Wash & Go: a Night at Salvation [Import]

Wash & Go: a Night at Salvation [Import]

Track Listings

1. House Music Baby

2. Sunshine

3. Piano Thing

4. Do You Remember House? (Bob Sinclar Club Mx)

5. 2bfunk (All The Presidents Men Funk 2 Mix)

6. Crazy Talk

7. Spinnin Round & Round

8. Bodyswerve (Original)

9. Twisted (Per Qx Hardrockin' Mix)

10. I Can't Stop

11. Alright (Callea & Rispolli Remix)

12. Come Back (Soft's Flashback Mix)

13. Hideaway (Exclusive Per Qx Mix)

14. Ministry Of Love

15. When I Fall In Love (Antiloop Club Mix)

Tracks:

Guitar Concerto in D: Largo
Oboe Concerto In D Minor: Adagio
Oboe Concerto In D Minor: Siciliano
The Four Seasons ( Winter): Largo
Flute Concerto No. 3 In D: Cantabile
Guitar Concerto in A minor: Largo
Oboe d'Amore Concerto In G: Adagio
Flute Concerto In G: Arioso
Concerto No 1 In B Flat For Oboe, Strings & Continuo: Adagio
Oboe Concerto No 1 In B Flat: Largo
Concerto In A: Sicilienne
Concerto In G For Two Guitars: Andante
Concerto In D For Oboe, Strings & Continuo: Grazioso
Concerto In C For Oboe, Strings & Continuo: Introduzione (Larghetto)
Oboe Concerto In C: Siciliana
Water Music (Suite No 1 In F): Air
Oboe Concerto No 2 In B Flat: Andante
Suite No 1: Andante
Concerto In F: Preludio
Canon In D

Customer Reviews:

PLEASE BE AWARE.......2007-02-25

The audio samples given here are from the Vivaldi for Valentines CD in this same Philips series. NOT Bach.

The Vivaldi was great, though.

Bubble Bath Baroque.......2005-09-27

Light some candles, run a bubble bath, put in bath beads, pop this CD into your stereo and indulge in a bath that would mean you've pampered yourself in extremis. This particular recording from the popular Set Your Life To Classical series is a real treat for Bathtime, or in my opinion, anytime. It is indeed, as the title suggests, a relaxing serenade to wash your cares away. It is therapy, a perfect companion to a massage, reading a book, drinking tea, anything you can do alone to pamper yourself and to relax. Iona Brown, a female conductor, takes Sir Neville Marriner's place and conducts the Academy of St Martin In The Fields performing such works as the opening track - the Lute Concerto by Vivaldi as well as Track 4's Largo from the Winter movement in The Four Seasons, track 12's Concerto For Two Guitars by Corelli and the Oboe Concerto in D by Telemann. Also featured on here Oboe Concerti by Handel and Water Music Suite, and other conductors featured on here are Raymond Leppard and his English Chamber Orchestra. The Canon in D has never sounded more radiant than on here as it is conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and closes the CD nicely. A more relaxing way to take a bath you'll be hard-pressed to find. This music is gorgeous, it's affordable (on the Used Item section and the regular price) and is as always, a great intro to classical music and a fun, innovative way to enjoy it.

Cleansing Sounds To Wash Away Tensions.......2003-01-09

This is pleasing, pastoral music picked to relieve that which tenses up our bodies and souls.

Turn on this excellent baroque collection from the likes of Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel and Pachelbel (among others) superbly played by such virtuosos as Rampal, Holliger et al.

Sweeping instrumental arias are so relaxing! This one will soothe the savage beast as well as those tired bods.

Great Classical Music Series Gorgeous Music.......2002-12-22

The cd series "Set Your Life To Classical Music", composes a variety of baroque, classical and romantic instrumental music that serves the purpose of leisure and background while you engage in the day or evening's activities. The purpose is therapeutic. There are other titles in the series, such as "Bach For Breakfast", "Beethoven For Book Lovers" "Chopin And Champagne", "Baroque For Bedtime", "Puccini and Pasta", "Mozart For The Morning Commute", the series goes on and on. It is a great way to soothe your tensions and provides stress-free, nearly New Age style music that you'd more than likely hear at a masseur's place of business. One can also make the argument that this is the music you'd hear at an elevator. What I like about all these series is that they are also a great introduction to instrumental/classical music. The ensembles performing the classical works are virtuosic and well known in world of classical performance, such as Sir Neville Marriner and St. Martin In The Fields, I Musici and the New Age, Yani-style musician, Zamfir, who specializes in rare instruments such as pan pipes.

On this recording, specifically designed to accompany your bubble bath, there are beautiful, slower-paced movements from Baroque flute, violin and oboe concertos. There are the Sicilian style movements of such composers as Vivaldi, Bach and Telemann. The largo from the Winter movement is a richly melodic and dreamy piece for strings, and the concluding work, Canon In D Major, is an elegant, graceful and heartfelt chamber piece that has become iconic in Baroque music. It was used in the film, Ordinary People and is very popular in classical music for weddings. I strongly recommend all the cds in the series. They are a perfect way to get you into some of the most beautiful classical music ever written, and are a great way to involve music as the wordless, instrumental soundtrack in your life.

A relaxing serenade.......2000-12-28

This is a wonderful collection of Baroque pieces that will truly relax and wash away stress and tension. I especially like the oboe and classical guitar pieces. If you are a fan of the pan flute, this is also a good CD for you, but the pan flute actually is the down side of the CD for me. All the songs are first rate!

