From Beginning to End [Import]

From Beginning to End [Import]

From Beginning to End [Import]

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1. Beginning: Destination's Theme/Let Us Entertain You
2. Move on Up Suite: Move on Up/Up Up Up
3. Castles Suite: Search/Castles in the Sky/The Dream
4. My No. 1 Request: Put It Where You Want It/Unfinished Sympphony/Fantasy
5. End: The Party/The Party's Over

From Beginning to End,Destination,Unidisc,Club/Dance,Dance
Mobilize
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Exceptional!
  • rhythm + romanticism + melody = Mobilize
  • Only 500 times over...
  • Move to this.
  • Even Better By Himself?
Mobilize
Grant Lee Phillips , and Grant-Lee Phillips
Manufacturer: Zoe Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Virginia Creeper
  2. Ladie's Love Oracle [Bonus Track]
  3. Jubilee
  4. Nineteeneighties
  5. Mighty Joe Moon

ASIN: B00005LCFW
Release Date: 2001-08-14

Tracks:

  1. See America
  2. Humankind
  3. Love's A Mystery
  4. Sadness Soot
  5. We All Get A Taste
  6. Spring Released
  7. Lazily Drowning
  8. Like A Lover
  9. Mobilize
  10. Beautiful Dreamers
  11. Sleepless Lake
  12. April Chimes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Exceptional!.......2006-02-24

Was always a big fan of Grant Lee Buffalo, "Jubilee" totally rules, and Grant Lee on his own rocks too!

"Like A Lover" is one of the simplest songs, but conveys so much feeling, it knocks me out everytime I hear it.

"Mobilize" the beat always makes me think of Portishead, such a cool song

"Spring Released" is one of those songs that's timeless. It's like religion to play this track coming into the sunny season.

Do yourself a favour and buy anything of this exceptional musician that you can get your hands on. C'mon Grant Lee, give us another!!

4 out of 5 stars rhythm + romanticism + melody = Mobilize.......2005-07-14

"Epic masterpiece..." "Channeling John Lennon" These are descriptions from other reviews, both puzzling to me. There's nothing epic about this, nor is there the slightest resemblance to Mr. Lennon -- who composed music in an entirely different vein. This is a personal album, sometimes quiet and sometimes hypnotically beat-driven. As far as I can tell GLP played and sang everything himself. This is like his earlier Ladies Love Oracle, but juiced up with rhythm. Acoustic guitars and electric keyboards predominate, with the sythetic percussion.

Mobilize doesn't really hang together as a unified piece. It is more a collection of songs, most of which are very good. The best of them are dreamy, entrancing, and soothing. Computer-sequenced beats give a pulse to many of the tracks. The lyrics are specific enough to be enticing but vague enough to allow your own interpretation. But take advantage of the free amazon.com download of See America and you will hear for yourself the strengths of this Grant-Lee Phillips effort. It will tell you ten times more than I could ever say in a review. Besides, there are only two kinds of music: good and bad. And you and I will never completely agree on which is which. At least give this a try. Was See America Grant-Lee's twist on Simon & Garfunkel's "...all come to look for America"? It seems so to me, and I think it is equally clever and anthemic.

See America, Sleepless Lake, and April Chimes showcase Phillips' ability to write a haunting melody, which is something of a lost art. See his Ladies Love Oracle CD for more of the same.

The other free download, the title track, is probably the least enjoyable tune on the album. It sounds a bit off-kilter, with its minor chords and allusions to war. The other tracks are much less depressing. Spring Released is positively bouyant, as is Beautiful Dreamers. (My grandmother used to play the classic old song Beautiful Dreamer, which GLP deftly incorporates into his own new composition.)

GLP is not trying to push the envelope or pump you up or sermonize. He seeks to entertain, by presenting a little piece of his contempative romantic soul. Treat yourself to some high class pop. Get this album. You can catch glimpses of GLP as the "town troubadour" on the first season of Gilmore Girls, too. That's how I was first introduced to his music.

I lost my first copy of this CD. I can't imagine how. It never left the house. But I had to buy another, because I knew I would miss it. I think you might feel that way about it, too.

5 out of 5 stars Only 500 times over..........2002-11-08

I first heard Grant-Lee when he was part of Grant-Lee Buffalo. A friend made me a tape of "Mighty Joe Moon" about six years ago. I hadn't really thought about Grant-Lee until I saw the Exile Follies tour with Kristen Hersh, Grant-Lee and John Doe. I was so impressed with Grant-Lee that I had to hear more. I downloaded parts of songs from this album and listened to them over and over. I had to buy the album. So I bought it a week ago and have been listening to nothing else but this since. It's on most of the day at work and then on in the car for four or five songs at a time. I truly love this cd, it's a good thing that it's not on tape or the tape would be worn out already.

