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From the ashes of Pele comes this band, who experiment in traditional instrumentation with modern technology, creating a melting pot of style so refreshing that classification becomes meaningless. "Customer" is stylistically broader with a deeper sense of cohesiveness than previous Bees' releases. "If you enjoy albums that are complex in nature, fairly abstract, and can be analyzed both thematically and musically, this should be right up your alley"--adequacy.net. "An impeccable focus and flow, a well balanced mix between acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and a learned sense of time and space"--brainwashed.com.

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Very funny
So Amazingly Hilarious
The BEST prank calls around
Junkyard Willie and his rude Friends are Hillarious
Pay your bill!

Customer Service Crackpots
Junkyard Willie
Manufacturer: Old Chicken
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Binding: Audio CD

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Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Vol. 2
The Best Uncensored Crank Calls Vol. 1

ASIN: B0000636SS
Release Date: 2002-03-18

Tracks:

Insurance Claim Check
D.R.U.N.K.
I Wanna Cancel
Shoe Sale
You ARE The Trash
Rent A Car
Insurance Claim PART I
Insurence Claim PART II
Delrod Deliver da Mail
Save the Drama for Yo Momma
Cheap Ass
Respect For Your Customers
Rude Russian Banker
Red Neck Insurance Rep
Trashcan Lid Beating
Remove Credit Card Charges
Corrupt Phone Company
Nasty Freak
Willie's Psychic Line
Red Neck Repo Man
Gimme a Ride Dude

Album Description

Howard Stern has aired 5 calls off this 4th CD (formerly known as "Touch-Tone Terrorists"). By popular demand this CD features 20 of the ever-popular HI-JACKED customer service calls! These unsuspecting callers THINK they have dialed up various businesses, but instead they have unwittingly reached some very bad intentioned imposters. Actual customers get fed up then scream, yell and raise hell when treated to sarcasm, insults, and outright corruption! It's been said "You can't find good help these days" ...but it was never ever THIS bad!!! The cast of lunatic "customer care reps" include JUNKYARD WILLIE, JIM BOB the inbred hillbilly, BLADE the vomiting rocker, STU JAIMISON the arrogant big shot, and VLADIMIR the Russian with the attitude. Treat customers like this at your work and you'll be out of a job! Six of these 21 tracks include the angry auto insurance claim calls. How would you like it if you called up your insurance company over an accident (that was the OTHER driver's fault) and the claims adjuster falsely accused you of drinking and driving and in short order threw out your claim? You too would be just as angry as the callers on this CD!

Customer Reviews:

Very funny.......2006-11-23

However, I was a little suprised at just how rude they got. Like when Jim Bob called this lady a stupid filthy bi... within the first 30 seconds of the call.

I've listened to the entire CD about 5 times and I've only owned a little over a week.

So Amazingly Hilarious.......2006-04-21

I cannot believe how funny this cd is. It is the last one and each cd gets funnier and funnier. Even though its just one guy doing the voices you still hear it through the customers point of view, getting transfered to some one new who is even more rude than the first guy. How funny was Jim Bobs laugh on "Save the drama" Stu Jamison is beyond funny not beleiving the woman when she told him she wasn't drunk. The telephone company was a complete riot. My favorite was "Respect for your customers" especially when Willie takes time to explain that because he's from the ghetto, thats why he's so rude, as if that justifies his attitude. I am not just saying that this is funny because I enjoyed it. This cd is worth the money and so incredibly hilarioius. It's great to listen to when you have company over. Just the fact that these calls have real people trying to call real companies
rather than pranking a real company makes it that much more funnier.

The BEST prank calls around.......2005-12-23

Especially if you work in a support position, this is "THE" CD for you. And yes, I agree with the Englishman who notes you really should purchase the entire collection. I have searched high and low, (especially low), and the Touchtone Terrorists are, without a doubt, the funniest gang in the crankcall business. They outdo Roy Mercer, the Arnold clones, Jerky Boyz, and all the other nitwits. With one possible exception, a bisexual New York kid, some guy I forget the name of, who has his own web site. His skit with the gay elderly Jew is really the best ever, a classic work of art in a weird way. He is affiliated with freakfarm dot com, other than that I don't know his handle.

