Overview

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Track Listings
1. Water
2. With People
3. Verona Rolls
4. Precarious Timbers
5. The Ballad
6. Big Star
7. The Blind
8. Second Nature
9. Cause And Effect
10. Camouflage
11. All In Your Head
12. In The Beginning
13. Wallpaper Song
14. Today Is As Good As Any Other
15. The Flag
16. Passive Camera
17. Montgomery Clift

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
David Ferguson and David Rhodes worked with the Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno led '801' before forming 'Random Hold'. They were later joined by Simon Ainley ('801') and Bill MacCormick (Quiet Sun, Matching Mole, Gong, This Heat, 801) . When Simon left, drummer Peter Phipps (Gary Glitter Band) joined the line up. Peter Gabriel had by now signed the band to his 'Gailforce' label and they were produced by Peter Hammill to release an album. In 1980 'Random Hold' joined Peter Gabriel for the U.K and North American legs of his world tour as they complemented his own vision and added their own dimension. So impressed were the American label with the band that when the Gabriel tour was finished they were encouraged to extend their stay to tour clubs and colleges.

The band split with David Rhodes becoming Peter Gabriel's guitarist and co- conspirator on numerous projects. David Ferguson briefly formed a new version of the band recording and album for RCA then for Atlantic Records under the name 'Nine Ways To Win'. David is now a successful composer of powerful evocative TV soundtracks. Peter Phipps rejoined the Glitter Band and Bill MacCormick pursued a career in politics.

Product Description
This album has been produced by Bill MacCormick bar track 4 which was produced by Peter Hammill. The music covers 'Random Hold's progress from an early Rhodes/Ferguson collaboration, through the various demo's recorded during the Ainley era to the last demos recorded prior to the band's last journey to the USA. The sleeve notes are written by Bill MacCormick and feature stunning photographs of the band.

Over View,Random Hold,United States Dist,Experimental Rock,Pop,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop

Overview
Scattered, Smothered and Covered: A Webb Wilder Overview
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • I love Webb, but why can't Cheap Trick have this kind of consistency?
  • "three albums in one work their magic from Varese ~ Webb Wilder"
 Scattered, Smothered and Covered: A Webb Wilder Overview
Webb Wilder
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. About Time
  2. It Came from Nashville
  3. Doo Dad
  4. Tough It Out
  5. Town & Country

ASIN: B00092ZLIA
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

  1. How Long Can She Last (Going Fast)
  2. Horror Hayride
  3. Pool Side
  4. One Taste Of The Bait
  5. Ruff Rider (Dedicated To Broderick Crawford)
  6. Is This All There Is?
  7. Scattered, Smothered and Covered
  8. Flat Out Get It
  9. Stay Out Of Automobiles
  10. Slow Death
  11. Fall In Place
  12. Loud Music
  13. The Webb Wilder Credo
  14. Honky Tonk Hell
  15. My Minds Eye
  16. Rocket To Nowhere
  17. I Aint Living Long Like This
  18. Carryin The News To Mary
  19. No Great Shakes

Album Description

This is the first CD collection to highlight Webb Wilder's recordings from the three albums he recorded for Watermelon Records, the Austin, Texas based label. All songs except the tracks taken from the CD It Came From Nashville (which was recently reissued) have been not been available for over five years.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars I love Webb, but why can't Cheap Trick have this kind of consistency?.......2006-01-06

It's maddening that we have to wait so long
for great albums like this to come out while
Cheap Trick can put out all the compilations
and DVDs, et, all they want and they are only
three quarters as good as the 'The last of the
Full Grown Man', Mr. Jack-of-All-Media trades,
Webb Wilder. Really this is three albums in one
not just a 'Greatest Hits' or 'Best Of...'.Long
time Wilder fans will notice that there are no
songs from Webb's bigger budget releases like:
Doo Dad and Hybrid Vigor here. But it's OK
since there are no EVEN just-above-average LPs
in the Webb Wilder discography:

1) It Came From Nashvegas,
2) Hybrid Vigor,
3) Doo Dad,
4) Town and Country,
5) Acres of Suede,
6) About Time,

ALL FOUR STAR RELEASES! Pick Up On 'Em!

