forman as the bands main soloists. The 4-piece band is a side project of both members, getting their start together with Stan Getz in the late 70's. As opposed to Chuck and Mitchel's individual solo CD's, they seem to enjoy playing their early fusion influences, and surprising alter ego chops. It's as if Chuck & Mitchel said "No matter what happens with our solo careers, let's still have a band to experiment, and have some fun doing it!". Bassist Victor Bailey (Weather Report) & Drummer Wolfgang Hafner (V.I.P. Club) round out the rhythm section. The songs are well written by members Loeb, Hafner, & Foreman. The band has a tight "live in-studio" sound. Songs range from the Zawinul influenced "Tree People" & "Bing Bang Boom!", to the Metheny-ish "The Journey" & "My Lucky Day". Chuck Loeb will surprise many of his Smooth Jazz fans with his dark but powerful rock anthem "Prayer Stone", one of his most dynamic & best written songs. It makes me smile to hear him playing so out of style, and enjoying the opportunity to crank up the rock guitar volume of his song! Mitchel featured on his acoustic duet "Sleeping Beauties". Chuck offers a beautiful acoustic guitar on "There and Back Again". Nelson Rangel guests with alto sax on "Proclamation", the closest song to Chuck's current Smooth Jazz sound. Chuck's wife Carmen Cuesta also provides latin vocal melody on 2 of the songs. If you are into the 70's fusion, or are just starting to dig into Chuck Loeb's massive session & production discography. This CD will both surprise, and be played often!

Top of Jazz Fusion Album.......2000-03-22

If you're into jazz fusion categoy, you should take this out. This is the album of pure jazz fusion music in modern period.

They released two albums.

The Music Tree: Solo Songs by Betty Roe
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The Music Tree: Solo Songs by Betty Roe

Manufacturer: Somm Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000006B6T
Release Date: 1998-03-31

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