But getting back to the TT, I will say that when they "make" a call, they suck. The fast-talking guy gets no laughs. But when they "receive" a call, they excel. I figured out how this gang operated and here's the scoop. They posted fliers on people's doors saying "We tried to deliver your package but you weren't home. Please call customer service at xxx-xxx-xxxx". So, maybe 1% of all people were expecting a package and call the number and then the fun begins. They have a great system because the callers are highly motivated to continue the conversation. Prank calls where you call someone are more difficult, because the answerer typically is more willing to disconnect.

Anywayz, this is truly great stuff from professionals. Don't try this at home, though because with Caller ID so prevalent these days, you just might get your head knocked about by somebody without a sense of humor. The best way to experience prank call Heaven is listening to a professional in action.

Junkyard Willie and his rude Friends are Hillarious.......2005-08-12

This cd had me laughing so hard that it actually felt like a work out. It has alot of quotes that you will be saying for your friends for years to come. My favorite is.. "For Crying Out Corn Flakes".

Pay your bill!.......2004-08-15

This is the fourth volume of crank phone calls by "RePete the Touch-Tone Terrorist". Here's the deal. This guy got a bunch of 800 number phone lines with numbers that were very similar to various companies customer service lines. People would call him up by mistake and think they were talking to a real customer service representative. He must have had a lot of phone lines, because people called up thinking they were talking to an insurance company, a credit card company, a rent a car company, a bank, UPS and many other places. So, what happens when the people call him up? He acts rude to them and they get angry at him. That may sound repetive, but it's actually very funny. He talks in different voices, portraying funny characters like angry black man Junkyard Willie, ignorant Southerner Jim Bob, drunken rocker Blade and rude Russian Vladamir. I know that some people hate crank phone calls, but it's really funny how mad these people get. It you dig crank phone calls, you should enjoy this album.

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An Artist To Be Heard By All
Lauren Wood can do no wrong

Love, Death and Customer Service
Lauren Wood
Manufacturer: Bad Art Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000IMV388
Release Date: 2006-10-24

Tracks:

Instrumental
Contradictions
Cora's Theme
You Gotta Love Those Guys
I Don't Believe In Love
Tune Of The Season
The Waiting Room
You're Mine
Til Now
Can't Let Go
Come And Live With Me
Til You Let Your Heart Win
Walk Toward The Light

Album Description

A celebrated singer/ songwriter whose soothing voice has entranced millions of listeners with her hit song, "Fallen" from the Pretty Woman soundtrack, releases her much anticipated CD, Love, Death & Customer Service, a stunning suite of new songs and unreleased treasures. From the smooth jazz single, "Contradictions," to the sweeping ballad, "Cora's Theme," the college radio single, "You Gotta Love Those Guys, an inspired cover of "Time of the Season," the invitingly quirky, "Come and Live With Me," and the sweet and upbeat, "You're Mine," Lauren weaves together a hybrid form of pop, jazz, AC and funk influences to tell her story of the tribulations and triumphs of love, death and customer service - all with her signature sultry vocals and meticulously delicious sound production. The CD concludes with an ambitious opus, "Walk Towards the Light," a revelatory, eight minute look at the cycle of time -complete with gospel choir and a fadeout in quasi-military cadence. Love, Death and Customer Service is an honest, melodious, heartwarming, delightful, ironic, and truly inspiring slice of life.