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The Best of the Goos
That's right, 5 stars
One of the best Alt Rock Albums EVER!!!
Superstar Goo
The Goo Goo Dolls In Their Prime

Superstar Car Wash
Goo Goo Dolls
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B000002MIH
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Fallin' Down
Lucky Star
Cuz You're Gone
Don't Worry
Girl Right Next To Me
Domino
We Are The Normal
String Of Lies
Another Second Time Around
Stop The World
Already There
On The Lie
Close Your Eyes
So Far Away

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Imagine an unsoiled, slicked-up Replacements with radio-friendly vocals, and you'll understand the insta-thrills and boundless potential of this Buffalo trio's major label debut. "Fallin' Down" and the anthemic "We Are the Normal" spearhead a great power-pop album. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

The Best of the Goos.......2007-02-20

I have been a fan of the Goo Goo Dolls since the early 90's, pretty much since the release of "Name" Shortly after I got their next CD; "Dizzy Up the Girl", I found out that they had released a few CDs that went under the radar because of their label. Their Self-titled CD was pretty hard to find (I got it about 6 years ago), Jed (I found out that "Goo Goo Dolls" is the same way) was over the top garage/Punk rock that was too loud for it's own good and was poorly written. In "Hold Me Up" I could see that the band began to mature, both as a band and as individuals. The tracks were a bit more memorable and interesting. Then I got to the pinacle of the GGDs. "Superstar Carwash" is the very best work the three from Buffalo have ever done. It is not geared to be played on the radio. It is not for the PR guy, trying to sell a CD. It is written by the band, for the band and that's it. It is the perfect mix of Johnny's ballads and Robbie's rock. "Girl Right Next to Me" is the prototype of this successful combanation. I highly recommend this CD to anyone that enjoys the B-side (meaning non-singles) music from the GGDs. If you like the commercial music that the Dolls have been pumping out lately, this CD will not work for you. If you like "January Friend" from "Dizzy Up the Girl" and "Flat-Top" from "A Boy Named Goo", then you will enjoy this CD as much as I do. I also hope that Johnny, Robbie and Mike get back to their roots and write more songs a long the lines of this CD and "A Boy Named Goo" for their next CD.

That's right, 5 stars.......2006-12-06

There's really only one weak track (every record has one) which I just don't play and it aside, this is such a great record--great songwriting, riffs and a production-style I just love. I heard this at a particular time (1993) and I've locked it in ever since.

It has a great sound: the drums kick with a tight bass drum, the bass locks into that, and the guitar playing rips with crunchy rhythms and stratospheric leads. The vocals wash over all of that and it *all* works. Listen for yourself. It's one of the best, heaviest pop records I've ever heard, and it gives me great pleasure to read all these reviews of a record I thought I only knew and loved.

I really don't know what they did before or after this--I've really never needed to hear anything else from them--I don't see how it could be surpassed.

One of the best Alt Rock Albums EVER!!!.......2006-11-04

The perfect mix of brash and polish, Superstar Car Wash is the ultimate listening experience for those of us still in love with the music of the 90's. Every song is solid and every song is toe tapper. Definitely one of the Goo's best albums, and surprising to anyone who isn't familiar with early Goo Goo Dolls sounds, for it is mature and thoughtful but not cheesy or contrived. The highlights on the album are "We Are the Normal"; "Stop the World"; "Another Second Time Around"; "Cuz You're Gone" and "Already There", but every song rocks!!!

Superstar Goo .......2006-08-03

The Goo Goo Doll's fourth album: SUPERSTAR CAR WASH, was when the band finally had come together as a band. The guitar, bass, drums, and other guest instruments were in time with one another and were not overpowering to a particular instrument. Sound levels were recorded perfectly and that in itself has a major impact of Goo Goo Doll's progression within their sound. Johnny Rzeznik had matured enough as a musician to realize that playing fast and all over the guitar neck does not always work with the songs the band performs. For this record, Rzeznik finally starts to produce melody lines. They are still pretty grudgy, but are clearer than in his previous performances. He also starts working even more with clean tone quality and his soon to be famous accoustic quality. Rzeznik's lyrics are some powerful stuff as with most of his work. This record also has the band working with string instruments, and the best track off the record has to be "We Are the Normal" because it has a beautiful single viola part to it. The only set back for this record is the bass player's songs. They are just not as good as Rzeznik's and it really starts to show on this record as it does on future Goo Goo Dolls' records. SUPERSTAR CAR WASH is a good rocker album and one to listen to if you are a Goo Goo Doll fan.

Stand out tracks include:
"Fallin' Down"
"'Cuz You're Gone"
"Domino"
"We Are the Normal"
"String of Lies"
"Stop the World"
"On the Lie"
"So Far Away"

The Goo Goo Dolls In Their Prime.......2006-07-05

I officially became a Goo fan when I was 12 and got their CD "Dizzy Up the Girl". I stil remember the moment, driving down 141 with my dad to get a frosty. Johnny's single "I'm Still Here" came on and I told my dad I loved the song. He looked surprised and excited. "That's the Goo Goo Dolls!" My dad was a GGD fanatic and was always talking about them. He started describing all of their other hit singles to me and it turns out I loved them all, I just never knew they were by the same band. That summer we saw them in concert twice.

The second CD I got was A Boy Named Goo, a gift from my dad. I listened to it once, maybe twice and decided I didn't like it. That was when I was 12, my favorite song was "Iris", and I couldn't stand Robby. I'm 16 now and believe that CD may be their best yet. They started off as a goofy punk band with songs like "Up Yours": very immature, bad lyrics, bad music. With each album they've released, they've become more and more mainstream. Their cover single "Give A Little Bit" may be the most mainstream song I've ever heard, period. As much as I dislike grunge punk stuff, I hate really mainstream stuff. This album and A Boy Named Goo are perfectly in between. They've still got the hard guitar, but they've matured and become more serious. Well, Johnny has. That's why I don't hate Robby anymore. In their most recent albums, he offers a hard-rock break from Johnny's mainstream cheesy ballads.