5 out of 5 stars "three albums in one work their magic from Varese ~ Webb Wilder".......2005-08-06

Varese Records presents "Scattered, Smothered and Covered: A Webb Wilder Overview", reissued tracks of albums from the past "It Came From Nashville" (1993), "Town & Country" (1995) and "Acres of Suede" (1996) all on the Watermelon Records label, featuring the one and only Webb Wilder and his Beatnecks...crazy beat and delivery with a kind of out there performance...his guitar work and stage presence is what grabs you from the git go.

Wilder's mention of the "Rock n' Roll Justice League" gives you a glimpse of what's in store on this cool and do you dig it release with...combining no nonsense rockabilly to create little jewels like "POOLSIDE" and "RUFF RIDER" (Dedicated to Broderick Crawford)." As with early rock, meaningful lyrics make way for a more visceral approach, leading to music that you feel right down to the bottom of your toes..."FLAT OUT GET IT", composed by Webb Wilder with vibes of Chuck Berry bringing the house down with every beat that hits you right between the eyes..."SLOW DEATH", call the doctor for some medication for the fever..."FALL IN PLACE", can't hide from the eye of heaven..."LOUD MUSIC", there's a forty dollar fine down the Rock Island Line for loud music..."THE WEBB WILDER CREDO", real music is out there and real people are makin' it..."HONKY TONK HELL", two many stories I can't tell, too much loss of memory..."I AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS", don't let 'em take you downtown..."CARRYIN' THE NEWS TO MARY", got to take a look see, to see what I just saw..."NO GREAT SHAKES", close but no cigar, if I tag along will you think I'm playin' dumb..."HOW LONG CAN SHE LAST (GOING FAST)", how long can rock n roll music last playin' that fast..."HORROR HAYRIDE", with shades of "The Ventures" early years..."ONE TASTE OF THE BAIT", can't forget how good she looks, the look is worth the pain of the hook...wild, cool and swingin'...can you dig it?

Hats off to my good friend Bryon Davis (producer) and his co-producers Cary E. Mansfield, R.S. Field and of course Varese Records and our man on the rock and roll caravan of Wilderian liberation...Webb Wilder (wear glasses if you need 'em) created a solid album that harked back to the roots of rock.

Total Time: 66:00 on 19 Tracks ~ Varese Records 66649 ~ (5/03/2005)
American Songfest
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • This Album Misses the Mark
 American Songfest

Manufacturer: Albemarle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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EnglishEnglish | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
OratoriosOratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
AnthemsAnthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
HymnsHymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00008GSAM
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

  1. Opening Hymn: To the Poem
  2. Hymn
  3. Peaks
  4. The Light That is Felt
  5. God Bless and Keep Thee
  6. Flute prelude
  7. Steal Away
  8. Flute interlude
  9. Nobody Knows
  10. Flute and recorder interlude
  11. Deep River
  12. Flute postlude
  13. Sure on This Shining Night
  14. Pas de Deux
  15. Under the Willow Tree
  16. Medley from "Porgy and Bess"
  17. Vocalise
  18. Long Time Ago
  19. Piano Blues
  20. The Promise of Living
  21. Eldorado
  22. Make Our Garden Grow

Album Description

This album offers a musical overview of the landmark achivements of American composers through the course of the twentieth century. Beginning with Charles Ives it straddles the world of nineteenth-century high romanticism and a fresh voice of the early 1900s while other composers represented, such as Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, span nearly the whole of the twentieth century.

Also featured are works by Michael Tippett, Samuel Barber and George Gershwin. English composer Michael Tippett's settings of three spirituals are surrounded by flute and recorder improvisations in a folk medium.

"American Songfest" represents the first American Boychoir CD to be released under the direction of the choir's new Music Director, Vincent Metallo. John Charles Schucker is the accompanist throughout.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars This Album Misses the Mark.......2006-06-17

This offering from the American Boychoir misses the mark of excellence normally associated with this outstanding organization. The improvizations of the recorder and pianist are uninspired. The jazzy interludes "don't mean a thing 'cause it ain't got that swing." The Boychoir's performance is lackluster.

Modern American composer music is, indeed, difficult to sing and interpret. However, most of the tracks uses only one voice, a far cry from the typical S,A or S,S,A,A works the Boychoir normally performs. The voices don't often blend and one can hear individual voices breaching the desired uniform whole. Other works are for soprano and baritone and sound a bit sophomoric. The best tracks are those that make use of the Boychoir's unique talents, but even these are uneven.