Customer Reviews:

An Artist To Be Heard By All.......2007-03-29

If you are like me, you are always looking for that one unique voice with the lyrics and music that you want to play over and over and never get tired of hearing it. Singers, voices, and songs come and go, but Lauren stays with your soul.The first time I heard her voice singing "Fallen" on the radio, I stopped! This was a voice I wanted to hear more of. Since then I followed Laurens career and concerts. I own copies of all of her music available and can only hope every music lover will do the same. Give yourselves a treat. Get to know Lauren on her fantastic web-site and fall in love with her music. We have all been waiting for the release of this new CD. Another perfect treasure......Thanks Lauren!

Lauren Wood can do no wrong.......2007-03-27

Lauren Wood is one of those rare gems that once you listen to her singing, you will want more and more. I have been following Ms. Wood for a very long time, and while her music releases have had some fairly long time lapses, what she does give the listening public is nothing short of pure ecstasy.

She starts out the new disk, "Love, Death, and Customer Serivce: with a tune called Contradictions, which is a wonderful piece of sultry jazz in which she wraps her smoky vocals around. Next up on the play list is Cora's Theme, in which Lauren has put lyrics to the beautiful melody found in the movie Last Of The Mohicans, and makes it a fantastic power ballad. You Gotta Love Those Guys is basically the title track of the CD, an uptempo piece of funk, all about those wonderful customer service reps. Lauren becomes very reflective in I Don't Believe In Love, a mournful tune all about lost love.

Now it's time for one of two remakes on the CD. This one takes us back to the summer of love. Time of the Season, a huge hit for The Zombies in 1967, could be an even bigger smash forty years later with Lauren's reworking of this timeless classic. The Waiting Room is another autobiographical tune for Ms. Wood, and she pulls it off with a lot of class. You're Mine, with background vocals by Stephen Bishop, would fit on any current adult contemporary radio station playlist today. 'Til Now, which features Lauren's cousin Novi on viola (Novi is prevalent throught the entire CD) is another great tune, one that you can sing along with on the very first listen. The second of the two remakes here is Can't Let Go, originally by Joan Armdatrading. Lauren puts her unique stamp on it, and if I didn't know better, I would have sworn she had originally written this tune, it sounds so much like Lauren's earlier works.

Come And Live With Me, the newest written tune on the CD, has a country feel to it, in only the way that Lauren can do it. 'Til You Let Your Heart Win, the next to last song on the CD, is my absolute favorite here. Again, if I were running radio, it would be a number one smash. It's a tune all about love that was, and now is gone, very melancholy, makes you really sit down and take the time to listen. It reminds me of all of those great Vince Guaraldi jazz tunes (in case you need some help, he did the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas, among other Charlie Brown specials).

A Beatles feeling at the beginning of the final track, and a New Orleans jazzy ending comes with Walk Towards The Light, a tune inspired by Lauren's personal feelings on the death of her father, who, by the way, was also the inspiration for How Much Is That Doggie In The Window, a huge hit for Patti Page. Her dad owned the largest pet store in Pittsburgh, Lauren's home town.

As I said in the beginning, Lauren takes her time making a CD, but when it comes out, it's all you ever want to listen to. I've purchased every CD ever released by Lauren, and I have hundreds of artists and thousands of CD's in my own personal collection. If I ever had a fire and lost everything, her catalog of work is what I would search out and replace first, before The Beatles, before Elton John, before anyone else, she is just that talented. If you haven't ordered it yet, go for it, you will not be disappointed at all. Also, check out her website [...] it is nothing short of fantastic. I thank you Lauren, for all of these great tunes, and I for one, can hardly wait for the next release. Please don't wait another 10 years.