My two favorite Goo songs are "Flat Top" and "On the Lie". "On the Lie" can be found on this album and "Flat Top" on A Boy Named Goo. For any real fan of GGD who appreciates them better than I did when I was twelve, these two albums are must haves.

p.s. I meant to give them 5 stars but it won't let me change my rating now.

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Good
song i need to find
Best Soundtrack I have heard yet!
A cracking album
drops sum tite tracks

The Wash
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Aftermath
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005O6M4
Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

On The Blvd. - Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg
Bring 2 - Bilal
Blow My Buzz - D12
Benefit Of The Doubt - Truth Hurts Feat. Shaunta
Bad Intentions - Dr. Dre/Knoc-turn'al
Get Fucked Up With Me - Xzibit
My High - Yahroo
Holla - Busta Rhymes
Bubba Talk - Bubba Sparxxx
Good Lovin' - Shaunta
Feels Like I Can Fly - Daks
Gotta Get This Money - Supafly
Everytime - Toi
Str8 West Coast - Knoc-turn'al
No - Joe Beast
The Wash - Dr. Dre/Snopp Dogg

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The Wash joins the myriad plotless, hip-hop-fuelled B-movies that carry smoking soundtracks produced by A-list knob twiddlers. As the accolades for multiplatinum producer Dr. Dre continue to pile up, his emphasis on producing funk-heavy tracks like "On the Boulevard" and the self-titled track (featuring fellow ex-Death Row dream teamer Snoop Dogg) reignites the flame that made their earlier work on The Chronic some of the best in rap's history. Likewise, when Busta Rhymes takes his testosterone-fuelled flows to mountainous heights over some eerie, futuristic keyboard stylings from the good Dr. Dre on "Holla," it proves that anything touched by Dre (even in this executive producer capacity) is worthwhile. The only real disappointments come when some of the talented rappers assembled waste their airtime with shallow raps about fast money, slinky chicks, and downright tomfoolery. Eminem and his bizarro D12 homies are unfortunately at their profane worst on "Blow My Buzz." Meanwhile, on "Get F---ed Up with Me," Xzibit touts the benefits of swigging brew and smoking doobies all day. Overall, this is a well-balanced effort that should sit well with funksters into beats and rhymes by left-coasters Soopafly and Knoc-turn'al. When neo-soulster du jour Bilal drops by to turn it out falsetto-style on "Bring 2," you know this one's a keeper. --Dalton Higgins

Customer Reviews:

Good .......2007-04-03

This album is pretty good, the best songs are On The Blvd, Get ****** up with me, and The Wash

song i need to find.......2006-06-02

can someone please help me with a song , while snoop was talking to the apartment mgr about his water there was a song playing sound like luther vandross can someone please help me with a title of the song and artist

Best Soundtrack I have heard yet!.......2004-04-04

I am 92 years old and in all my years on this earth, this is the best soundtrack I have ever heard. (Wizard of Oz is a close second!) Dr. Dre, Knoc-turn'al and Xzibit really hold this album down. I think was captivated me the most was the beats. This CD has the baddest beats. These are the songs that play at full volume with the bass on high! Even the "slow" songs had the powerful hooks and bass. Dre really outdid himself on this one.
On the Blvd. - Great first track, gets things kicked off great
Bring 2 - Slower jam, but really pounds the subs
Blow My Buzz - Good song, Not as good of beat or hook, but still good
Benefit of the Doubt - Another Slow Song, but i love what Dre does with the music, simply genious
Bad Intentions - Knoc-turn'al did a great job on this track and really established himself as a new and upcomming rapper with the help of Dre
Get F**ked up with me - Xzibit raps about the pleasures of getting high. Great beat and killer vocal hook
My High - Good Song, good beats
Holla - Busta does a great job on working with Dre to produce a great song togther with good bass
Bubba Talk - Awesome song for another premiere rapper. His beat is awesome. It has a country twang to it
Good Lovin' - Another good, but slow song, with great bass
Feel Like I Can Fly - Great slow song, the best slow song I have ever heard. Awesome hook & chorus. Very catchy
Gotta Get This Money - Good song from a very unappreciated group
Everytime - Another good song with Dre's deady beats, hooks, and bass
Str8 Westkoast - Knoc does another awesome job with Dre. Great rhymthms and beats. There is a remix to this song on Knoc's CD, but it's not as good as the original
No - Good song, very catchy, good bass
The Wash - Great Way to end a CD, with the best rappers in the world rapping the title track, with Dre's slammin' beats

Overall, an excellent CD, worth every penny. I highly recommend it. Very good rhythmns, very addictive. Go Buy It, it's worth every cent.

A cracking album.......2003-08-05

I saw the film at a friend's house and immediately fell in love with the soundtrack, I had to get my hands on it. Dre doesn't disappoint and this is a tight album. Its a banging summer album, something you can play when you're just hanging with your mates.

Bring 2, My High and Everytime stand out, although I liked all the songs. Dre has done it again, and whatever you may think of the movie, his production skills and ability to get the best songs from both an array of established and "underground" artists is dope.

The only reason I didn't give it a 5 is because of the content - it's the usual mix of sex and violence, but could have done with a deeper message.

drops sum tite tracks.......2003-05-14

dis cds got sum damn good songs u probably wouldnt hear unless u buy dis cuz its mostly underground, one problem its to much of a mix of rap and r&b so if u like 1 and hate the other u gonna buy half a cd, but overall its mmm good

Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Childhood memories
I wanna get next to you
will take you home
In full bloom !
Good Disc

Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Norman Whitfield
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ASIN: B000002P36
Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

