White Sky

white sky

Track Listings

1. Raise On High

2. Shake

3. White Sky

4. Summer's End

5. Last Summer Days

6. Walking On The Farm

7. Motorcycles

8. Final Season

9. I'll Be Waiting

White Sky,Archer Prewitt,Carrot Top Records,Chamber Pop,Indie Pop,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

White Sky

Average customer rating:

Absolutely Fantastic fusion music!!!
Original, deep, very beautiful
A different flavor compared to his previous works

Sky Kisses Earth
Prem Joshua
Manufacturer: White Swan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Water Down the Ganges
Yatri
Dance of Shakti
Mudra
Dakini Lounge: Prem Joshua Remixed

ASIN: B00005QB44
Release Date: 1999-10-01

Tracks:

Sky Kisses Earth
Remember This!
Dakini
Night Rain
The Seventh Eclipse
Earth Kisses Sky

Album Description

Joshua is a pioneer in the field of world music, creating a synthesis of east and west. His music is perfect for both meditation and celebration. Sky Kisses Earth is a ticket to the ancient Tantric temples of India. Effortlessly, Prem Joshua blends the magic of Eastern music (Sitar, Tabla, Flutes, Santoor, etc) with transparent and modern Western sounds. These hypnotic grooves, fine textures and rich melodies will transport the listener to a cross cultural mythic land of golden radiance.

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Fantastic fusion music!!!.......2005-11-15

WOW, WOW WOW!!!! Need I say more. I've never ever listened to anything so melodious and beautiful like Sky Kisses Earth. The music is amazingly soothing and absolutely fantastic. Several of my friends loved it. Would have given 10 stars.

Original, deep, very beautiful.......2004-12-09

I'm wary of europeans playing Indian music and raga fusion. It usually sounds fake. But, not this! It's a balance of East and West that works, and transmits a genuine expression of the heart. It has variety, sophistication and surprise.

A different flavor compared to his previous works.......2002-11-14

I purchased this album in Bombay, along with Mudra, and I noticed that both albums had a lot in common.

You'll notice a lot more use of keyboards, thanks to his collaboration with Manish Vyas.

My favorite track is the title track - Sky Kisses Earth. Starts off with harmonious voices blended with sitar and santoor and soon the beats kick in... like i said, a new flavor! However, his previous albums like Desert Visions and Hamsafar still remain unsurpassed as far as Im concerned, which is why I give this album a 4.

Average customer rating:

Dancing in the Sky - Michael White

You'll Be Dancing Wherever You Are

Dancing in the Sky
Michael White
Manufacturer: Basin Street Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

New Orleans Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
General | Jazz | Styles | Music
New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Jazz From the Soul of New Orleans

A Song for George Lewis

Jazz at Preservation Hall: George Lewis Band of New Orleans/Pure Blues

Big Easy

New Orleans, Vol. 4

ASIN: B0001HAIVS
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

Algier's Hoodoo Woman
Dancing In The Sky (Reflection)
The Truth Of The Blues
Give It Up (Gypsy Second Line)
The Hag's Rag
Angel In The Day (Devil At Night)
Jambalaya Strut
When The Mighty Mississippi Sleeps
New Orleans Bounce (Out Of The Woods)
Creole Nights
Down By The Riverside
Amazing Grace
Dancing In The Sky (Transition)

Customer Reviews:

Dancing in the Sky - Michael White.......2007-01-30

Michael White just gets better and better. I've been enjoying his music for over 20 years.

You'll Be Dancing Wherever You Are.......2005-09-29

I happened upon this CD when visiting New Orleans last spring and fell in love with it. The music is traditional New Orleans jazz at its finest even though many of the tracks are Dr. White's own compositions. If you love New Orleans jazz but get tired of the relative handful of standards heard on many CDs (and at Preservation Hall), buy this CD. Tracks like "Dancing in the Sky" will have you dancing wherever you are.

As a side note, Dr. White and three other displaced New Orleans musicians performed in Kentucky over the weekend, and I was privileged to see them. The concert combine great music with some fascinating jazz history lessons by Dr. White. He and the other musicians are talented, classy people. In this difficult time, they need our support--and our CD purchases--more than ever.

Average customer rating:

Acoustic stringed instrument lovers, take note!
Both original and traditional compositions of mountain melodies
A fan from Arlington, VA.

