Subliminal Sessions, Vol. 2 [Import]

Subliminal Sessions, Vol. 2 [Import]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Beats, Vol. 2 [Acappella] - Harry "Choo Choo" Romero

2. Thrill Me [Original Mix/Erick Morillo Edit] - Junior Jack

3. Tangerine - DJ Touche, Pepe

4. Ghetto Tears - Whiplash

5. Drug - Drug Punks

6. La La Land - Green Velvet

7. Vision - John Thomas

8. Tribal America [Original Murk Miami Mix] - Deep South, Murk

9. Got to Have Your Love - Jose Nunez,

10. Love Is a Better Feeling

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Disc: 2

1. Coffee Beats Vol. 2 [Session One]

2. I'm Feelin Moody [A Moody Dub]

3. Shake It - Jark Prongo

4. Corruption - Harry "Choo Choo" Romero

5. Mad Joe - Archigram

6. Soiree - CZR, Ito

7. Just Once

8. Timeless - Rino Cerrone

9. Loop - Chris Cowie

10. Beats Vol. 2 [Locked Groove #2] - Harry "Choo Choo" Romero

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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Mixed by Harry 'choo Choo' Romero.

Tracks:

Blue Mountain Hop
Buffalo Nickel
When Joy Kills Sorrow
Spanish Point
Polka On The Banjo
Clarinet Polka
The Over Grown Waltz
Ode To Earl
Home Sweet Home
Valley Of The Rogue
Plunkey's Lament
Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When
Dark Circles
Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill
Katmandu
Do You Have Room?
Foggy Mountain Special
Major Honker

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

In a jaw-dropping return to his roots, banjoist Béla Fleck led a stellar lineup (Jerry Douglas, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice, and Sam Bush, to name a few) through one of his finest albums. With incredible musicianship and a smidgen of Fleck's genre-hopping personality ("Polka On The Banjo"), The Bluegrass Sessions is fun, nostalgic, and inspiring. --Jason Verlinde

Amazon.com essential recording

Béla Fleck, the banjo-wizard leader of the fringe-jazz quartet the Flecktones, returns to more-bluegrass-oriented concerns with this 18-song outing, a complement to 1988's Drive and a more-traditional follow-up to 1995's fusion-leaning Tales from the Acoustic Planet. Most of these songs are instrumentals boasting Drive's core group of Sam Bush on mandolin, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Tony Rice on guitar, Jerry Douglas on Dobro, and bassist Mark Schatz; they're augmented in spots by fine guest players such as Vassar Clements, John Hartford, and the incomparable banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs. Fleck's spidery, tasteful plucking style lends originals like "Major Honker" and "Katmandu" an ever-so-slightly offbeat air, while he gives classics like Scruggs's "Foggy Mountain Special" and "Polka on the Banjo" traditional readings that wouldn't be out of place at the Opry. Flecktones fans will find much to like in Fleck's rootsy playing, and so will bluegrass purists. --Gregory McNamee

Customer Reviews:

This is one of my favorit Bela Fleck records!.......2007-01-10

I love this CD, i think it is one of the best bluegrass collections Bela has produced, with a host of different styles and artists.

A Rarity..........2006-07-19

It's rare when a sequel exceeds the original. This album, though, exceeds the first "Acoustic Planet" effort by Fleck.

Why? Well, the playing is better technically, if you can believe that. And the energy and drive is stronger here than in Acoustic Planet 1.

You also get treated to a greater number of original compositions on this CD. I've come to appreciate this dimension of Fleck's artistic gifts even more as time has passed. While he does do a lot of variations on derivative music, his original compositions are memorable, too.

Hair Raising.......2006-04-12

I've had this album for two years now and it still sometimes makes my hair stand on end when I listen to it and I don't even consider myself a SERIOUS bluegrass fan. Absolutely amazing!

Outstanding CD!.......2006-02-25

Bela Fleck is arguably the premeir banjo player in the world and he does not disappoint on this CD. His music and that of the musicians he has gathered to play with him is superb. If your feet aren't tapping to the music in short order, then you probably have a few disconnnected nerves leading to them.

If you enjoy Americana/Bluegrass/Country, then you'll love this CD!

If I could recommend only one CD to anyone, this would be it........2005-11-20

This is the CD that was singlehandedly responsible for revealing my long-hidden love of bluegrass music to me. I can listen to it in any season or mood and at any time of day. Each performer on the CD has moved beyond mastery of his instrument to fusion with it, and the results are incredible to hear. My favorite track on the CD is "Buffalo Nickel," which combines a gorgeous wistful melody with a constantly shifting meter and an undercurrent of satisfaction. Other favorites include the rollicking opening track of "Blue Mountain Hop," the well-titled "When Joy Kills Sorrow," the lullaby favorite "The Over Grown Waltz," the deliciously fast ending track "Major Honker"...well, who am I kidding? The entire CD is amazing. It gets my highest recommendation. Don't waver. Buy it. You'll be glad you did.