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The Best Prank Calls ever!!!
Amazingly Hilarious
MAY CAUSE ABDOMINAL RUPTURE
"OOOOH, CASH MONEY"
GREATEST COMEDY FORM IN HISTORY- HALL OF FAME STUFF

Customer Service Disasters
Touch Tone Terrorists
Manufacturer: Infestation Records
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ASIN: B00004Z1S5
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

Damage Claim
Jive Ass Hussy
Rude Reps in Cubicles
Look on Your Damn Calander
Should Have Sent it Sooner
Junkyard Romance
Pay Yo Damn Bill
Excuse Me!
Human Resources
Customer Service Wackos
Rude Bird Brain
Fools in the Mailroom
Gimme Yer Tracking Number
Corrupt Admissions Director
Hip-No-Alergic
Drunk Phone Company Rep
Pee in Yo Gas Tank
Willie's On-Stage Comedy Bit

Album Description

These are the now infamous hi-jacked customer service calls! As heard on Howard Stern (4 calls) and Crank Yankers (track #13)! Plus (as reported in the LA Weekly, September 2002) UPS has tried to stop Infestation Records from selling this CD and "Permanent Lapse of Reason"! These are actual calls of people calling IN to resolve various customer service issues. The only problem is that the phone number they are calling has been hijacked by RUDE "customer care" misfits like Junkyard Willie, Jim Bob the Inbred Hillbilly and Blade the Drunken Rocker. Their motto is simple: The Customer is always WRONG. Unsuspecting callers get fed up, then scream, yell and raise hell! It's been said "You can't find good help these days" ...but it was never THIS bad! Treat customers like this at your work and you'll be out of a job! Running time: 1 hour and 13 minutes (includes 6 minutes of skits). This CD contains 16 mostly angry calls (15 of which are INBOUND customer service calls). This is the third of four CD volumes released under the names "Touch-Tone Terrorists" and "Junkyard Willie" (volume 4).

Customer Reviews:

The Best Prank Calls ever!!!.......2006-06-28

Barr none, these are the best prank calls ever! I don't know how this guy can keep all his voices straight (the same guy does all the voices) but he manages to do so.

I would recommend this CD for all lovers of foul Shock Jock prank type humor. There is no comparison to The Jerkey Boys,(or whatever popular group happens to be in your city) RePete is simply the best. Trust me on this one, and check out my other reviews!

MC White said: This CD will rock your socks off! Two thumbs up!!!

Amazingly Hilarious.......2006-04-21

This cd is so hilarious. These are real people trying to call real companys. When this cd was made UPS was going on strike. However there's no way they would ever have hired someone like Willie or Jim Bob, let alone make Jim Bob the supervisor. The guy is a genious getting into character with each transfer especially when he plays the normal guy trying to help the customer. "Jive Hussy" was so mean and so funny. I completely lauph so hard every time Willie tells the woman calling the bank to look on her calendar. Even though I know these characters are made up I still envision Willie mouthing off on the job. He is so rude. I guarentee that when you hear this you'll laugh so hard you'll hurt your stomache (not too much though, it's a good hurt).

MAY CAUSE ABDOMINAL RUPTURE.......2005-12-02

This is perhaps the funniest crank call album ever made and one of the funniest comedy albums of any genre. Staggeringly brilliant. Listen with your friends and fall over in tears. Get this now or I'll bop yo' ass with a fungo bat!!!!!!

"OOOOH, CASH MONEY".......2005-02-10

This cd and its follow-up, "Customer Service Crackpots" are sheer works of genius. I have a difficult time accepting that these are staged because the ANGER and SURPRISE from those calling in feels too real. I can only imagine the stuff RePete has in the vaults that his other victims refuse to sign releases for - there MUST be even MORE where this came from. That's what makes the last two releases of the four the most funny - the ANGER and DISRESPECT. The first two were more about making the other person laugh; these, on the other hand are about making the person on the other line VULNERABLE to ABUSE. Junkyard Willie and crew are SCREAMS. This is GREAT stuff - absolute GOLD. Not only that, but I still laugh hard even after multiple plays. GREAT, GREAT STUFF!!!!