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Six O'Clock Dj-Lets Rock
I Wanna Get Next To You
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Zig Zag
You're On My Mind
Mid Day Dy Theme
Born To Love You
Daddy Rich
Richard Pryor Dialogue/Rich Reprise
you Gotta Believe
I'm Going Down
Yo Yo
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If Car Wash looks and feels like a 97-minute music video, there's good reason for it. Lacking anything resembling a workable script, screenwriter Joel Schumacher (yes, him--funny how things don't change, isn't it?) enlisted Motown veteran Norman Whitfield to compose a batch of songs that would, in effect, "drive" the film. It's clear from the finished film that Schumacher never overcame his writer's block, but Whitfield more than met his end of the bargain, compiling a soundtrack that yielded three top 10 singles, and a musical oeuvre that Rose Royce is still milking to this day. Car Wash succeeds by way of its mass appeal. Whitfield forwent the parochial, if classic, Motown Sound, and incorporated elements of rock, disco, and blaxploitation-esque incidental music, resulting in a meaty--and marketable--party record. Whitfield casts Rose Royce as the new Sly and the Family Stone, and though they don't quite fill those shoes, it's a blast to hear them try. --Matt Hanks

Customer Reviews:

Childhood memories.......2004-12-14

This album gives me wonderful childhood memories. I remember being in my basement alteranting between the Car Wash soundtrack and C.W. McCall's _Black Bear Road_. (Talk about diversity as a 6-10 year old).
The funk and R&B beats are fantastic. The band, Rose Royce, was put together as an allstar band exemplifying this time period in music.
Thr grooves are unstoppable. You gotta love the simple yet complex vocal harmonies in "Zig Zag."
"Car Wash" may be sometimes overplayed on the radio and at sporting events, but it remains a staple of this era.
"Daddy Rich" is good only if you remember the movie and its plot. (I can't say that I do.)
"put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" has an awesome horn riff...as do most of these tracks.
That's what made my saxophone playing in a horn section so much fun (playing songs like "Brickhouse" and "Jungle Boogie").
There are even powerful vocal songs and soulful belt-outs like in "I'm Going Down."
Gotta love the wa-wa guitar and horn parts in the instrumentals.
Enough of my babbling...just get it, listen, enjoy, and get your groove on.

I wanna get next to you.......2002-07-22

love this plus that movie still a fan this brings back good memories every song on here jams and mostly it's instrumentals but hey I'm an old school funk fan and plus original funkadelics eddie hazel, and billy bass nelson held the whole groove down that's why this soundtrack is helluva funkdafied fire a classic every song on here is a classic and far from disco which sadly is a category rose royce fell under in later years.

will take you home.......2001-09-02

did you ever work a hard job for little pay? love someone you just couldn't reach? well this music comes from a film that will take you home. rose royce really hits t on the mark. my review is as much about the film car wash as it is the music. you may have to be over 40 to understand, but if you have ever been there, hated it, but wouoldn't trade the experience for any $$ this is the music and film for you

In full bloom !.......2001-04-26

If you have ever seen the film Car Wash, you will remember the importance of the soundtrack. I personally saw the film again on T.V. not too long ago, and when I found this cd was available, I simply ordered it (I had bought a long time ago the LP version, which only had 10 tracks).

This can be counted as one of the great soundtracks of that era, together with others such as "Superfly", "Shaft" or "Saturday Night Fever". The more recent "Jackie Brown" goes in the same direction actually. But, the originality of this one is that the whole soundtrack was apparently recorded BEFORE the shooting of the film (the songs were really playing while the film was shot, and the actors seem to have the time of their life), and that the band was made up by Norman Whitfield especially for this recording. The songs were so great and the band was so successful that it went on to record more albums and competed on the charts with CHIC. In fact, I can tell you the film was shown everywhere in Europe and that "Car wash" and the ballad "I wanna get next to you" were played all over the world... Not bad for what some would call a low budget film with a made up band playing in the background.

This really is a recommendable cd because of the story behind it, because of the sound (typical of that time), and because you have more than the two star tracks ("Zig Zag" and "Water" are super instrumentals, "Yoyo" is a lot of fun, the Ohio Players like "Born to love you" should have gotten the same recognition as the title track, and the musical scene - "Daddy rich/you gotta believe"- with Richard Pryor and the Pointer Sisters is extraordinary).

Car wash, ladies and gentlemen, a must have from a band and a producer (Norman Whitfield) in full bloom at that time !

Good Disc.......2000-03-31

Norman WHitfield was a Musical Genius Period.together with Rose Royce they Created a Great Party Vibe that Pre-Dated The Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever Run.I wanna Get Next to You is a Great Slow jam. I'm Going Down is still the song.and Of COurse The Title Track that Bumps to this day.even The Pointer Sisters get Funky on You Gotta Believe.

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You Gotta Wash Your Ass

You Gotta Wash Your Ass
Redd Foxx
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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You Gotta Wash Your Ass

Customer Reviews:

You Gotta Wash Your Ass.......2007-01-12

I first had this recording on 8-track, it is a easy listening Redd Foxx album,which has material used in many of his other works.

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)

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Irresistible
"Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops
Excellent!
Great Arrangments

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)

Manufacturer: Telarc
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Release Date: 1992-01-28

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South Pacific
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Customer Reviews:

Irresistible.......2005-07-29

From beginning to end this CD is pure delight. A great recording has great music, a great performance, and great sound; this one scores on all three counts.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals dominated Broadway in the 1940s and 1950s, and American musical theater has produced no more consistently eloquent and durable voice than Richard Rodgers. From his fertile genius flowed a surprising number of memorable songs, many of which have passed into and become an accepted and beloved part of modern American culture.

This well-filled CD (77:36) features symphonic arrangements (all but two by Robert Russell Bennett) of the music from Oklahoma (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Flower Drum Song (1958), and The Sound of Music (1959). All the great tunes are here in suites from each musical that average 10-12 minutes in length. The arrangements are expert: rich, varied, and colorful. The performances are polished, idiomatic, and irresistible; Kunzel and this orchestra are thorough masters of this kind of material. And Telarc's sound (recorded 1991) is state-of-the-art (engineer Michael Bishop deserves to take a bow).