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Summer Sessions, Vol. 2
DJ Heather & Onionz
Manufacturer: Om Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Those Things

ASIN: B000QUU2V6
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

Intro
Back in Town
The Beat Goes Boom
Jazz Bug
Win for Life (Anyo's Mingman Remix)
Chuggin (Tracey Cooper Remix)
Alphabet Man (Derrick Carter¿s BHQ Mix)
Dig It
Lively Abelton Lovers
What You Say
Around Villejiuf
Proper Wow
Drunken
I am Down (Count Funkula Fun With Faders Remix)
Yeah Yeah Zoom Zoom
Free Your Mind
Clap Your Hands (Lawnchair Generals Rmx)
Not Crazy

Tracks:

Lovelee Home (Demo Mix)
Warm Milk (Original Mix) *includes Onionz - Burning (Accapella)
Resonator
The Calling Dub
A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever *includes Copyright feat. Imaani - I
Don't Slip Away
Guidance
Prayer For My Brothers (Ruanne Emmenes Edit)
The Bushman
Tick Tick Tick *includes Kathy Brown - You Give Good Love (Jay J's
Lets Get Over It (Original Mix)
Sunshine
Sangita (Original Mix)
Woman Of The Sun (Bryan Zentz Disruptor Dub)
ATOL (Hardfloor Remix)

Album Description

Mixed by long time Om family members DJ Heather and Onionz, and following the success of the first volume of the series mixed by Groove Junkies, Chuck Love, and DJ Fluid, "Summer Sessions 2" aims to keep the good time vibes of dancing in the sunshine going, with the finest in house music as only this time of year can bring. DJ Heather is a pioneering veteran of the Chicago DJ scene, a member of the first all female DJ collective Super Jane, a label founder and artist on her own Black Cherry Recordings, a critically acclaimed Fabric resident DJ, and more. Onionz has over 100 releases to his name and a touring regiment that has brought him to over 30 countries. He works with the precision of a surgeon on the decks keeping his mixes lively and always diverse from house and reggae to post-rave era techno.

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Nortec Tijuana sessions
A Delight!
A great album
Intertextualidad
Review from Tijuana

Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3
Nortec Collective
Manufacturer: Nacional Records
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Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 1
Méjico Máxico
Panoptica
Kinky
Un Viaje

ASIN: B0009VI4B2
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

Tengo La Voz
Tijuana Makes Me Happy
Funky Tamazula
Don Loope
Olvidela Compa
Autobanda
Dandy del Sur
Almada
Colorado
Narcoteque
Esa Banda en Dub featuring Calexico
Bar Infierno
Revu Rockers
Tijuana Bass
El Fracaso

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You'll be hard-pressed to find a more inventive, perplexing sound than "nortec," the hybrid of Mexican norteno music and techno beats perfected by the Tijuana-based Nortec Collective. The group introduced its sound on 2001's Vol. 1 and further hones the oddball hybrid here. Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 showcases trippy beats, legit norteno rhythms, and playful vocals. It's an unlikely, sun-kissed soundtrack for late-night/early-morning chill-out sessions. Early tracks "Tijuana Makes Me Happy" and "Funky Tamazula" have an energetic, party-up vibe, and "Don Loope" is a percolating mix of cumbia rhythms and adventurous vocal loops. "Autobanda" even artfully straddles a bossa nova banda groove, and it works. Later on, Vol. 3 lapses into post-party states of trance and slow-dance, creating thoughtful sonic atmospheres that would be at home well outside the Tijuana borders. Through it all, the Nortec Collective keeps feet proudly planted in their Mexican metropolis, but this is definitely not your abuelo's norteno music. --Joey Guerra

Album Description

After the critical success of their debut, "Tijuana Sessions. Vol. 1" (26,000 units scanned, 40,000 units sold in the US to date), Tijuana's dance/electronica leaders Nortec Collective are back. These five musicians created and perform a style called Nortec - a fusion of norteno ("from the north") and techno, describing the collision between the style and culture of electronic and Mexican music. "The Latin world hasn't been the same since the release of these frighteningly original, refreshingly cool Tijuana sessions" - Rolling Stone (4 stars).

Customer Reviews:

Nortec Tijuana sessions.......2007-01-12

I am a big fan of this colection of artist, this is Tijuana at its best.