GREATEST COMEDY FORM IN HISTORY- HALL OF FAME STUFF.......2005-01-30

I LOVE THIS FORM OF COMEDY. I AM A BLACK MAN AND LOVE THIS LIKE CRAZY. IMAGINE A BLACK MAN DOING THIS FOR REAL? THIS IS A MUST FOR ALL PEOPLE, BUT BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD JUMP ALL OVER THESE TAPES. I LOVE JIM-BOB, BLADE,AND ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS. I LOVE "FOOL IN THE MAIL ROOM" "EXCUSE ME?" AND MY ALL TIME FAVORITE IS "DAMAGE CLAIM". OH, I LOVE "LOOK ON YOUR CALENDER" AND "YOU SHOULD HAVE SENT IT SOONER". I LISTEN TO THIS ALL DAY EVERYDAY. I ALSO LOVE JUNKYARD WILLIE'S OTHER TAPE WHEN HE HAS ALOT OF INSURANCE CLAIM STUFF. YOU MUST BUY THIS,, MUST. IT IS HALL OF FAME COMEDY. CUSTOMER SERVICE DISASTERS MAKES EVERYONE LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY. ITS SO FUNNY TO THINK PEOPLE REALLY THINK A BLACK GUY LIKE THAT WILL ACTUALLY WORK IN CUSTOMER SERVICE. THATS SO FUNNY. JUNKYARD WILLIE IS LIKE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, SO IS JIM-BOB.. I CALL THEM MY CO-WORKER. I AM LISTENING TO THEM RIGHT NOW.

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What customer?
Great album made even better with bonus tracks
Corny Rock grooves...not Buddy's best.
Keep the Customer Satisfied
Keeping me very satisfied!

Keep the Customer Satisfied
Buddy Rich
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056IKR
Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

Keep The Customer Satisfied
Long Day's Journey
Midnight Cowboy Medley: Midnight Cowboy/He Quit Me/Everybody's Talkin/Tears And Joys
Celebration
Groovin Hard
The Juicer is Wild
Winning The West
Body And Soul
Happy Time
The Nitty Gritty
Straight And Narrow
Groovin' Hard (Alternate Take)
Cornerstone

Customer Reviews:

What customer?.......2007-04-04

There was a brief 2-3 year period in the late sixties and early seventies, between ""West Side Story" and "Channel One Suite," when Rich's was practically a rock band, the drums continuing to play even between tunes. With the jazz crowd insisting he had sold out and the rock contingency equally insistent that Rich didn't understand rock 'n roll, I remember going to a rather small Milwaukee club, The Attic, to find out for myself. I couldn't hear for several days afterward (my first lesson in the practicality of ear plugs for certain types of musical events).

Richie Cole's was the dominant solo voice, a sound that could cut through the din and an altoist who could play pretty much anything with anybody (even with a solipsist guitarist whose chords and tempos were so out of sight, he was called "Da Animal"). But it was far from a satisfying experience, and Buddy must have sensed as much, because by 1972-73 he was back in the groove, proving once again that swing was the thing.

Fortunately, this album has a couple of good arrangements by Menza and Holman (and the listener has a volume control), but this should be far from anyone's first choice to represent Rich (I wouldn't even put it in Buddy's top ten, especially if you go back to his work on Verve with Bird, Diz, Ella, Louis, Lester, Lionel, Tatum, etc.).

Great album made even better with bonus tracks.......2007-03-29

I thought this was a fabulous album when the original LP came out in 1970, but the CD is even better due to the bonus tracks.
This album captures the excitement of the live performances (except for one studio track), with not a single disappointing selection. The title track is a rare example of a big band adaptation of a pop tune that really works. "Long Day's Journey" is an intriguing original that grabs you and holds on till the end. My personal favorite is "Groovin' Hard", a Don Menza chart that showcases the sax section in a very in-your-face blues.
There are six bonus tracks, including "Body and Soul" featuring tenor sax and four up-tempo originals that are every bit as good as the original LP tracks. "Cornerstone" is so good, you won't understand why it didn't make it onto the original release.
One of the bonus tracks is an alternate take of "Groovin' Hard". Personally, I don't care much for alternate takes - there's usually a reason why they're just alternates. But even without this track, the CD offers an hour of great music. If you like Buddy Rich, or big bands, or you just want to see what big band jazz should sound like, this CD belongs in your collection.