In short, there's nothing here to cloud your listening pleasure (the only quibble I can imagine is that some of your favorites may not last long enough), so it's hard for me to envision anyone with ears and a taste for music who wouldn't enjoy this CD. Warmly recommended. Finally, if you like this one as much as I do, you might want to know that the same team has produced a companion volume, the Lerner & Lowe Songbook for Orchestra.

"Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops.......2003-12-26

Erich Kunzel's Rodgers and Hammerstein anthology with the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra is one of the best and most ravishing instrumental Rodgers and Hammerstein albums of all time. With sumptuous arrangements and warm, natural Telarc recording, this glorious 77-minute CD presents sweeping, melodic arrangements of over 60 Rodgers and Hammerstein selections, spanning eight scores, and Kunzel allows the Pops to play with a characterful and polished understanding of the Rodgers and Hammerstein idiom. The disc is enough to cheer you up on a dull day and make you smile, and it might even want to make you feel like a convert to Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.

This CD has all the scores arranged chronologically. The OKLAHOMA! suite that opens this disc promises a feast for the senses, Kunzel ably evokes the territory's "bright, golden haze" in the way he conducts the various excerpts, until you feel the atmosphere of the country charm of the show, and the love-affair between Curly and Laurey. Then, in CAROUSEL, he ably evokes the pathos of this tragic R&H masterwork, especially in the truncated Waltz, but he leads a wonderfully melodic "June is Bustin' Out All Over" and a devotional "You'll Never Walk Alone." Although this suite does not include Billy's pivotal Soliloquy, it includes "If I Loved You" as an expression of his love for Julie, and within minutes you could be soaked in the ups and downs of the show's mood.

After a brief STATE FAIR suite, with sweeping renditions of "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing", we are brought into the disc's showstopping highlights. These highlights are the excerpts from SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. But yet Kunzel conducts the rest of the disc until the various suites amount to a series of showstoppers. These three suites present wonderfully-arranged versions of their many familiar classic songs, with well-played solos. The SOUTH PACIFIC suite presents the songs in chronological order, yet preserves the atmosphere of the show at the same time. Kunzel ably brings out the romance in "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger than Springtime," and contrasts it with the exotic and dreamlike "Bali Hai'i" and the comic "There is Nothing like a Dame" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair". Although the suite ends quietly with a reprise of "Dites-Moi" rather than the reprise of "Some Enchanted Evening," within minutes we are swept into the KING AND I suite. Kunzel ably brings out the Oriental pathos in this score, and he captures the warmth of Anna's rapport with the King's Siamese children in "Getting to Know You", and with the King himself in "Shall We Dance." There is also romance in the love ballads "I Have Dreamed" and "We Kiss in a Shadow." Similarly, in the selection from THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Kunzel conducts this until the orchestra soaks itself in the atmosphere of this Austrian R&H score. This SOUND OF MUSIC suite has more of a feel of the score compared to the bonus track on Sony's reissued version of the Broadway recording. You can almost feel as if you are following the progress of the Trapp family and how it lifts its spirits with the joy of music. Kunzel gives us a soaring version of the title song, and spirited versions of "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favourite Things." He balances it with the open-air quality of "Edelweiss" and "The Lonely Goatherd." Although this suite could have included "Something Good," the love ballad written for the film, the three recollections of the songs that were cut from the movie only last for a while. And, the towering version of "Climb Every Mountain" crowns this portion of the disc, and this sumptuously-produced recording. But, I should also mention the infectuous FLOWER DRUM SONG medley, where Kunzel turns this underrated score into a work of art, until it convinces you to buy the cast recording. And, don't forget about the brief CINDERELLA WALTZ, too, when Kunzel conducts it magically, until you feel like you are in the company of Cinderella and the Prince. He is able to show how this R&H score marked a comeback for R&H after the failiures of Me and Juliet, and Pipe Dream.

Overall, this glorious Rodgers and Hammerstein recording is guarunteed to make you want to pucker your lips out for a whistle or sing along (to paraphrase another revew for Kunzel's Disney Spectacular disc) - even if this recording is music only, and as long as you know the words to the songs (and you might know a large handful of them already.) There is always a certain magic in this fine CD that makes you feel like you're sitting in the theatre watching these musicals, until it makes you feel like it is truly, to borrow two R&H song titles, "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Something Wonderful" to be in Kunzel's company for this R&H offering. It would certainly be one recording that could make you feel willing to buy the complete cast recordings of the shows. And I guaruntee that it will make you feel willing to pull out your existing copies of the cast recordings to listen to them again. I also guaruntee that it will be a cornerstone in any Rodgers and Hammerstein collection, just as it is in mine. Recommended heartily to any Rodgers and Hammerstein enthusiast and to fans of Erich Kunzel's work. And, you can play it while reading the Richard Rodgers biography, Musical Stages, until Rodgers himself would count this as his favourite disc in the afterlife.

By the way, most of the arrangements for the suites on this CD were done by the veteran R&H orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, and it surely adds to the appeal of this recording. This itself is enough to amount to the icing on the cake, since Kunzel conducts them well on here, and since this recording still allows the suites to have the original theatrical atmosphere. And, although this recording is like the Mauceri collection of the Rodgers & Hammerstein overtures in compiling orchestral suites of Rodgers & Hammerstein, I think that I like the Kunzel recording even more because Kunzel has more magic in his conducting of these suites.

Excellent!.......2003-04-08

This is one of the best Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops collections we own! A must for Rodgers and Hammerstein fans, too.