A Delight!.......2006-06-29

Let me start out this review with two overwhelming generalizations, both of which, of course, have many exceptions. First, I really enjoy electronica music. Second, I don't care for Mexican music. Now, having said this, you can imagine my mixed feelings about reading a review (in the Wall Street Journal, as I recall) about an album of Mexican electronica by Nortec Collective entitled "Tijuana Sessions, Vol 3." The review was quite laudatory. My curiosity was piqued. I couldn't resist ordering the CD.

"Tijuana Sessions, Vol 3" is a delightful CD, without question. It's good listening right from the first spin, and it's one of the most unusual and creative albums I've ever heard. The music is unique; nothing I've heard compares. The musical program is done in techno style and has all sorts of strange sounds against a throbbing bass and drums background, but most of the tracks also have horns, guitars and accordion parts. It's a strange mix. Imagine a good British techno band, but with a heavy reliance on traditional Mexican instruments. Don't think of it as traditional Mexican music, but rather think of it as a distantly related cousin. Good stuff. It's festive and danceable throughout. Fun listening. Humerous. Lyrics are done in both English and Spanish, but the reliance on the lyrics (with one exception) is so small that language presents no barrier to the enjoyment of this wonderful music.

The best track, in my opinion, is the first, "Tengo La Voz." It's simply delightful and a great way to start a disc! Some of the other better tracks include "Autobanda," "Dandy del Sur," "Bar Infierno," "Revu Rockers" and "Tijuana Bass." I burned out on "Tijuana Makes Me Happy" after the third listen and would regard it as the weakest track on the CD. Otherwise, all of the remaining tracks on this 15-song CD are worthy. This is great stuff! Try mixing it in with other types of electronica. Good listening!

A great album.......2006-02-11

I stumbled onto this album at eMusic as I subscribe to it. Thinking what do I have to lose as I hadn't heard anything about Nortec Collective. I was suprised to find quite an excellent album. It's a fusion of big electronic beats with traditional Mexican music. I guess their name Nortec comes from a combination of Norteno (meaning from the North) and techno, which basically is describing the two different musical worlds colliding.

Overall this album is so much fun, upbeat and full of energy. But the energy is sort of laidback rather than giving you the feel of a nightclub. So Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 has downbeat and chill elements to it as well. It's definitely well worth it buying or downloading it. If you like to experiment and find new music to listen to then this is definitely not to be missed. One of my favorite tracks on the album is Revu Rockers - a bass heavy big beat monster. I absolutely Love it.

SJ
www.beatzblog.com

Intertextualidad.......2006-02-04

Además de la obvias mezclas no debemos olvidar que el norteño es de por sí hijo de la polka alemana y el folcor mexicano, asi que bueno, este es un remix del mix de otro mix...

Fussible cita directamente a los Tigres del Norte, y sincretiza dos historias al decir "run colorado"; Camelia la Texana y Emillio Varela que iban, como dice "Colorado" de San Isidor a Chicago pero en un carro gris. Los del carro rojo cruzaron por El Paso y los cogieron en "mero San Antonio". ¿Sincretismo?¿error? ¿capricho?¿intertextualidad? No lo sé, pero el disco es iiBUENISIMO!!

Review from Tijuana.......2005-11-27

This is a great album, i was waiting for the release for a long time and got it when it first came out here in Tijuana, i've been following Nortec since 2000 and this a great album! Great mix of music!

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Good, But Not Nearly Good as the New "Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3"
The best tune is missing in this compilation
El Zorro de Seattle
What a disappointment
great backyard bbq music with a teqila twist

Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 1
Nortec Collective
Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3
Panoptica
Méjico Máxico
3am (In Beats We Trust)
Plankton Man Vs. Terrestre

ASIN: B000059M07
Release Date: 2001-02-20

Tracks:

Polaris - Bostich
Casino Soul - Fussible
And L - Panoptica
El Vergel - Bostich
Elemento N - Plankton Man
Norteno De Janeiro - Terrestre
Cantamar '72 - Clorofila
Trip To Ensenada - Fussible
El Lado Oscuro De Mi Compadre - Terrestre
Synthakon - Bostich
Tijuana For Dummies - Hiperboreal
Ventilador - Fussible
No Liazi Jaz - Plankton Man
Tepache Jam - Terrestre