Corny Rock grooves...not Buddy's best........2005-07-02

I'm reviewing this to let potential buyers know what they might be getting into - not to ra-ra the Buddy Rich fan club. These arrangements are rhythmically very busy, non-musical, and jumbled. Rick Laird's bass (yes, from the Mahavishnu Orch,) is too percussive and treble sounding (no bottom) ??? couldn't Belden fix that in the remaster?. This cd was not engineered by Wally Heider, and it misses his touch greatly. Not the best engineered or musical choices here. 3 or 4 down on the pacific jazz list of recordings. I'm not going to recommend it just because I'm a drummer.

Keep the Customer Satisfied.......2004-12-27

Of all the amazing Buddy Rich albums I have/heard, I seem to come back to this one the most. This is probably due to the fact that this was the first Buddy album I owned. This edition of the band has many talented soloists including Pat LaBarbera on tenor, Richie Cole on alto (I'm fortunate to say that he lives close by to where I live and that he's friends with my clarinet teacher), Rick Stepton on trombone, and George Zonce on trumpet. Of all the amazing selections on this album, I have to say that three Bill Holman charts are highlights: "Keep the Customer Satisfied, which is the most perfect opener I've ever heard; "Midnight Cowbow Medley", which includes many cool classic rock tunes; and "Winning the West", which has a really cool quasi rock feel, which alternates with a swing feel. Even though I am a huge fan of those charts, I have to say that "Groovin' Hard" is the best performance on this cd. I first got into this spectacular chart when I played it during my Freshman year in Jazz Band. After playing it, I knew I needed the cd, which drove me to buy this album. I've listened to that track daily since and I like it more and more each time. So if you're a fan of Buddy Rich, big band jazz, or just love catchy music, then this cd is definitely for you.

Keeping me very satisfied!.......2004-02-25

What memories! After hearing these songs again for the 1st time in over 30 years, I am transported back to a great time. I had the great pleasure of seeing Buddy and his band in action many times. Listen to "Celebration". Sax solos by Richie Cole (alto) and Pat LaBarbara (tenor) are simply beautiful. Truly, one of Buddy's best bands and best albums.

Sail Away (Original 1962 London Cast Recording)

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cute Elaine Stritch cast album
Welllll........Elaine is Good But....
Stritch to the Max

Sail Away (Original 1962 London Cast Recording)
Noel Coward , and Elaine Stritch
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000A5A0M
Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

Come To Me
Sail Away
Where Shall I Find Him?
Beatnik Love Affair
Later Than Spring
The Passenger's Always Right
Useless Useful Phrases
Go Slow Johnny
You're A Long, Long Way From America
The Customer's Always Right
Something Very Strange
Don't Turn Away From Love
Bronxville Darby And Joan
When You Want Me
Later Than Spring (Reprise)
Why Do The Wrong People Travel?

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Let's face it: Sometimes, even Noel Coward could fail. Take his 1961 musical Sail Away: Coward wrote the book, lyrics, and score--and sometimes you wish he had delegated a bit more. Set on the cruise ship S.S. Coronia, the show certainly has its moments, but overall it fails to make a lasting impression. While there are lovely tunes ("Sail Away," "Later than Spring") and a few peerless comic showcases ("Useless Useful Phrases," "Why Do the Wrong People Travel?"), Coward's trademark wit comes across as toothless now. And yet Sail Away remains cultish because it turned Elaine Stritch into a marquee name. The singer-actor was so good during the out-of-town tryouts that Coward expanded her part, and Stritch ran with it. She sells a ballad like "Something Very Strange" with all her heart, but what she really transcends are bravura pieces such as "Why Do the Wrong People Travel?" (which she reprised in her one-woman show At Liberty). If you want to listen to the birth of a stage star, this CD is it. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

cute Elaine Stritch cast album.......2003-09-17

SAIL AWAY wasn't a big hit on Broadway when it opened in 1961, running a scant 167 performances. However, the show was received with a better reception in London, opening at the Savoy Theatre in 1962, running 252 performances. Noel Coward's sparkling score and the fabulous Elaine Stritch are the main drawcards for buying this cast album.