Land of the Sky
Al Petteway & Amy White
Manufacturer: Maggie's Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Acoustic Journey
Winter Tidings
The Waters and the Wild
Shades Of Blue
Whispering Stones

ASIN: B0007KIGAO
Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

Land of the Sky 2:58
Black Bear's Picnic 4:16
Shady Grove 4:39
Across the Blue Mountains 4:11
Bobcat in the Brambles 3:03
Sunny Day 3:08
Pretty Polly 4:00
A Walk in the Woods 4:20
Western Highlands 3:30
Wafaring Stranger 4:33
The Cuckoo 2:42
Swannanoa 4:44
Ryan's Rambles 4:05
Trillium Waltz 2:33

Album Description

The Southern Appalachian Mountains come alive in this recording of original compositions & traditional mountain melodies on Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Celtic Harp, Banjo, Fiddle, Irish Bouzouki, Fretless Bass, Vocals and Percussion.Instrumentation that includes:Al: Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Irish Bouzouki, Fretless Bass, Vocals & Percussion;Amy: Acoustic Guitar, Celtic Harp, Mandolin, Vocals & Percussion;Joe Ebel: Violin.

Customer Reviews:

Acoustic stringed instrument lovers, take note!.......2005-10-20

My first introduction to Al Petteway and Amy White was the "acoustic Journey" album that I received by donating to National Public Radio. As an acoustic guitarist myself, I really appreciated the great talent and wonderful arrangements. Curious, I checked Amazon.com for more of their music and was attracted to "Land of the Sky" which focused more on southern Appalachian folk music, albeit in a more stylized form. Still, I found it very soothing and at times, emotional, especially the intrumental version of "Shady Grove". I also bought the "Holiday Sampler" because it's a wonderful alternative to the traditional music-box albums I normally play at Christmas time. I'd give it three thumbs up if I had them!

Both original and traditional compositions of mountain melodies .......2005-08-07

When the Scots, Irish, Welch, and English settlers populated the mountain valleys, hills, and mountains of Southern Appalachia, they brought their music with them as an integral part of their culture. In Land Of The Sky, Al Petteway and Amy White deftly collaborate to memorably perform within that Southern Appalachian music tradition and heritage for the benefit and delight of a new generation of listeners with recorded performances that include both original and traditional compositions of mountain melodies played on acoustic guitars, the mandolin, the Celtic harp, the banjo, fiddles, the Irish Bouzouki, Fretless Bass, percussion, and vocals. Entertaining listening with a total running time of 53:06, the fourteen pieces comprising this outstanding and recommended CD for personal, music department, and community library New Age & Contemporary Folk Music collections include Black Bear's Picnic (4:16); Shady Grove (4:39); Across the Blue Mountains (4:11); Bobcat in the Brambles (3:03); Sunny Day (3:08); Pretty Polly (4:00); A Walk in the Woods (4:20); Western Highlands (3:30); Wayfaring Stranger (4:33); The Cuckoo (2:42); Swannanoa (4:44); Ryan's Rambles (4:05); Trillium Waltz (2:33); and the title piece, Land of the Sky (2:58).

A fan from Arlington, VA........2005-05-05

While I do not consider myself an expert in acoustic guitar music, I have over the years collected and listened to a lot of such music. Like most everyone, I know what I like, and I like the music of Al Petteway and Amy White a great deal.

This CD may be their best. It is musically rich and as all are of their CDs, it is innovative. A good example of that is their version of the standard folk song, "Pretty Polly".

There is not a bad cut on the CD, and like other great artists, the CD's theme of an Appalachian journey not only holds together, it works quite well. I have listened to this CD over and over and find something new every time. This is one to buy and keep.

A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song

Average customer rating:

A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song
Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005S85Q
Release Date: 2001-12-11

Average customer rating:

Shadow of the Green God...

White Sky
Peter Green
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Styles | Music

Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Kolors
Little Dreamer
Watcha Gonna Do?
In the Skies
Watcha Gonna Do?

ASIN: B000A1IKUQ
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

Time for Me to Go
Shining Star
Clown
White Sky (Love That Evil Woman)
Funky Jam
It's Gonna Be Me
Born on the Wild Side
Fallin' Apart
Indian Lover
Just Another Guy [Instrumental]
Touch My Spirit [*]
Big Boy Now [*]
Corners of My Mind [*]
Carry My Love [*]
Just Another Guy [Vocal Version][#][*]

Customer Reviews:

Shadow of the Green God..........2005-09-25

This disc, finally available to hardcore fans, is what is is... Not to put it down, but the word 'round the campfire was that Mr.Green had very little to do with these sessions and let everyone else do the work and he put in some basic and rudimentary guitar solos as to sate the voracious appitites of Greenie-philes like myself. Clearly, IN THE SKIES is superior, but this has its moments of clarity and brilliance, but unfortunately, they ARE fleeting. Great care was put into remastering and providing bonus tracks on this 4th reissue from his PVK recordings. Really makes you wonder what may have happened if he had signed the Warner Brothers contract back in 1977 and had more work and input from his former cronies in the 'Mac. DO buy this if you're into having EVERYTHING from Mr.Greenbaum. DO NOT BUY this if you are a casual fan, then you can look up the MAN OF THE WORLD compilation from Sanctuary. Hope this helps!!! Peace and chicken grease!