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Mexican electronic music, yes. But which Mexico? The capital city and its panorama sprawl of concrete, or the interior's jungle promise of Mayan premodernity? Well, how about Tijuana, which depending on your trajectory might mean economic promise or B-movie titillation? In other words, exactly the sort of high-traffic, low-rent zone that breeds artists--for example the various acts that comprise the Nortec Collective, all young, pop-minded, tech-enabled musicians who want to build a bridge (and verse and chorus) to the 21st century. Amon Tobin's digitizations of Brazilian percussion have prepared listeners for this blend of indigenous sounds and globetrotting club culture. There's something for everyone here: Fussible's hard 4/4 dance sounds, Terrestre's encompassing collages, Hiperboreal's eerie street recordings--and, most of all, the general funhouse-mirror thrill of hearing the familiar (Norteño's tuba and accordion, techno's ethereal ambience and studio sheen) in entirely new ways. --Marc Weidenbaum

Customer Reviews:

Good, But Not Nearly Good as the New "Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3".......2005-07-31

Don't get me wrong, this is a good album. But the Tijuana-based DJ collective doesn't live up to the name 'Nortec' (a fusion of norteno and techno) on this 2001 debut. This album felt more like a regular electronica album made by some musicians who just happened to be Mexican. Thankfully, the boys took their time and came back with the downright genius "Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3", which is far better. Vol. 3 far exceeds this album because you can really hear the norteno influence integrated with the electronica. In sum, skip this record and pick up the new one!

The best tune is missing in this compilation.......2005-02-10

This is almost the same album you can get here in Mexico, only they crippled out "Trip to Ensenada". Get that if you can! It's the climax of this compilation!. Other than that, this album is excellent if you're looking for a new approach to techno. Nortec just doesn't dissapoint too many people, and I believe many of you, readers, that have visited our country will find something familiar in its sounds. De México para el mundo.

El Zorro de Seattle.......2004-12-23

This is pretty interesting music.
I've lived in Germany, Tijuana, San Diego and now in Seattle, so i have had a touch of everything to say if you don't like it you are a retard. Because you will miss a step in the electronic music ladder.
Foxtronix Ink Seattle 2004

What a disappointment.......2002-03-16

From the reviews here I was expecting something different: Electronic-Techno music, yes, but I was hoping it would be mixed with something recognisably Mexican to give some originality and local input. I should say from the outset that I am not usually a fan of techno music but I was excited by the prospect of a techno/mexican fusion. Such fusions can offer something genuinely new and quite distinct. For instance, I wasn't a huge fan of hip/hop until I heard it being mixed with Mexican music by Delinquent Habits or with Senegalese music by Djoloff. A spark was formed. This Nortec stuff contains nothing very Mexican- no local guitar or trumpet rifts and, this being techno, there was not even any Spanish or Native American singing. These would have offered something which would have set this apart from an electronic sound which could just as easily have come from Berlin. Overall what this collection offers is just another assortment of bland and dehumanised electronic music. No one will remember this album in 5 years time. If you like techno you might like this. If you don't usually like techno don't bother with this because it is NOT an original take on the genre. If you are interested in modern takes on Mexican music check out Cafe Tacuba, Los de abajo, Maldita Vecindad or Control Machete. But these might not always appeal to techno fans....

great backyard bbq music with a teqila twist.......2001-11-17

i bought this after hearing it once on KROQ radio station and ihavent been sorry. be open to different beats moves and grooves if you want to enjoy it...its good to know that our southern neighbors enjoy modern hip hop and can hybrid it with mexican cantina music....good stuff

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A Master's Piece
Essential latin music
Some of the very best cuban music ever
LATIN BEST OF THE BEST
a great Latin jazz album

Master Sessions, Vol. 1
Cachao
Manufacturer: Sony
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Master Sessions, Vol. 2
Ahora Si (Bonus Dvd)
Cuba Linda
Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Manuel Guajiro Mirabal
The Lost City

ASIN: B000002A5A
Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

Finally I Saw You
Isora Club
Mambo
The Son Has Not Died
Beautiful Yambu
My Country Girl
Rain, Wind And Reeds
Marianao Social Club
To Rejoice With My Combo
Cachao's Guiro
The Mayor
Descargs Cachao

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Cuban bassist, composer, and bandleader Israel "Cachao" Lopez embodies the history of modern Cuban music. In the late 1930s, he and his brother Orestes, a pianist and composer, reworked the old danzon and created the revolutionary mambo. By the time the world was catching up to it, 20 years later, he was on to another innovation, leading descargas, Latin jam sessions. He has anchored nearly every significant group in Latin music in the U.S. over the past 35 years, from Machito to Gloria Estefan. Master Sessions, released in 1994 and featuring a superb cast including reedman Paquito D'Rivera, percussionist Francisco Aguabella, flutist Nestor Torres, and timbalero Orestes Vilato, represented Cachao's long overdue rediscovery. The program includes danzones, decargas, rumbas, and even an Ernesto Lecuona piece. The music here is as down-home wise and deceptively simple as the man at the bottom of it. Musical lessons are rarely as rich and delightful. --Fernando Gonzalez