There is something really catchy about the songs that make you want to listen to them over and over. They also get stuck in your head and you just have to listen to them! "Spring Released," "Sadness Soot" and "Beautiful Dreamers" are the main ones that I keep singing over and over in my head. "See America" has a wonderful romantic sound to it that makes you want to take a road trip. I thought the lyrics seemed really cool at first, then I read the lyrics in the liner notes and realized that they are even cooler than they sound, they are quite poetic.

If you've never heard Grant-Lee, I've learned that you're missing out. He's definitely up there with my faves - PJ Harvey, Kristen Hersh, Tori and Liz Phair. I will definitely be adding more Grant-Lee Phillips to my collection as I can afford it.

4 out of 5 stars Move to this........2002-08-26

Grant Lee Phillips is a top-class singer-songwriter who has a wealth of experience as well as two or three truly great records behind him, and somehow you just knew he wasn't going to disappoint with Mobilize. It finds Phillips embracing a more polished, modern sound than past efforts - accentuated by the classy, breatless pop of the opener 'See America' and similarly impressive 'Humankind'. As the title suggests 'Love's A Mystery' is all mystique and intrigue with Phillips sounding eerily like David Byrne, and is exactly the kind of left-field tunesmithery on the human condition at which he excels.
The real gem here though is 'Sadness Soot' - dizzying in it's magnificence and showcasing just how remarkable Phillips' voice really is - a master of phrasing, mood and expression. As with his Grant Lee Buffalo albums, just when you think you're in for more pop thrills, we get something edgy and challenging like the title track to throw you off the scent. The second half of Mobilize is engaging and interesting, if a little less consistent than the first (though that's a common complaint these days). Still, the bonus track 'Sunday Best' is a rather jaunty closing treat.
For listeners that like their music to be innovative, fresh and just a little outside the square then Mobilize will fit the bill nicely.

5 out of 5 stars Even Better By Himself?.......2002-08-06

Having been an enourmous fan of his work in 'Grant lee Buffalo', I was anxious to hear what he could come up with by himself. After hearing 'Ladies Love Oracle', I was expecting something the same, but what I heard really delighted me. I love Ladies Love Oracle and I love Mobilize.

Grant-Lee is simply one of THE GREAT singer-songwriters (of all time in my oppinion), and now he's taken the genre into cool new territories. If you liked Grant Lee Buffalo, you won't have absolutely NO objections with this album,despite it being quite a bit more 'funky' (for want of a better work) with its electric drums etc...

Grant-Lee's strengths have always been his song writing ability and his voice and these things both come through strong with his 'new sound' (which is equally as appealing and beautiful as it is different to the 'Buffalo' sound).

I was fortuneate enough to hear him live (twice) in Brisbane (australia) in May '02 and it was trully amazing. He is such a talented guy.

I'm hanging out for another solo effort, and until then, Mobilize will keep a huge smile on my face
Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Every last note...
Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music

Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000037AX
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

  1. Handel In The Strand
  2. Bridal Lullaby
  3. English Waltz
  4. Mock Morris
  5. To A Nordic Princess
  6. In A Nutshell-Ste: I. Arrival Platform Humlet
  7. In A Nutshell-Ste: II. Gay But Wistful
  8. In A Nutshell-Ste: III. Pastoral
  9. In A Nutshell-Ste: IV. 'The Gum-Suckers' March
  10. Peace
  11. Saxon Twi-Play
  12. Andante Con Moto
  13. Children's March
  14. The Immovable Do
  15. Sailor's Song
  16. Colonial Song
  17. Walking Tune
  18. Harvest Hymn
  19. In Dahomey

Tracks:

  1. b flat Pno Con (Opening)
  2. Cradle-Song
  3. Love Walked In
  4. Second Pno Con (3rd Movt)
  5. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  6. Nimrod
  7. Ramble On The Last Love-Duet
  8. Chinese Melody-Beautiful Fresh Flower
  9. Paraphrase On The Flower Waltz
  10. Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster'
  11. American Song-The Rag-Time Girl
  12. 'Blithe Bells'
  13. Fugue In a
  14. The Man I Love

Tracks:

  1. Country Gardens
  2. The Merry King
  3. Molly On The Shore
  4. Irish Tune From County Derry
  5. Knight And Shepard's Daughter
  6. The Nightingale And The Two Sisters
  7. Jutish Medley
  8. Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
  9. The Rival Brothers
  10. Near Woodstock Town
  11. Will Ye Gang To The Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay
  12. The Brisk Young Sailor
  13. One More Day My John (Easy Version)
  14. Rimmer And Goldcastle
  15. Spoon River
  16. The Widow's Party
  17. The Hunter In His Career
  18. My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
  19. Died For Love
  20. Scotch Strathspey
  21. One More Day My John (Complex Version)
  22. Bristol Town
  23. Hard-Hearted Barb'ra Helen
  24. Mo Ninghean Dhu
  25. Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
  26. Stalt Vesselil
  27. O Gin I Were Where Gowrie Rins
  28. Shepard's Hey

Tracks:

  1. Four Irish Dances: I. A March-Jig
  2. Four Irish Dances: II. A Slow Dance
  3. Four Irish Dances: III. The Leprechaun's Dance
  4. Four Irish Dances: IV. A Reel
  5. Nell
  6. Apres Un Reve
  7. Pno Con, First Movt
  8. Tiger-Tiger
  9. Air And Dance
  10. Hornpipe
  11. Toccata And Fugue in d
  12. Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster' (Easy Grainger)
  13. Angelus Ad Virginem
  14. Klavierstuck in E
  15. Eastern Intermezzo
  16. The Bigelow March
  17. Pno Con, First Movt
  18. At Twilight
  19. Klavierstuck in a
  20. Klavierstuck in B Flat
  21. Klavierstuck in D

Tracks:

  1. Children's March: 'Over The Hills And Far Away'
  2. Up-Country Song (Colonial Song)
  3. English Dance
  4. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
  5. 'Spoon River'-American Folk Dance
  6. Train Music
  7. Zanzibar Boat-Song
  8. Paganini Varations, No.12
  9. Green Bushes-Passacaglia On An English Folksong
  10. William Byrd's Air And Variations For The Virginals 'The Carman's Whistle'
  11. 'A Dance Rhapsody'
  12. Girl Crazy: Embraceable You
  13. The Warriors-Music To An Imaginary Ballet

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Every last note..........2006-06-14

A super budget 5 CD collection of all of Grainger's Piano music.
Every last note!
The shipping alone would be $17.00+ for the 5 individual Cds.
Englishman Martin Jones plays these as if he wrote them. He is thoroughly inside this music.
I think his best work to date.
He is joined on CD #5 by Richard Mcmahon and Phillip Martin. Where they rollick in various combos and trios on 1, 2 and 3 pianos. This is exhilerating. Especially on an truly uplifting version of Green Bushes.
The entire set is strongly idiomatic and given a clear, crisp, warm and spacious recording. FIRST CLASS sound.
There are too many highlights to single out, but the In A Nutshell Suite and Green Bushes are especially GOOD!
There is not a bad note or "vibe" on any of these CDs.
Highly recommended for Granger fans and fans of English Piano Music.
Ives Plays Ives / Record # 4 in "Charles Ives, the 100th Anniversary"
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Interesting, historically important CD
  • man and machine
  • Ives speaks for himself, better late than never.
  • Recordings of a Twentieth Century Master
  • Precious moments with America's greatest composer.
Ives Plays Ives / Record # 4 in "Charles Ives, the 100th Anniversary"

Manufacturer: Composers Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000K2FD
Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