There is one track on which a soprano forcefully squeezes out his high notes delivering a jarring performance. Now this could have been on purpose. The Boychoir sometimes does novelty pieces in which outstanding voices imitate less than stellar quality for comic effect. However, normally the listener is prepared for this and can go with it. Here, it was just irritating.

The American Boychoir has many outstanding four and five star performances on disk. I would certainly recommend most of these. Carol is one of the best Christmas albums I've heard. Dixit Dominus is also outstanding. Go with these.
The Warner Collection, Vol. 1: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Essential Addition To Any Collection
 The Warner Collection, Vol. 1: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Appleseed Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00004SBZK
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

  1. House Carpenter - Rebecca King Jones
  2. I Went to See My Molly - Lee Monroe Presnell
  3. River of Life - Buna Hicks
  4. Babies in the Wood - Dorothy Howard
  5. I Dropped the Baby - Dorothy Howard
  6. Solas Market - Edith Perrin
  7. Wakes in the Morning - Edith Perrin
  8. Where Did You Get That Hat? - Edith Perrin
  9. Mail Day Blues - J. B. Sutton
  10. Nobody Knows - Sue Thomas
  11. Gilgarrah Mountain (Whiskey in the Jar) - Lena Bourne Fish
  12. Somebody's Waiting for Me - Charles K. "Tink" Tillett
  13. Bony on the Isle of St. Helena - Charles K. "Tink" Tillett
  14. Come Love Come - Eleazar Tillett
  15. Hey, Get Along Josie - Tom Smith
  16. Days of '49 - "Yankee" John Galusha
  17. Springfield Mountain - "Yankee" John Galusha
  18. Jolly Thrasher - Eleazar Tillett
  19. Chimbly Sweep - Rebecca King Jones
  20. Barbara Allen - R.K. Jones
  21. Mohawk Chant, War Chant - Louis Solomon
  22. Lowland Low - Frank Proffitt (TITLE CORRECTION)
  23. Skin and Bones - anonymous
  24. Two Little Blackbirds - Elda Blackwood
  25. Uncle Ned - Elda Blackwood
  26. Tommy - Martha Midgett
  27. Hold My Hand Lord Jesus - Sue Thomas
  28. Jolly Roving Tar - Lena Bourne Fish
  29. Castle by the Sea - Lena Bourne Fish
  30. Farewell to Old Bedford - Lee Monroe Presnell
  31. Sometimes I'm in This Country - Lee Monroe Presnell
  32. Top of Mount Zion - Buna Hicks
  33. A Poor Wayfaring Pilgrim - Linzy Hicks
  34. Been to the East - Steve Meekins
  35. Lass of Glenshee - "Yankee" John Galusha
  36. Irish 69th - "Yankee" John Galusha
  37. The Cumberland & The Merrimac - "Yankee" John Galusha
  38. Lonesome Valley - Curt Mann
  39. Grandmama's Advice - Mrs. Wolf
  40. Kiss Me, Oh, I Like It - Edith Perrin
  41. When I Die - Edith Perrin
  42. Young Beham - Roby Monroe Hicks
  43. Poor Ellen Smith - Homer Cornett
  44. Palms of Victory - Linzy Hicks
  45. Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still - Eleazar Tillett & Martha Etheridge
  46. Let's Make a Date - Eleazar Tillett & Martha Etheridge

Amazon.com

Field recordings are an interesting concept: they are historical documents intended to preserve the folklore of their indigenous regions, but they can also be enjoyed as songs to be heard. If they are too polished or "professional" sounding, they may lose their archaic, authentic charm. On the other hand, who wants to hear amateur singers if they can't carry a tune, much less do so with any kind of emotional power? What makes this collection so rewarding is the precarious balance it finds. Amateur musicologists Anne and Frank Warner collected these field recordings across the Atlantic Coast states from 1940 through 1966. There are English, Scottish, and Irish folk songs, blues, spirituals, ballads, work songs, and chants of all types included--none of them intended for commercial release and all of them featuring singers to whom music was a family tradition or a community event or perhaps even an innate power. Many of these songs have become well known since they were recorded--some, such as "Tom Dooley," were basically discovered through the Warners' field work--but it's the lesser-known numbers that really hit home: "shudder stories" sung to scare young children, comic minstrel songs, sea chanteys, and more. The snippets of conversations prove that the Warners respected these people greatly and reveled in their genuineness. For fans of Alan Lomax's fieldwork, this set will be a treasured discovery. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Essential Addition To Any Collection.......2000-06-16