Customer Reviews:

A Master's Piece.......2007-03-23

POWERFUL! ... TOP NOTCH ARRANGEMENTS! ... In this album, you get a truly masterful performance from Cachao and company. In this offering he is surrounded by a roster of talent that has only been equaled twice before in the very rich history of latin music. Those other recordings are as follows; 1. "Estrellas Areito vol. 1 - 4", Areito label and 2. Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nueyorquino vol. 1 - 2", Salsoul label. To say that it is the among the very best Cuban music EVER recorded is truly an understatement, from the opening track to the very last one, what one gets is Afro-cuban music played with a pure passion and love. It is obvious just by listening that the musicians in this album played with their hearts exposed. I was not present at the recording but i know that the head charts and arrangements were used only to begin each session. It is physically impossible to write and then have each member play the music contained in this recording. An improvisers paradise. It is very rare for musicians to find themselves in a setting where all of their emotions flow with electrically charged passion as with this album. As a collector of Cuban music, I have heard most of what has been recorded. This ranks among the very best of them all (...and there are 1000's of excellent records of Cuban music). If you are just discovering Cuban music, this is a perfect place to begin exploring. For those already baptized, GET THIS ONE!

Essential latin music.......2005-02-26

This CD should be in the collection of every latin music lover. It should be a required study material for those who want to make salsa. No, it's not salsa but rather father mambo, mother guajirra, aunt descarga, and grandma rumba.
The musician lineup is spectacular including Jimmy Bosch(trombone) and Nestor Torres(flute). And all of these under the man who created mambo and descarga. Cachao masterfully utilizes the skills of these experts to redo some of his old songs, and perform new ones.
Unfortunately the complexities in the music can only be heard in a high end sound system, so don't buy this CD to listen to it while you drive to your favorite latin club, unless you own a Benz. Another detail that makes it different is that the songs flow for as long as they must rather than be rushed to the four minute industry standard.
For those who are only aquainted with modern latin music, expect the same instrumentation as Salsa, but with a more classical feel where vocals come second to the instruments. After listening to this CD you will be able to dissect most Salsa and further understand where it falls stylistically.

Some of the very best cuban music ever.......2003-10-15

The quality of the sound and the magical expertise of some of the best musicians from Cuba come together in this album.
This is what we call "the real thing"... as real and as good as it can possibly be...
This is definitely a must have album for anyone, like me, who treasures the tropical music of the Caribbean and Latin America.
I also recommend the Volume II of the Master Sessions just as highly. These are some of the best collector's CD's money can buy...
If it was possible, I would give it six stars out of five!

LATIN BEST OF THE BEST.......2003-08-05

this is my third copy bougth on this ALBUM and the music is still frech, like taken out of the island for the first time, even tought i have not been there, Cachao's music takes you there by the sounds and the rithm. i always gonna be a fan and continue to hear his music.

a great Latin jazz album.......2002-02-19

First of all, I love the bass. Second of all, I love Latin music and Latin jazz. Well, that means that his album is one of my all time favorites -- it swings! Not only is every track great, the recording is very high quality and will highlight any audiophile system. I have scores of great Latin music, but this is one of the CDs I keep coming back to time after time. Israel Lopez is one of the world's greatest living bass players (his nickname is Cachao) -- I've been meaning to buy volume 2 as well which should be just as good. This one is a winner.

Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack: The Legendary Sessions, Vol. 2

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Boring bar music
Rythm and Blues Master
Enjoyable Dr. John
Fantastic album

Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack: The Legendary Sessions, Vol. 2
Dr. John
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Mercernary
Right Place, Right Time: Live at Tipitina's
Sippiana Hericane
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ASIN: B000E5KQRI
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

Saddled The Cow
Boxcar Boogie
The Brightest Smile In Town
Waiting For A Train
Monkey Puzzle
Touro Infirmary
Medley: Just A Closer Walk With Thee/Didn't He Ramble
Your Average Kind Of Guy
Pretty Libby
Marie La Veau
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Suite Home New Orleans
Key To The Highway
Mississippi Mud
Lowdown Worried And Blue
Sippiana Midnight
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
Yesterdays

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The second of back-to-back solo albums cut in the early '80s, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack: The Legendary Sessions Volume Two (originally released as The Brightest Smile in Town) presents a more balanced mix of vocal and instrumental tracks than its predecessor, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack. While it's fun to hear the great New Orleans pianist romp through "Box Car Boogie" and patiently work his way through the twilight blues of "Pretty Libby," the unexpected treats are the best: a heartsick version of Jimmy Rodgers's "Waiting for a Train;" a Doc Pomus cover, "Average Kind of Guy," that sounds like Randy Newman on a particularly good day; and "Marie La Veau," a highly syncopated bow to one of the Crescent City's many voodoo queens. By the time Rebennack ends Brightest Smile with two gorgeous instrumentals--a lovely take on Harold Arlen's "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "Suite Home New Orleans"--you're reminded just how encyclopedic his knowledge of American music is. (The 2006 reissue adds six previously unreleased bonus tracks.) --Keith Moerer