Fynsworth Alley has reissued the original London cast album of SAIL AWAY, which Stritch herself considers as superior to the Broadway cast album. At last, this tuneful and witty score, with the formidale Stritch as the lead character Mimi Paragon, can be discovered for a new generation of fans.

Most memorable are Elaine Stritch's numbers "Why Do the Wrong People Travel?", "Useless Useful Phrases", "Come to Me", and the lovely 11 o'clock number "Something Very Strange".

The supporting cast includes John Hewer (THE BOY FRIEND) and Dorothy Reynolds (SALAD DAYS), with Grover Dale, Sheila Forbes, Mavis Villiers, Edith Day, David Holliday, Margaret Christensen and Sydney Arnold.

SAIL AWAY is a must-own for fans of Elaine Stritch and the genius of Noel Coward.

Welllll........Elaine is Good But...........2003-08-07

Many Broadway officianados were no doubt looking forward to the reissue of this long out of print "classic" starring the incomparable Elaine Stritch. Sad to say, one listening confirms why this show failed to make an impact, either on Broadway or London's West End. This dreary, bland little musical about not much of anything barely registers on any level. Most of the songs are trivial as well as instantly forgettable, and there is no story to speak of so nothing much keeps you interested. It takes Ms. Stritch's six solos to pull you out of the ether and, although even her considerable talents can't quite make a musical out of this mess, it's a marvelous document of Stritch hitting her stride. Thanks to CD programming, I can skip the rest of the dross and just listen to "Stritchie" (as Noel Coward use to call her) do her thing. And what a wonderful thing it is. Stritch may not have the best vocal instrument ever, but is there anyone else who can put their interpretive stamp on a song the way she does? Much like the late, great Dolores Gray, when Elaine Stritch interprets a song, every other singer in the world might as well forget about ever trying it. Stritch puts her definitive stamp on everything she touches. Yes, a trilly songbird like Julie Andrews makes a song sound wonderful. but with Stritch you hear the words, their meaning, and the song "feels" wonderful. Here, her "Why Do the Wrong People Travel" is a classic of sorts, and she amazingly brought as much gusto to the song in her one-woman show "At Liberty" some forty years later. In fact, she makes even the pedestrian "Useless Useful Phrases" worth a few listens. In fact, it's hard not to imagine what Stritch could have done with great parts at this point in her career, instead of mediocre trifles like "Sail Away". Oh well, what matters most is that Stritch was in the house for "Sail Away", and now she's there to stay. Bon vayage!

Stritch to the Max.......2003-07-28

For anyone who is a fan of Elaine Stritch, this is a must own.

For those of you looking for an interesting new (old) show, this is the one for you. The music is delightfully simple and the lyrics are wonderful. Certain songs have me thinking of Sondheim. Coward is a sarcastic and incredibly funny lyricist.

Just as Bernadette Peters is a perfect match for Sondheim, Stritch is a perfect match for Coward.

Tracks:

Readymix
Basically Blues
Critic's Choice
My Man's Gone Now
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Sister Sadie
More Soul
West Side Story Medley: Overture/Cool/Somewhere/Something's Coming/Finale
Keep The Customer Satisfied
Long Day's Journey
Midnight Cowboy Medley: Midnight Cowboy/ He Quit Me/ Everybody's Talking/ Tears And Joys
Celebration
Groovin' Hard
The Juicer Is Wild
Winning The West

Customer Reviews:

Don't Bother.......2004-12-24

Both of these are five-star discs singularly. Together, they're a disaster. The record company that put out this CD made some egregious cuts in "Swingin' New Big Band" to make it fit on a disc with "Keep The Customer Satisfied," and left this customer completely dissatisfied. Longtime Buddy Rich fans know this material backwards and forwards and can't be fooled. Buy them separately.