This is the first time that material from the Anne and Frank Warner collection has been easily available to the listening public. The Warners collected songs and tunes from singers and players in the Carolina's, New York and New England starting in the 1930's, and the body of material that they brought to the world through their relationships with these tradition bearers forms an important basic framework of folk history. Long hidden away in the Library of Congress, it is at last available for all to enjoy and learn from. Here is where you'll find the original version of "Tom Dooley" (shared by Frank Proffitt) and pure mountain versions of "Whiskey in the Jar" and "Barbara Allen" as well as priceless interview segments with Proffitt and others. These selections were exquisitely chosen, and beautifully remastered and recorded. Whether you have a passing aquaintaince or a deep love of vernacular folk music, put this CD into your collection today.
Live at the Grassroots
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • I was there!
 Live at the Grassroots
Justin Hinds
Manufacturer: Roir
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009IW8SA
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

  1. Greetings
  2. Over the River
  3. On the Last Day
  4. Teach the Youth
  5. Travel With Love
  6. Higher the Monkey Climbs
  7. Get Ready Rock Steady
  8. Carry Go Bring Come
  9. Rainbow
  10. Fire Is Burning
  11. Dip and Fall Back
  12. Weeping Eyes
  13. Natty Take Over
  14. Botheration
  15. Never Felt This Way Before

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I was there!.......2006-10-22

I don't know about the quality of this recording as of yet seeing as how I'm only just ordering it today, but I was there for this incredible moment in music. It was Grassroots fest 02' and Justin Hinds was to be on the line-up for the weekend but about a week before the festival, it was released that Justin wouldn't be there cause he wasn't allowed into the country. Needless to say, JBB hit the stage at midnight and began with 1 or 2 songs that would lead into an incredible set and then, out of nowhere, Hinds walks onto stage and we all went crazy. Hinds continued to lead the JBB set for the remainder of the evening and left us all with the feeling that we had just been a part of something amazing. For anyone who was there, this is a must have. For anyone else, this is still a must have.
Overview
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    		Overview

    Manufacturer: Woodpecker
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B0009X2X2G

    Product Description

    Excellent collection includes 6 re-issues, 6 re-recordings, and 7 (then-)new recordings. Tracks: All or Nothing, Prelude from the Minstrel's Dream, Vigilante Man, Off to Adventure, Too Old to Ride, Mockingbird, Dying a Little, Maggots in the Sheepside/Flowers of Edinburgh, Coming of Winter, Dreamer or Believer, Bonnie Streets of Fyvio, Restless Man, Cindy/Cripple Creek, Waltz of the Waves, Johnny the Fisherman, Cryin' Shame, Chanoyu, California Blues, Danny Boy.
    Vol. 1-Spiral Impact Tm-the Power to Get It Done W
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      		Vol. 1-Spiral Impact Tm-the Power to Get It Done W

      Manufacturer: Karen Valencic
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Spoken WordSpoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B0006PRQK6
      Release Date: 2004-10-19
      Overview
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        		Overview
        Jay Hoggard
        Manufacturer: Muse Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Avant Garde & Free JazzAvant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000000GN2
        Release Date: 1994-03-16

        Tracks:

        1. Put on a Happy Face
        2. Overview
        3. Aguacate
        4. Blues Bags
        5. Ruby, My Dear
        6. Convergence
        Trio America, Vol. 3
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          		Trio America, Vol. 3

          Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          DuetsDuets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
          TriosTrios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
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          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B00002MXQG
          Release Date: 2000-05-23
          Us Terror Attacks: Portal to Understanding Life De
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            		Us Terror Attacks: Portal to Understanding Life De

            Manufacturer: Connie Cook Smith
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            Spoken WordSpoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000CA6WRS
            Release Date: 2004-10-26
            Colorfast Anthems
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              		Colorfast Anthems

              Manufacturer: the gifted children
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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              ASIN: B000CA9ATK
              Release Date: 2005-10-25

              Rock Music:

              1. Pacific UV
              2. Padlock on the Blues
              3. ...pain, pleasure, fear and opera
              4. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake [Import]
              5. Oh My!
              6. Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot
              7. Old Black
              8. Old Cons
              9. Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 2 & 3
              10. Oldies I Forgot to Buy

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