  1. June 12,1933: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 1 (Beg.)
  2. June 12,1933: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 1 (End)
  3. June 12,1933: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 3
  4. June 12,1933: Improvisation On A Passage In Study No. 23, Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 2, And Emerson Overture's Cadenza No. 4 (With False Start)
  5. Mid 1930s: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson' No. 1 (Beg.)
  6. Mid 1930s: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson' No. 1 (End)
  7. Mid 1930s: Study No. 11 (Abandoned)
  8. Mid 1930s: Study No. 11
  9. Mid 1930s: Study No. 11
  10. Mid 1930s: Patch For Study No. 23
  11. Mid 1930s: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson' No. 1 (Beg.)
  12. Mid 1930s: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson' No. 1 (End)
  13. Mid 1930s: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 3
  14. Mid 1930s: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 3
  15. May 11,1938: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 3 (Beg.)
  16. May 11,1938: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 3 (End)
  17. May 11,1938: Study No. 11
  18. May 11,1938: Study No. 9: The Anti-Abolitionist Riots
  19. May 11,1938: Study No. 2 with false start
  20. May 11,1938: Study No. 2 (Beg.)
  21. May 11,1938: Study No. 2 (End)
  22. May 11,1938: Study No. 23 (Partial)
  23. May 11,1938: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 1 (Abandoned)
  24. May 11,1938: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 1 (Middle)
  25. May 11,1938: Study No. 23 (Partial)
  26. May 11,1938: Three Improvisations, No. 1
  27. May 11,1938: Sonata No. 2 For Piano: Concord, Mass., 'Hawthorne' (Excerpt)
  28. May 11,1938: Symphony No. 1 - Rejected Mvt. 2 (Largo)
  29. May 11,1938: Unidentified (Improvisation On The 'Sunrise' Cadenza'?)
  30. May 11,1938: Study No. 20 (Partial)
  31. May 11,1938: Three Improvisations, No.3
  32. April 24, 1943: Sonata No. 2 For Piano: Concord, Mass., 'Emerson' (Partial)
  33. April 24, 1943: Sonata No. 2 For Piano: Concord, Mass., 'Emerson' (Partial)
  34. April 24, 1943: Sonata No. 2 For Piano: Concord, Mass., 'Emerson' (Partial)
  35. April 24, 1943: Study No. 2 + Study No. 23 (Mixed)
  36. April 24, 1943: Four Transcriptions From 'Emerson,' No. 3 (Abandoned)
  37. April 24, 1943: Study No.9: The Anti-Abolishonist Riots
  38. April 24, 1943: They Are There!, First Take (Abandoned)
  39. April 24, 1943: They Are There!, Second Take
  40. 1943/04/24 They Are There!, Third Take
  41. April 24, 1943: March No. 6 For Piano With 'Here's To Good Old Yale'
  42. April 24, 1943: Sonata No.2 for Piano: Concord, Mass., 'The Alcotts'

Amazon.com essential recording

In his lifetime, maverick composer Charles Ives entered the recording studio only four times, mostly to hear (and tinker with) his works in progress. He ended up doing 42 takes of 17 different pieces on the piano, all recorded between 1933 and 1943: everything from snippets of the unfinished Emerson Concerto to his rousing wartime anthem "They Are There!" It's a varied lot, to say the least, but now we have his complete recordings on one CD. The sound quality isn't great and you can easily hear how frustrated Ives is by the newfangled technology (recording techniques restricted his playing to five minute chunks). That said, you couldn't ask for a greater insight into the composer.

Most of these pieces derive from Ives's unfinished Emerson concerto for piano and orchestra, but the entire package is one big treasure chest. Here we have the composer at work: improvising, (occasionally) frustrated, frenzied, and--most of all--creative. His playing is as off-the-wall as you can imagine: fast, improvised, with failed notes galore, and occasionally spot-on. Highlights abound--just check out "The Alcotts" from the Concord Sonata (No. 2) to hear him at his performance peak--but the most memorable cuts feature Ives himself singing. His three versions of the wartime anthem "We Are There!" should give hope to any struggling vocalist... for a career either selling insurance or composing great music. Yes, his voice is simply awful, but the music and history contained on this disc are breathtaking. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Interesting, historically important CD.......2005-08-16

To hear Ives play his own works is a real treasure. Of course, the recording quality is spotty at best, and the tracks recorded on the Speak-O-Phone are sometimes almost unbearable to hear.

But other tracks have excellent sound and you can catch Ives at his creative and offbeat best.

Those willing to bear with the sound limitations will be well rewarded when they hear the final track 42, which is particularly beautiful and because it comes indirectly from a tape transfer has better sound quality.

5 out of 5 stars man and machine.......2002-04-09

This is a fantastic peek at the complexities of the recording art.. Charlie was lucky to have access to recording technology, and yet it was quite frustrating for him.

Easy to forget the 'miracle.' John Kirkpatrick once told me that his recording of the Concord required something like 43 different 'takes' (if you will); I guess I had assumed it was just one run through.

I'm grateful for all the 'Emerson' here. It is my favorite part of Concord. I heard some of these recordings back in '73, and they really have been lovingly upgraded. Thank you for making these available to us.

5 out of 5 stars Ives speaks for himself, better late than never........2001-12-07

Shades of Cecil Taylor! This collection flies in the face of attempts to create "definitive" performance scores for Ives' compositions. The composer who imagined a world without symphony orchestras, where one simply thought-created the music while contemplating nature, can hardly be tied down to an engraving of notes. It wasn't only the skill to perform his compositions that Ives demanded of musicians, but the spirit to enter into them - a conceptual understanding & a will to get at them from the inside out.

I still believe Charlie was willfully naive & had a neurotic fear of success. While he looked over his shoulder at the "Rollos" of American music, as if they mattered, he missed out on the emergence of the very generation of composers & artists who were his exact, or nearly exact, contemporaries. There was no Armory Show in Ives' world; no Alfred Stieglitz; no Ezra Pound or William Carlos Williams; no Arensberg salon. He worked himself half to death & shamelessly let younger men do the heavy lifting of his reputation. This recording shows how revelatory Ives might have been to Europeans, had he gone to bat "over there" for his own art when he was both healthy & wealthy. Ives took a great gamble with his art. Thank heavens it paid off.