Great Arrangments.......2001-09-02

This is a first rate album with great arrangments and orchestrations. If you're a Rodgers and Hammerstein fan, you can't afford to miss this specatacular album

The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On & Off Broadway

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Y'all are crazy!
Liz Callaway Goes On...
Liz Callaway SOARS!
....Love this album too!
Unknown Talent Sings Unknown and Known Broadway Songs

The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On & Off Broadway

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B176
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

You There in the Back Row
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
Since You Stayed Here
Knowing When to Leave/Promises Promises
Where Is Love? (with Billy Porter)
Meadowlark
Sleepy Man
Our Time (with Ann Hampton Callaway)
I Got the Sun in the Morning
Stop, Time
One Boy
Marry Me a Little
The Story Goes On
A Place Called Home

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Broadway veteran Liz Callaway (most famous for her five-year stint as Grizabella in Cats on Broadway in the late '90s) fills her second solo album with lesser-known tunes, a number of them covering moments in her career. Her lovely soprano can break your heart with the ballad "Since You Stayed Here" then thrill you with the showstopper "The Story Goes On" from Baby (which earned her a Tony nomination). The emotional heart of the album is "Meadowlark," Stephen Schwartz's wondrous tale of risk and heartbreak that proves a particularly glorious marriage with Callaway's voice. In a savvy bit of programming, that peak is followed by the deliciously langorous "Sleepy Man." Callaway's sister, jazz/cabaret singer Ann Hampton Callaway, makes a guest appearance in Stephen Sondheim's powerful "Our Time," a teaser of the sisters' live collaboration. Of Varese Sarabande's many albums spotlighting Broadway singers, The Story Goes On is one of their absolute best. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

Y'all are crazy!.......2006-11-03

The Billy Porter duet is one of the most unique and thrilling songs on the cd. What a fantastic re-invention of that song. And their voices by themselves and together are glorious. Its all personal taste and by no means is that the only good song. Its probably THE best solo cd by a broadway artist. Incredible!

Liz Callaway Goes On..........2006-05-02

Liz Callaway has one of the most enthralling voices around. Her voice is melodious and very soothing and especially shines in soft and subdued ballads. She doesn't have a big voice but she has an amazing range and sense of melody.

She opens the album with a strong rendition of "You There in the Back Row" a song I'm not familiar with but has grown to love. The next track "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair" lacks the spunk and bite that I think the song should have, and the arrangement felt out of place in the album.

She had a touching and moving rendition of `Since You Stayed Here". I'm not familiar with the musical Brownstone but this song made me want to check out the musical. It's about someone forced to become a stronger person after a breakup or some sort, that you wouldn't recognize it's the same person. I really love this song and Liz captured the strength as well as the sadness of the song.

Another standout is her now trademark version of "Meadowlark". The story of the meadowlark was a metaphor that convinced the character to the important decision she made in leaving her husband for another man. This is a really powerful song and truly Liz Callaway soared in this song. "Sleepy Man" was another notable track. This is probably the song that fits Liz Callaway's voice most perfectly. It was very sweet and really really soothing in the ears. This is one of my favorite tracks.

"Stop Time" is a song about the inexplicable combination of joy and sadness of watching your child grow up. It was a tender rendition that ends with a beautiful subdued last note. This woman knows how to end a song.

Once I got passed the cheesiness of the arrangement of "One Boy", I enjoyed it. It's old fashioned but it's still good. Liz then made an updated rendition of "The Story Goes On" from her show "Baby" This song was about a mother-to-be finally realizing the beauty and magic of carrying a child after she felt the child's first kick. I prefer the stronger arrangement of the song in this album compared to the Baby Cast Recording, but the innocence of that earlier rendition still resonates.

She ended the album with a beautiful rendition of "A Place Called Home". I first heard this song in one of Lea Salonga's concerts and I fell in love with this song. Her last note was very touching and melodiously and heartbreakingly romantic.

Grade= A

Liz Callaway SOARS!.......2005-06-27

Wow! I love this cd! I went to a camp in Decatur, Illinois called Showchoir Camps of America. One night, as our evening entertainment, she performed this entire album!! That afternoon Ms. Liz came for a question and answer session with Phil Reno. She is such a down to earth person and sooo very talented! At the concert, I started to cry! During one song, Ms. Liz forgot the words to a song ( actually, I forgot what the song was called!), so she just made up some words to it!! If you want a TRUELY talented performer, Liz Callaway is the one for you!

....Love this album too!.......2004-08-18

I love this album. There are a few songs I kinda skip, because it was just weird. That song being "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair", weird. I loved the duet "Where is Love" from the musical Oliver. "Stop,Time" from the musical BIG (grab your puffs!). I enjoyed the 50's sounding "One Boy!" from Bye,Bye Birdie. Liz has a wonderful range, and flattering childish tone to her voice, reaching notes that would take me years of training to ever reach again! She has complied all these exciting songs and ends the album with "A Place Called Home", from A Christmas Carol. I could never give her enough praise. If you like Strisand, and Sintra, you'll love her too! :-) Liz is always shinning when she sings! Enjoy!