Customer Reviews:

Boring bar music.......2007-04-12

I bought the CD because I was looking for piano music and this one was highly recommended by reviewers. Well, it sure is one boring piece of work! I somehow missed reference on the music style. So, to you all who may be doing the same mistake: it is a blues music for bars. Go out Friday night and you'll have a great chance to hear the same music: the never-ending stream of notes to make you feel unworried and thirsty. Nothing great nor "legendary" about it really. It has something specifically American about it that I find difficult to relate to: too common, too simple, too simpleminded, too shortcoming. Sorry, but using piano for instrument doesn't make the music great; the melodies could have been played on harmonica or accordion instead and sold as folk-music.

Rythm and Blues Master.......2006-11-26

Somewhere in the mid-eighties Dr John released plays Mac Rebennack. Where a lot of the good doctor's studio work was at times plagued by mediocrity that release was suddenly a more than solid effort. Mac Rebennack is of course the Night Tripper himself, doctor John was suddenly playing out of his "own" songbook, although a lot of the compositions here are actually originated from some one else's pen. Plays Mac Rebennack gives you the good Doctor at his most pure, just the man and his rolling and funky piano, his rough and gruff voice and a great assortment of songs and instrumentals. The original release focussed on instrumental work, the vol. 2 companion of the re-release with outtakes from the original sessions focuses more on vocal outings of Dr. John from that time.

Plays Mac Rebennack was a highly intimate late night album; the outtake sessions featured here in vol. 2 are much in the same vein. This is not a bad thing at all, listening to this album one can only conclude that the Doctor is much more powerful and compelling when playing all by his lonesome. The album features a lot of different shades, from uninhibited joy to dark melancholy. With tracks like Marie La Veau some of the Night Trippers mystic creep into this album, Boxcar Boogie is a bar room brawl, Touro Infirmary is a strong adaptation of the familiar st. James, Come Rain or Shine is spine chilling.

Every single selection here is played in the Doctor's signature style, highly indebted to Professor Longhair yet very recognisable as Mac Rebennack. Doctor John has long been one of the most eccentric individuals in Rhythm and Blues; Plays Mac Rebennack shows us he's a master. There's not a note to many, during the record he plays his strengths en weaknesses very well. This release and the re-release of the original album were long overdue.

Enjoyable Dr. John.......2006-08-18

This CD features really good blues piano. Sometimes soft and quiet and at other times quite strident. For me,this is really the way the piano should be in this genre. Dr John's vocals (not on all tracks) adds to the authenticity.

Fantastic album.......2006-03-23

A great way to revisit classic Dr. John. Remastered for amazing sound with a TON of bonus tracks...this is a fantastic album for any Dr. John fan or someone looking to get into his stuff. Definitely pick it up!

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Better than Volume I
Excellent!!!
Absolutely marvelous
quite simply, a genuis
Cachao: the originator of the Latin Caribbean sound.

Master Sessions, Vol. 2
Cachao
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Master Sessions, Vol. 1
Ahora Si (Bonus Dvd)
Cuba Linda
Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Manuel Guajiro Mirabal
Dos

ASIN: B000002BAV
Release Date: 1995-10-03

Tracks:

The Three Beats
Spoon Lips
The Progress
The Brave One
Jam Session A
Cunde Takes Off
Romantic Woman
Follow Paquito If You Can
The Mischievous Timbalero
Africa Suite: Eleggua (Intro)
Africa Suite: Africa Viva
Africa Suite: Jane The Lame
Africa Suite: Eleggua Con Cachao (Coda)

Customer Reviews:

Better than Volume I.......2003-10-10

Usually, when you pick up a CD by Artist X emblazoned with "Volume II," you expect: okay, here are the tunes that weren't good enough to make the first cut, and since the first CD was a success and we've already got these additional tunes in the can, let's make a few more bucks off this deal.

Thankfully, this is far from the truth with Cuban bassist Israel Lopez, a.k.a. 'Cachao,' producer Andy Garcia (yes, *that* Andy Garcia), and executive producer Emilio Estevez, Jr. While I never really connected with Volume I, this 1995 release of Volume II is something I have played over and over and over again. That's really saying something about the quality of Vol. II, since Vol. I was, after all, nothing short of a Grammy award-winning release.