NICE TRY....BUT NOT THE RIGHT VERSIONS.......2001-02-03

This is a combination of (2) Pacific Jazz releases, one recorded at "The Chez" in Hollywood,1966, (Buddy's first recording with the new band), and the other from a live session at the Tropicana Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, in 1970. The later session ("Keep The Customer Satisfied") was left intact, but in trying to cram TWO ALBUMS into ONE DISC, they actually (ugh!) EDITED the "Swingin' New Big Band" album, cutting a lot of the jazz solos OUT to save running time!! I can appreciate WHY this was done, but it's hard to FORGIVE it!!

Overlooking that sin, until now (Feb. 2001), this disc was worth getting just for the "Keep The Customer Satisfied" album...you couldn't get it anywhere else. The music is GREAT on BOTH of these albums and FORTUNATELY, NOW they have been remastered individually by former Rich sidemen, with EXTRA BONUS TRACKS never heard before and NOTHING edited out. Keep lookin', brother, THIS ONE AIN'T IT!!

Go find "Swingin' New Big Band" and "Keep The Customer Satisfied" in their individual and original form elsewhere on the website under "Buddy Rich" and BUY THEM!!! Don't waste your money on this one (unless you can only AFFORD to buy ONE CD). Get the ORIGINAL versions of each one SEPARATELY....you'll still get MORE for your MONEY!!

Buddy swings his ass off!!!.......1999-08-12

A great selection of tunes on a difficult to find disk. It's Buddy Rich being Buddy Rich. A must-have for any fan of big band music. No one ever kicked a band like Buddy. Kneel down before the Master.

Worth the price just for "Keep the Customer Satisfied"........1999-05-17

I've searched for this CD for several years. Today I bought it. This CD isn't as good as "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" but is worth the price just to get "Keep the Customer Satisfied". If you like great trumpet section play, you'll love this track.

Average customer rating:

Solid.

Customer
Collections of Colonies of Bees
Manufacturer: Polyvinyl Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0003JAIB4
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

Fun
Fun
Fun
Fun
Fun
Fun
Fun
Fun
Fun
Funeral

Album Description

From the ashes of Pele comes this band, who experiment in traditional instrumentation with modern technology, creating a melting pot of style so refreshing that classification becomes meaningless. "Customer" is stylistically broader with a deeper sense of cohesiveness than previous Bees' releases. "If you enjoy albums that are complex in nature, fairly abstract, and can be analyzed both thematically and musically, this should be right up your alley"--adequacy.net. "An impeccable focus and flow, a well balanced mix between acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and a learned sense of time and space"--brainwashed.com.

Customer Reviews:

Solid........2005-10-05

Yes. Five stars. Collections of Colonies of Bees gives hope to people who have given up on music. Customer combines electronic debris with beautiful guitarwork and very intricate drumming by our dear friend and founder of crouton - sir jon mueller. After listening to customer for my first time I knew I would have to get my filthy hands on EVERY one of cocob's albums. The only problem is that most of their releases are limited press and VERY rare. The tiring search is well worth it. Buy this album and thank me later.

Average customer rating:

World Is a Customer

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000G8P6FK
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Average customer rating:

Relevant Paths

Manufacturer: Jennifer Small
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CADQ0E
Release Date: 2002-04-30

Bohuslav Martinu: Double Concerto (for Two String Orchestras and Timpani) / Spalicek: Suite from the Ballet (1931-32)

Average customer rating:

Bohuslav Martinu: Double Concerto (for Two String Orchestras and Timpani) / Spalicek: Suite from the Ballet (1931-32)

Manufacturer: Conifer
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000024CW
Release Date: 1994-10-05

Rock Music:

Rock Music

rock music