Unknown Talent Sings Unknown and Known Broadway Songs.......2003-06-10

... I thought I recognized the voice but I couldn't quite place it. I finally realized that she was the singing voice of Anastacia in the animated movie. Meg Ryan was the speaking voice. Liz Callaway has one of the clearest voices I have ever heard and also a very strong voice. I love her rendition of Knowing When to Leave/Promises, Promises by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Great arrangements. Dionne Warwick, who I am also a fan of covered Promises, and the Carpenters sang a version of Knowing When to Leave. I'm also a Carpenters' fan. On this album all the songs are Broadway. Many I hadn't heard before but love now due to Liz. The first song, You There in the Backrow is a tribute to fans of shows. "Watch me sing my song for you" the words go. Liz makes you want to jump to your feet. Liz does a rendition of I' Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair from South Pacific, rock version. I can't say that's my favorite, but favorite to one of my friends. Since You Stayed Here, another unknown song to me, is quiet and hauntingly beautiful. Bette Midler does a version of this I think on her CD with From a Distance. She sings a duet with her sister, Ann Hampton Callaway who sings on Sibling Revelry with Liz. Ann wrote and sang the theme from The Nanny. The song Liz and Callaway and here sister does is Our Time. It's also on Sibling Revelry. Great duet. One of my favorites on the CD is Marry Me a Little by Stephen Sondheim. The words are a plea to marry me, a little. The song is an almost a desperate plea to marry me but you don't have to make promises you don't want to, an open marriage? Make a few demands a few that I'm able to fulfill. She sings I'm ready. We won't have to give up a thing, we'll stay who we are the words say. Someone I'm Ready. I would give this song 5 stars on its own. It makes me cry because she sounds like she will settle but at the same time she wants the love fully. The arrngements on this album are unique. She sings I've Got the Sun in the Morning from Annie Get Your Gun jazzy. Most of the other songs on the album are not known by most people. I can only say that Liz makes you want to see these shows and she pulls you in. I think I've become her biggest fan. I'm a singer too. I could see myself singing with her. I have her The Beat Goes On album too with sixties hits. I hope that people will get to know her because if you haven't heard this or her voice, you are going to be deprived of a remarkale clear strong voice. Buy this. I promise you won't be sorry! One more addition, Meadowlark. Spectacular! The story tells of someone hesitating because the time wasn't right and she learns from the story to live your life, climb every mtn.

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Great CD
Passionate, real, anointed worship
It'll bring you to tears
Powerful and Real

Wash Over Me
Jami Smith
Manufacturer: Hosanna Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008GKGI
Release Date: 2002-12-17

Tracks:

Surrender
Prepare a Table
Salt & Light
Oh How You Love Me
Ten Thousand Charms
How Great
Only You Satisfy
Wash Over Me
Come Unto Me
Your Love Is Deep
Find A World
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Album Description

Conceived in moments of worship, Wash Over Me captures the saturating reality of His presence in this unique studio recording. Jami Smith's distinctive voice and unmistakable passions will resonate in your heart and mind as you journey into a deeper place with Him. Invite God to wash over you.

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2004-08-14

I really love this CD!!!!! It has relaxing parts and some exciting more up beat songs....... If you are a contemporary christian music fan./.... BUY THIS CD!!!!! JAMI RULES

Passionate, real, anointed worship.......2003-07-14

I picked this CD up in the worship section at a local Christian bookstore, listened to sections of the songs and thought, "Hey, this might be pretty good!" That was an understatement!

Jami's style and voice remind me very much of Rita Springer, who is also very honest in her passion for the Lord. I listen to tons of music, and there is the common and the uncommon--"Wash Over Me" is the latter. Synergy between the musicians and Jami, yes that's there. But it goes beyond that--there is no question about WHAT Jami and the others are in the studio for and what it is happening there. This CD isn't entertainment, it is an offering to God.

It'll bring you to tears.......2003-02-25

I have yet to actually own this cd, but Jami was recently at a Christian Convention that I attended. Her band was awesome, her songs were awesome, the lyrics...they were awesome too. I am gonna be buying this cd, because this is one of the best worship cd's I've heard. And Jami's not all about herself...she gives it up to the Lord...she knows this isn't about her...she told us that she wants us to be able to forget that she's even singing so we can worship the Lord alone. So...without further ado...buy the cd...not only will it bring you to tears, it'll bring you closer to the Lord!

Powerful and Real.......2003-02-17

This album is nothing but passionate worship songs song from a heart that obviously lives it. I am moved to worship Him each time I play the cd, songs like 'Your love is deep' and 'Go and Find a world' are not just songs of worship but songs of action in living out this life in Christ. If you are looking for some fresh worship tunes then this is the cd for you...

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Forgot One Entry
Fabulous Compilation
Buy It Now
Thank God It Is Available At Last!!

Get the Feeling
Two Tons: Martha Wash , and Izora Armstead
Manufacturer: Fantasy
ProductGroup: Music
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Club Floor Classics: The 70's

ASIN: B000000XED
Release Date: 1993-11-22

Tracks:

Just Us
I Got The Feeling
Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven
Taking Away Your Space
Never Like This
I Depend On You
Your Love Is Gonna See Me Through
It's Raining Men
I Got The Feeling (Dance Mix)
Do You Wanna Boogie, Hunh? (Dance Mix)
Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven (Dance Mix)

Customer Reviews:

Forgot One Entry.......2007-01-14

I forgot one entry in the list of Izora & Martha's recorded works:

1991- Luther Vandross puts out an album called - "POWER OF LOVE".
It featured a duet with Martha Wash, the old classic song
"I (Who Have Nothing)". I believe Tom Jones was the original singer of this song. Sylvester put out a disco version of it on his 1979 album
called- "STARS".

Fabulous Compilation.......2007-01-13

This is what I would call a "sampler"; just a taste of what Izora Armstead and Martha Wash had to offer as the wonderful Two Tons O' Fun. They put out 2 LP's- the first one in early 1980, called "TWO TONS O' FUN" and it went thru the roof. Thank god the people at Fantasy records paid attention to the fans reaction to the duo at Sylvester's concerts and gave them a chance to shine as a duo on vinyl. Their second LP, released in late 1980, came with a name change of The Two Tons, and this second Lp was called "BACKATCHA". However, technically their first song as a duo was on Sylvester's third LP titled "SYLVESTER" in 1977- they sang "I BEEN DOWN". They would go on to re-record this song as a trio by adding Jeanie Tracy and it appeared on the "BACKATCHA" LP. For those interested, Ace Records/Southbound record label put out a cd with both full length albums on it and it is called: "THE TWO TONS: TWO TONS O'FUN / BACKATCHA" in 1993. Ace/Southbound record label also put out 2-0n-1 Sylvester LP's
onto cd's.