Average customer rating:

High Winds White Sky
Nothing Bad
His Second Album
Great!
An Early Zen Sense

High Winds White Sky
Bruce Cockburn
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music

Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music
Similar Items:

In the Falling Dark
Further Adventures of
Humans
Speechless
Sunwheel Dance

ASIN: B0000CERLH
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

Happy Good Morning Blues
Let Us Go Laughing
Love Song
One Day I Walk
Golden Serpent Blues
High Winds White Sky
You point To The Sky
Life's Mistress
Ting/The Cauldron
Shining Mountain
Totem Pole
It's An Elephant World

Customer Reviews:

High Winds White Sky.......2007-06-05

"One Day I Walk" was the first BC song I ever heard.
The Tom Rush verison it was though. I HAD to find out
about the writer of the song - incredible!

Back in the mid-1970's, it wasn't easy finding alot of
BC music until "DANCING IN THE DRAGON'S JAWS". I worte
to stores in Canada and had friends looking in Japan for
ANYTHING they could find from him. Slowly, the USA discovered
and stocked BC records and tapes. This album was one of the first
3 or 4 I found. Touching, mellow, heartfelt, great playing, great
words, in the best of the singer/song writer tradition!

Bruce showed us all here that there was alot more to come from him!
If you like early BC, this is his first - a great one to get.

Nothing Bad.......2005-01-20

This is Bruce's best recording. The extra tracks are okay but not anything to get overly excited about. Slight diffference in mix so that makes the extra money worth while.

His Second Album.......2004-12-16

(35.5 minutes)

Now if you ask me, and many a Canadian music aficionado takes the time to do so on a surprisingly regular basis, this sophomore effort by Bruce Cockburn always makes me think of Ward's Island when I see the cover. I guess that's mainly because that's where the photo was taken and bridge featured on the cover still stands there on that little island just outside downtown Toronto. Me and Mama went there to a party one Friday night while we were visiting kinfolk up in Canada (her side, not mine!) and the party happened to be in a house right around from that there bridge and when I seed it I hollered, "stop the car Mama!" (because she was driving and because I call my wife 'Mama'), "I reckon that there is the bridge from that High Winds White Sky album cover!" ..and sure enough it was and we stopped and had us a photo standing there next to it. I asked a kind Canadian feller who was passing by to take the photo while we stood there and smiled for the picture. That picture now hangs on the wall in the back room, right next to my gimme hat collection.

This was the second album of what turned out to be a sort of Cockburn Trilogy, comprised of his first three albums. They are like a trilogy because they all kind of fit together with the same sort of music and the same folkie spiritualism. At this stage he was clearly interested in spiritual things, but not yet professing Christianity. Now don't get me wrong, the music definitely progresses as time goes by and you can hear him growing musically and as a song writer with each album, but if you compare these here three with his other work, then these three are like peas in a pod. Now before you commence to thinking I am suggesting that this album is pretty much like the other two and therefore not worth spending money on, you're wrong. This one was my favorite Bruce Cockburn album of all time until another one came along and knocked it down in my personal rankings (and I'll tell you about that one in a another review).

One Day I Walk is a tune catchy enough that it has been recorded by many others, most recently by k d lang on her Hymns of the 49th Parallel. That particular song is kind of like a Neil Young song from that era in that after a few years it stops sounding dated and starts sounding timeless... kind of like a hymn. The re-issue contains two tunes not originally on the vinyl; Totem Pole and It's An Elephants World. Now, I never look a gift horse in the mouth, at least not in an obvious fashion, but these two songs are not nearly as comfortably placed on the re-issue CD as the extra tunes placed on some of the other re-issues in the Cockburn catalogue. This is mainly for two reasons; first, the original album was pretty much a complete unit with songs planned to fit nicely together from beginning to end and the new songs feel like they were just tacked on to the end of the album as a special bonus for collectors, second, the two additional songs were recorded on a cassette player with one microphone and they sound like it. I happen to enjoy having the two additional tunes to listen to because when me and Junior have our annual Cockburn A to Z weekend in which we program the CD player to go through every single Cockburn tune in alphabetical order we have two additional ditties to include in the list. However, some folk might be a little disappointed in the two songs because they aren't up to the standard of everything else on the album when one considers aural quality and musical ambiance. I reckon I'll let you decide what you think and make a purchase according to your own wishes. The price of the version with the extra songs as compared to that without ain't much different, so you might could make your decision on strictly aesthetic grounds.