Unluckily, this CD came out right around the same time as almost simultaneous releases from Buena Vista Social Club, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, and pianist Ruben Gonzalez. So Cachao, Vol. II got a little buried in the wave of publicity that accompanied all that. But the good news for the hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of fans of those releases is what a surprise you have waiting for you with Cachao, Master Sessions Vol. II. It's the perfect background music for your next little get-together.

Excellent!!!.......2001-03-08

I absolutely love this CD. The rich African beat along with the latin mix make this a mesmerizing experience. I recommend both Volumes 1 and 2. I first heard this music after watching Dance With Me and I had to own both volumes. Thank you Cachao for sharing your special gift.

Absolutely marvelous.......1999-09-27

As a latina woman, Cachao brings us back to our roots. Africa. He incorporates everything from heavy percussions to african chants. It makes you want to dance, dance, dance!!!!!!!!!!

quite simply, a genuis.......1999-09-04

I am hardly an expert, and only know what I enjoy; but it is quite cleat that Cachao has great musical imagination. Is that Cuban klezmer on the opening track?

Cachao: the originator of the Latin Caribbean sound........1999-04-14

Cachao, a cuban, was the originaot of what is now known as Salsa. His danzones, mambos, and descargas are known world-wide as being the best of the best. He is also deemed one of the greatest bassists of our time. His music in this album is excellent, especially "Spoon Lips." Well worth every penny sent.

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Must-have for today's breaks DJs
Mediocre

The Stanton Sessions, Vol. 2
Stanton Warriors
Manufacturer: V2 Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Y4K
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ASIN: B000EYK2JG
Release Date: 2006-04-24

Tracks:

Intro - Stanton Warriors
Pop Ya Cork - Stanton Warriors, Twista
Shake It Up - The Beatnuts, Stanton Warriors
Blue - Stanton Warriors
Miura - Metro Area
Want to Need To [Trentemoller Mix] - Sharon Phillips
Geht's Noch /Bucky Done Gun [Acapella][Mix] - Roman Fl
Disco Infiltrator [Single Version] - LCD Soundsystem
I Get Live - Mike & Charlie
Gyromancer [Stanton Warriors Remix] - PMT
Still Here - Stanton Warriors
Hope Time - Stanton Warriors
Dip & Get Low - Stanton Warriors
Get Wild off This - Big Daddy Kane, Stanton Warriors
We Interrupt This Program [Stanton Warriors Remix]
Complex Stanton Warriors/Who Are the Warriors - Stanton Warriors

Tracks:

Seeker - Jhelisa, Stanton Warriors
Blaze - Jahmali, Stanton Warriors
Hope Time - Stanton Warriors
Get Em High - Stanton Warriors,
Bounce & Twist - Sandra Melody, Stanton Warriors
Slip Away - Tina Grace, Stanton Warriors
Dip & Get Low - Rodney P., Stanton Warriors
Blue - Stanton Warriors
Still Here [Original Mix] - Stanton Warriors
Who Are the Warriors - Stanton Warriors

Album Details

The UK'S Most Pioneering and Distinctive DJ, Production and Remix Team Present this Double Set. Cd1 is 'stanton Sessions Vol. 2' with a Load of Exclusive EDITS/REMIXES of Tracks from Different Genres. It Boasts a Selection of Tightly Targeted Mcs - Blinding Collaborations from Eska, Rodney P and Shystie to Name but a Few... The Stantons Manage to Put their Unique Style of Breaks Into the Boxes of House, Electro and Leftfield Spinning Djs Alike-an Eclectic Feat. Cd2 is their Artist Album (The Lost Files) featuring Collaborations with the Beatnuts and Big Daddy Kane. Both Albums Demonstrate the Broad Influences that the Duo Draw from for their Efforts in the Studio and Reveal the True Diversity of their Nature.

Customer Reviews:

Must-have for today's breaks DJs.......2007-07-08

A great album that covers just about every subgenre of breaks (aside from progressive) while keeping that distinct Stanton Warriors sound. The thing I love most about this album is that, unlike most other compilations, it actually contains full-length, unmixed tracks, and no filler. The Stantons have a style that I appreciate as a DJ: it's all very danceable and energetic, but it straddles the line between mainstream hip-hop/rnb and more underground EDM. This CD is an excellent tool for introducing audiences to EDM (electronic dance music) if (like most American audiences) all they've heard at parties is radio rap. Oh yeah, and this CD is also loaded with killer tracks.

Definitely a must-buy for the breaks DJs out there. I almost bought the individual tracks on my usual digital downloads site, and then I checked Amazon on a hunch. The Amazon price is a lot better than the one at my usual online music retailer, and Amazon actually sends me a CD instead of just giving me .WAV or .MP3 files!