Here is a list of the complete recorded works and rememberances
of these 2 women:

1. 1980- Two Tons O' Fun LP.
2. 1980- Backatcha LP.
3. 1982- The single "It's Raining Men"
Along with a new name change by Izora- The Weather Girls.
4. 1983- The PAUL JABARA & FRIENDS album featured 2 songs by the
new duo. "It's Raining Men" & "Hope". This version of "Hope"
is the original version.
5. 1983- The Weather Girls put out their third album called "SUCCESS".
The version of "HOPE" on this LP is missing the intro from
the previous version.
6. 1985- They release their fourth album called- "Big Girls Don't Cry".
7. 1988- They release their fifth album called- "The Weather Girls"
With 3 songs written by Full Force.
8. 1988- Sylvester James passes away Dec. 16th, 1988 in San Francisco.
9. 1989- Martha Wash sings lead on the song "(You're My One And Only)
True Love"- put out by the girl group SEDUCTION, and written
by Clivilles & Cole (C&C Music Factory).
10. 1990- C&C Music Factory put out an album called "GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT"
and uses Martha's vocals. She is denied credit and the rest
is herstory.
11. 1990- Black Box puts out an album called "DREAMLAND" and Martha
sings lead on almost all the songs. Again she is denied credit
and the rest is herstory.
12. 1991- With The Weather Girls now officially over, Izora Armstead
releases her only (12") single, called- "Don't Let Love Slip
Away".
13. 1992- Martha releases her debut album called "MARTHA WASH".
14. 1993- Izora teams up with her only daughter Dynelle, moves to Germany,
and with the rights to The Weather Girls name, the two
women record their new album called - "Double Tons O' Fun".
They record their own version of "It's Raining Men".
15. 1993- The group CHOCOLATE releases their version of
"It's Raining Men" featuring the new Weather Girls.
16. 1994- C&C Music Factory releases their second album called-
"ANYTHING GOES" and uses Martha on a couple songs.
This time around she is credited.
17. 1995- The Weather Girls release their second album called-
"THINK BIG".
18. 1997- Todd Terry releases his album called- "TODD TERRY PRESENTS
READY FOR A NEW DAY". Martha sings on a few songs.
19. 1997- Lambda releases their 12" single- "HOLD ON TIGHT" which
features Martha's vocals. This is the third time she is
denied credit for her work.
20. 1998- Martha releases her greatest hits collection called-
"THE COLLECTION". It features yet another version of
"It's Raining Men"- this time it's Martha and RuPaul.
21. 1998- The Weather Girls release their third album called-
"PUTTIN' ON THE HITS". They release an oldskool song called
"Don't Look Any Further" and it features the original singer,
ex-lead of the Temptations, Dennis Edwards.
22. 1999- The Weather Girls release a single called- "BIG BROWN GIRL".
23. 2000- Small Voices Calling release a single featuring Martha,
called- "LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE".
24. 2002- The Disco Brothers release a single featuring The Weather
Girls called- "GET UP".
25. 2002- The Weather Girls release a 12" single called- "YOUR LOVE".
It is a song from their fourthcoming album.
26. 2004- Izora Armstead passes away Sept. 16th, 2004 in a California
hospital.
27. 2004- Izora's step-daughter Ingrid joins Dynelle to form what is now
the 3rd incarnation of The Weather Girls. They finish work on
an album that Izora was working on with Dynelle; it is called
"TOTALLY WILD". The second single released from this album is
called- "WILD THANG". ("YOUR LOVE" was the first single).
28. 2005- Martha Wash releases a cd maxi-single called "YOU LIFT ME UP".
In interviews, she mentions she has been working on getting a
long-awaited gospel album released.

As of todays date- Jan. 12th, 2007 it is still not released.

Buy It Now.......2006-05-06

With the sad passing of Izora Armstead, this CD reminds us all what a wonderful talent she was. With the fabulous Martha Wash they sang together as backing for Sylvester and then went on to greater things as Two Tons O Fun. Eventually they became the Weather Girls and probably the best ever ladies duo in the world. Martha's high range and Izora's gritty deep voices mix and match superbly. All the songs on this CD are top class including the very famous It's Raining Men. They are all so good I can't decide my favourite track. I just wish that all their albums were available for purchase on CD. Come on Fantasy and CBS get your acts together and lets have more of the Weather Girls.

Thank God It Is Available At Last!!.......2001-06-15

This CD is a compilation of the first two albums by Two Tons (Martha & Izora) plus the perennial favorite "It's Raining Men" when they changed their name to the Weather Girls (why?!) In any event, this project is a gem because it captures some of their best performances on record. As a matter of fact, a fitting addtion would have been their work on Sylvester's live album "Living Proof" recorded at the San Francisco Opera House. (most notbly a searing cover of the Beatles tune "Blackbyrds" and the glorious "Sharing Something Perfect".

As a duo, Martha and Izora were unparalleled and the same fervor, musicianship, and excitement they displayed on record was equally impressive in person. If you have not had a chance to hear Martha, who in my humble opinion, ranks with the absolute best of the female singers like Aretha, Chaka, and Whitney to name a few, please do not miss the opportunity should it arise. I was lucky enough to have just moved to San Francisco when they started and this album was so popular. I also had the wonderful experience of hearing these two divas in person and they left absolutely NOTHING to be desired. Unfortunately, I haven't heard much from Izora these days, but Martha has amassed a solid following and built a solid foundation as a premiere vocalist who many artists would profit from having on their projects. I am excited to say the least and can assure you that you will thoroughly enjoy this CD and come back to it time and time again.

*(11-19-2004) - Would like to take this time to comemorate the recent passing of Izora Rhodes. She will definitely be missed.

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The Original Dance Diva

Manufacturer: Sony Custom Marketing Group
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000IFSGP8
Release Date: 2006-09-12

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