Great!.......2004-06-14

This is a great CD. The early Bruce was fascinating. I recommend to all Cockburn fans to take a listen to this disc.

The melodies are captivating and nothing less than wonderful. ALmost every song has something to say...and is powerful. Incredible piano during Serpent Blues.

An Early Zen Sense.......2003-11-21

informs this CD from the very beginnging of Cockburn's recording career. The music is acoustically driven, and the lyrics more charged by observations of life in Toronto/Ottawa than on a larger world stage. His attentions tend to look and consider the interior spiritual plain as well. As the cover illustrates, this is a winter type of album, to be listened to fireside.
Musically the guitar work is just so sublime and amazing! The songs are essentially just Bruce, with occasional accompaniement, such as the complex and yet deeply spiritual pace of "Ting/The Cauldron." It was this early display of his absolutely spiritual commitment to his craft that let anyone who was on to Bruce early know that they were being taken into the confidence of a man with something very deep to convey about Music itself. And the songs include some truly masterful efforts: "One Day I Walk," "Love Song,", "You Point To the Sky."
A word about the remastering: it is as sparkling as it can be. Of course, that was the case with the original vinyl and the ESD CD from the 80's. Goes to show what care True North and Bernie Finkelstein put into ensuring and endorsing the quality inherent in Bruce's work. The fact that this was first released in 1971 gives you a sense of the commitment that both artist and management have made to the music.
Refreshing, eh?

Ocean Odyssey & Songs From the Sea Soothing

Average customer rating:

Ocean Odyssey & Songs From the Sea Soothing
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00006L86Y
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Average customer rating:

The Music of Irving Berlin

Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Music of Cole Porter/Music of Vincent Youmans
Music of Jerome Kern
The Ultimate Collection
The Best Ever Mantovani Collection

ASIN: B0000507YQ
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

Music Box Revue: Say It With Music/Remember/Blue Skies
Top Hat: Top Hat, White Tie And Tails/How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
This Is The Army: This Is The Army/Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning/Face The Music: Soft...
What'll I Do/Always/The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
Top Hat: The Piccolino/Top Hat: Cheek To Cheek
Holiday Inn: White Christmas
Annie Get Your Gun: The Girl That I Marry/Say It Isn't So/Ziegfeld Follies: Mandy
Miss Liberty: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor/God Bless America

Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof

Average customer rating:

The best of both Garbareks
Very Unique Outing for Jan Garbarek
extremely interesting recording
Fantastic CD!! Example of great group improvisation from ECM
Photograph

Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof
Jan Garbarek Group
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music

ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music

ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Paths, Prints

ASIN: B00000ARTE
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

Blue Sky
White Cloud
Windows
Red Roof
Wires
The Picture

Customer Reviews:

The best of both Garbareks.......2007-05-11

Not much to add to the previous reviews. This record combines the pensive, impressionistic Garbarek and the passionate free blower. The band is snare drum tight, fluid and really inspired.

Listen to the final track and its climax - "The Picture" dramatically synthesizes the elements depicted musically in previous pieces - it builds, kicks into another gear and leaves one breathless in the last moments.

Very Unique Outing for Jan Garbarek.......2005-04-06

This was an interesting and different premise for an album, and only Jan Garbarek could've pulled this off with such flair. Taking a perfectly ordinary yet very stark photo, Garbarek wrote several pieces based on components of the photo that will hold your attention quite easily. He also deserves extra kudos for putting together an ace band to pull it off, and ESPECIALLY for getting Bill Connors to play electric guitar again (his playing here has a very mercurial and silvery texture to it that fits the music perfectly!)!

Put this on and let it transport you to another world!

extremely interesting recording.......2000-12-16

Beside bringing together a wonderfully sympathetic and sonorous ensemble (noted in an earlier review), this rec. has the intriguing device whereby each composition is inspired by an element in the cover photo... doubly interesting since it's a pretty ordinary photo of a house! The degree to which Garbarek succeeds in capturing something of those various elements is, frankly, astonishing (take "Wires" if you need proof). "Red Roof" I've always heard as evoking a Spanish, matador-like flavor. I'm aware of no other album built on this premise, and the overall result is highly coherent and musical, particularly if you are an ECM appreciator. I'm not the greatest Garbarek fan, due to his tendency to not blending in a musical setting. But I've listened to perhaps 6 or 8 of his works, and this is one of the two best. (the other is "Red Lanta)

Fantastic CD!! Example of great group improvisation from ECM.......2000-11-26

I remember first hearing the song "White Cloud" from this album on the radio when I was in sophomore year in college, one evening at work making pizzas in a pizzeria. I was so moved by it that I could not work while it was playing and I was forced to focus deeply on the music! I tuned everyone and everything, including the hustle and bustle of the pizza shop, completely out!