Mediocre.......2007-01-13

Expected more from this CD. Still enjoy it although wish it had more unity over the entire album. A few good tracks.

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Subliminal Sessions Vol. 11
Erick "More" Morillo
Manufacturer: Central Station
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000OCZ1PS
Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

Love Electro
Give Me Luv [Cedric Gervais Remix]
Xpand [Peter Gelderblom Remix]
Break for Love [David Vendetta vs. Keith Thompson Version]
Sugar Free
My Rendition [TMB Main Mix] - Martinez Brothers
Special K - Mrs. Miller
Me Resuelve [HCCR Remix]
Lost
Twisted (Camel Rider)

Tracks:

Dark Inside [Dariush Remix]
Love You Need [DJ Vibe Remix] - When Is Dark
I Need Someone [Kobbe & Austin Leeds Mix] - Ralph Falcon
Show Time
Freaks [Pete Bailey Mix] [Angel Moraes' Teaser Dub] - Soultech,
My World [Tom Novy Remix] - Erick "More" Morillo,
7 Eleven
Drug Music
Nobody But You - Lady Life
Urban Dubz E.P.: Keep It Hot Y'all - Jeremy Sylvester
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Album Description

2 CD set mixed by Erick Morillo includes tracks by Soul Groove, Lee Kalt, Martinez Bros. Roger Sanchez, ERick Morillo & P. Diddy, Ralph Falcon and many more. Subliminal. 2007.

Album Details

Erick Morillo is Not Shy About this Set: "This is the Best Work I have Ever Done on a Mix Compilation, it Captures Exactly Where I Am at this Point in My DJ'ING Career, Maybe Its Luck? I Don't Know, but I have Stumbled Across a Near Perfect Erick Morillo DJ Set for this Subliminal Sessions 11 Compilation - I'm Very Excited to Get this Record Out and to Support it with Live Sets around the Globe". And So There You have It, If Erick is Happy with it Then You Just Know that this is Gonna Be a Thrill a Minute Ride. He Has Taken a Host of Underground Gems from around the World, Interlaced them with Recent and Future Subliminal Anthems and Come Up with a Mix that Captures Erick "Here and Now". Utilizing his Trademark Use of Filters, Delays and a Whole Arsnal of Special Effects, Accapellas and Loops, He Takes the Listener on a Morillo "Moment of Magic". His Legion of Fans around the World Will Not Be Dissapointed, in Erick´s Own Words "i´ve F**kin Nailed it on this Compilation!"

The Midnight Ramble Music Sessions, Vol. 1

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almost Saturday night...

The Midnight Ramble Music Sessions, Vol. 1
Levon Helm
Manufacturer: Levon Helm Studios
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Live at the Palladium NYC, New Years Eve 1977
Levon Helm
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Cryin' Heart Blues

ASIN: B000E5N6JS
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

Sad Hours
Oh Baby
I'm Ready
Blow, Wind Blow
Blues with a Feeling
New Scratch My Back
I Ain't Lyin'
I'm Crazy About You Baby
Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights
Forty Days and Forty Nights
I Want to Take You Downtown
Everything Gonna Be Alright/Wrapped Up in Love Again
California Blues

Tracks:

Sad Hours [DVD]
Oh Baby [DVD]
I'm Ready [DVD]
Blow, Wind, Blow [DVD]
Blues with a Feeling [DVD]
New Scratch My Back [DVD]
I Ain't Lyin' [DVD]
I'm Crazy About You Baby [DVD]
Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights [DVD]
Forty Days and Forty Nights [DVD]
I Want to Take You Downtown [DVD]
Everything Gonna Be Alright/Wrapped Up in Love Again [DVD]
California Blues [DVD]

Customer Reviews:

almost Saturday night..........2007-06-28

We are blessed here in the northeast. Almost every Saturday night we can go to Levon Helm's house & hear some of the greatest live music around. That's right, Levon Helm's (you might remember he was in a lil group called The Band) house is open to the public for his Midnight Ramble. You never know who's gonna show up either. On this particular night, little known harmonica player Little Sammy Davis appeared at the Ramble. Sammy escaped from Mississippi when he was about 13 years old & never looked back, working for a time with Earl Hooker. He fell out of the music scene for a while, no doubt to make some $$$ and support his family & we are again blessed when he decided to make upstate New York his home. Well folks now you can enjoy Levon's Midnight Ramble w/ special guest Little Sammy Davis in the comfort of your own home. If ya ever get up here on a Saturday night drop on by & tell Lee Wilbur sent ya.

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