5 out of 5 stars Recordings of a Twentieth Century Master.......2001-11-06

The preceeding descriptions of the music are good. I just wanted to add this: The playing and singing of '...They are there!' that Ives demonstrates towwards the end of the disc is some really musicially sensitive stuff. It is what Charles Ives is all about; no 'rollo,' no inhibitions, just playing and expression without self consciousness. I would very strongly recommend this recording to anyone who improvises and anyone who composes; you really should hear this. However, for anyone, hearing genius at the piano is good fun and very interesting...

5 out of 5 stars Precious moments with America's greatest composer........2000-05-12

The millenium's over, the ballots are in, and the winner of the Most Important Twentieth Century American Composer title is--still--Charles Ives. Ives was a great composer with his own voice, a lofty vision, and sense of humor besides. He was also a nationalist, but in the best way, overtly embracing the music which meant the most to his countrymen--hymns, popular tunes, the mainline classics--and adapting it for his own use.
Ives' music is likely among the most complicated ever put on a page, and generations of musicians have wondered if they had broken Ives' code and were playing it the way he wanted it. Wonder no more! This CD presents rare examples of Ives playing his own stuff. The good news is that performers pretty much had it right. The bad news is that the music here is strictly for the Ives fanatic. Don't start your Ives recording collection here. Even with the most ingenious digital enhancement, the sound quality is generally poor and way too much time is spent on those damnable Emerson studies and other recondite repertoire. But the performances of "They are there," are a lot of fun, and the reading of "The Alcotts" is revelatory. So is that enough to make the CD worth getting? Darned right!!
Critic's Choice: Leonard Maltin's Best Movie Themes of the '90s
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A great CD for those who appreciate movie themes
Critic's Choice: Leonard Maltin's Best Movie Themes of the '90s

Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SVHW
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

  1. Critic's Choice Theme
  2. Titanic Suite: Distant Memories/Southampton/Rose/Take Her To Sea Mr. Murdoch
  3. Basic Instinct: An Unending Story
  4. Maverick Suite
  5. The Firm: Main Title/Ray's Blues
  6. Ed Wood: Main Title
  7. Shakespeare In Love Suite: The End/The Beginning Of The Partnership
  8. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Orchestral Suite
  9. The Mask Of Zorro Suite: The Plaza Of Execution/Zorro's Theme/Love Theme
  10. Saving Private Ryan: Hymn To The Fallen

Tracks:

  1. First Knight Orchestral Suite: Arthur's Fanfare/Main Title/End Credits/Camelot/Arthur's Farewell
  2. Fast, Cheap & Out Of Control: Eternal Future II
  3. As Good As It Gets
  4. The English Patient: Rupert Bear/As Far As Florence
  5. American Beauty: Dead Already/Any Other Name
  6. Braveheart: End Credits
  7. Life Is Beautiful: Buon Giorno Principessa/Abbiano Vinto
  8. John Grisham's The Rainmaker: Kelly's Theme
  9. The Lion King Orchestral Suite
  10. Schindler's List: Theme From Schindler's List/Jewish Town/Remembrances

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A great CD for those who appreciate movie themes.......2000-10-06

I enjoyed this CD because Leonard Martin does a good job in selecting the scores of movies that are special in itself, outside from the context of the movie. His selection is diverse, in the sense that it includes scores of not only the big blockbusters of the 90s (Titanic, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart), but also of the movies that have already been forgotten (Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, and The Rainmaker). There is reasoning behind such a selection, according to Martin: "Some scores wear well over time and provide a rewarding experience long after the movie begins to recede in one's memory."

Martin selects the scores from a variety of film genres (drama, dark comedy, suspense,for example) which translates into a well rounded compilation of musical pieces (classical,spanish-inspired, blues, etc). He also includes liner notes reagrding each selection and composer, which serves as a brief, yet interesting, background regarding each selection.

The only qualm that I have with the CD is the abscence of some of my personal favorites, which are certainly memorable both as films and as scores. Reagarding such statements Martin states that "Lists, of course, are highly arbitrary and designed to provoke argument." Moreover, Martin acknowledges that selections are not the only great scores of the past decade; they are, however, among his favorites. I definitely agree with him on this statement.

Purchase the CD for not only your favorites but for the nice variety that Martin put together. You will be surprised that you will love the scores, even of the movies you may not have seen!
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    Impossible Recording Machine
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    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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