This group was exceptional and spoke a common language improvisationally. The interplay between Jan Garbarek (Saxes), John Taylor (Piano), Eberhard Weber (Bass), Bill Connors (Guitar) and Jon Christensen (Drums) is fluid. Solos pick up, blend and compliment one another beautifully!! Jan's biting authoritative tone and style is complimented excellently with Eberhard's deep, subtle, grounded bass support with an uncanny use of space and silence to evoke extra feeling. In fact space is well understood by this entire group and it shows. This for me is the best work I have heard from Bill. Jon Christensen and John Taylor are so well matched for this project that I cannot imagine anyone else blending as well as they did in this group. All compositions are by Jan. They are great!

I highly recommend this CD to anyone looking to hear beautiful improvised music from a group that is "locked" in the same groove.

Photograph.......2000-08-05

Of all Garbarek CDs available via AMAZON this one stands apart because of presence of two excellent musicians you won't often find in Garbarek's groups - pianist John Taylor and guitarist Bill Connors. A very good album.

Average customer rating:

Great material on both scores

Inside U.S.A./The Band Wagon

Manufacturer: Sepia Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

A Family Affair
Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968 (1968 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING]
The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast)
Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast)
Two's Company

ASIN: B000AMUUU8
Release Date: 2005-09-12

Tracks:

Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Inside U.S.A.
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Come, Oh Come - Beatrice Lillie
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Blue Grass - Pearl Bailey
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Rhode Island Is Famous for You - Jack Haley, Sr.
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Haunted Heart - Perry Como
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/First Prize at the Fair - Jack Haley, Sr.
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/At the Mardi Gras - Beatrice Lillie
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/My Gal Is Mine Once More
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Atlanta - Beatrice Lillie
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Protect Me - Pearl Bailey
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Rhode Island Is Famous for You
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/Haunted Heart
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/First Prize at the Fair
Inside U.S.A., Musical Revue/My Gal Is Mine Once More
Band Wagon/Overture/Sweet Music/High and Low
Band Wagon/Hoops/Confession/New Sun in the Sky/I Love Louisa
Band Wagon/Ballet Music/Beggar's Waltz
Band Wagon/White Heat/Dancing in the Dark - Fred Astaire
Band Wagon/Dancing in the Dark - George Britton
Band Wagon/High and Low - Edith Adams, George Britton
Band Wagon/I Love Louisa - Harold Lang
Band Wagon/New Sun in the Sky - Harold Lang
Band Wagon/That's Entertainment (From Film of 'The Band Wagon') - India Adams, Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray
Band Wagon/Triplets (From Film of 'The Band Wagon') - Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray
Band Wagon/Louisiana Hayride (From Film of 'The Band Wagon') - Nanette Fabray

Album Description

Features songs from two hit Broadway shows by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz starring Fred Astaire, Perry Como and more. Inside U.S.A. was recorded before the show was fully cast in order to beat the 1948 ASCAP strike, which explains why non-cast members performed some of these songs. Most tracks on CD for the first time!

Customer Reviews:

Great material on both scores.......2005-09-16

"Inside U.S.A." was a huge hit revue with the unique Bea Lillie, Jack Haley of "The Wizard of Oz" and such future names as Carl Reiner (not on the recordings). "Atlanta" was apparently cut as it doesn't appear in any programs of the show, and it is revue material with topical references so younger Broadway fans may wonder what the hell Bea is singing about (Atlanta was known for it's federal prison, imagine her in a neat striped suit and matching pillbox hat with a ball and chain to twirl), but her spirit was perhaps as well captured on these tracks as it ever was in a studio recording. "The Bandwagon" is also wonderful, Fred Astaire at his stage height just before he went Hollywood (with his sister Adele, a bigger star then), and a pioneer recording that was LP length before that existed. All the material by Dietz and Schwartz in it is classic and showed up in the very different film 25 years later. But these recordings may be better, and the sound is brilliant for the time. So, a bargain and let's hope the trove of theater recordings continues to be mined - how about all the Decca recordings of Bea, including the unreleased 60s recordings as well as the two lps from her legendary "Evening with Beatrice Lillie"? (See the Joyce Grenfell "Requests" recent CD for a handfull of the Decca material, beautifully remastered as bonus cuts).

Rock Music:

Rock Music

rock music