Buzz Me In

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It's hard to tell whether each Jack Logan album is composed of fresh new tunes or culled from the 700-plus tracks he had already written when his debut 42-song double album, Bulk, was released in 1994. Ultimately, it doesn't matter, because Logan is not only one of the most prolific songwriters on the scene, he's also one of the most passionate and articulate. Buzz Me In, Logan's fourth full-length record, is his most well-oiled effort to date--cohesive in tone and sonically pristine (thanks to production by Clash knob-twister Kosmo Vinyl). Instead of vaulting musical genres as in the past, Logan maintains a rootsy approach throughout, and then experiments with individual orchestration and dynamics within each track. Gospel choirs, strings, sax, congas, and bongos are sprinkled across the record, but they never impair the flow of the disc. While Logan is backed once again by the stalwart Liquor Cabinets (Kelly Keneipp and Dave Philips), Buzz Me In also features a wide range of guests, including Vic Chesnutt and Sam Skelton, who give the songs extra dimension. But it's Logan's voice--an affecting blend of Bruce Springsteen and Mark Lanegan--that best unifies Buzz Me In. I'm in. --Jon Wiederhorn

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Buzz Me In
Teen Idols for a Moment
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Rare, hard-to-find recordings
 Teen Idols for a Moment
George Hamilton IV , Tommy Facenda , Tab Hunter , Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens , Donnie Brooks , Eddie Hodges , Richard Chamberlain , Joey Powers , Dale Ward , and Mark Dinning
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RC885A

Product Description

One of the first releases from Collector's Choice Music, this rare CD contains 24 "Teen Idol" songs from the 50's and 60's. Track list: 1. George Hamilton IV "A Rose and a Baby Ruth", 2. Tab Hunter "Young Love", 3. Tommy Sands "Teen-age Crush", 4. Sal Mineo "Start Movin' (In My Direction), 5. Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)", 6. Carl Dobkins Jr. "My Heart is an Open Book", 7. Tommy Facenda "High School U.S.A.", 8. Mark Dinning "Teen Angel", 9. Johnny Ferguson "Angela Jones", 10. Donnie Brooks "Mission Bells", 11. Donnie Brooks "Doll House", 12. Buzz Clifford "Baby Sittin' Boogie", 13. Eddie Hodges "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door", 14. Tony Orlando "Bless You", 15. Bobby Curtola "Fortuneteller", 16. Johnny Crawford "Cindy's Birthday", 17. Richard Chamberlain "Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)", 18. Eddie Hodges "(Girls, Girls, Girls Were) Made to Love", 19. Dickey Lee "Patches", 20. Mike Clifford "Close to Cathy", 21. Trade Martin "That Stranger Used to Be My Girl", 22. Richard Chamberlain "All I Have to Do is Dream", 23. Joey Powers "Midnight Mary (Single Version)", and 24. Dale Ward "A Letter from Sherry".

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Rare, hard-to-find recordings.......2007-07-04

If you are into the 60's style, this is a great CD for you. It has so many unusual offerings that you never see on other CD's. There were some that I remembered vaguely, such as Trade Martin's "That Stranger Used to Be My Girl, but also many are new favorites for me. The price is rather high at this time, but it is a good addition for any 60's music collector.
Buzz Me In
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Major Label Money Backs a Lo-fi Genius
  • He's my first cousin!
  • Worth Your While
  • "Buzz"ing Around
  • Best smelling album of the year!
 Buzz Me In
Jack Logan
Manufacturer: Velocette
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005NGW6
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

  1. I Brake For God
  2. All Grown Up
  3. Hit Or Miss
  4. Melancholy Girl
  5. Worldly Possessions
  6. Anytime
  7. Metropolis
  8. Glorious World
  9. Diving Deeper
  10. The Possibilities
  11. Pearl Of Them All
  12. Weren't Gone Long
  13. Gimme A Room
  14. Ordinary Person

Amazon.com

It's hard to tell whether each Jack Logan album is composed of fresh new tunes or culled from the 700-plus tracks he had already written when his debut 42-song double album, Bulk, was released in 1994. Ultimately, it doesn't matter, because Logan is not only one of the most prolific songwriters on the scene, he's also one of the most passionate and articulate. Buzz Me In, Logan's fourth full-length record, is his most well-oiled effort to date--cohesive in tone and sonically pristine (thanks to production by Clash knob-twister Kosmo Vinyl). Instead of vaulting musical genres as in the past, Logan maintains a rootsy approach throughout, and then experiments with individual orchestration and dynamics within each track. Gospel choirs, strings, sax, congas, and bongos are sprinkled across the record, but they never impair the flow of the disc. While Logan is backed once again by the stalwart Liquor Cabinets (Kelly Keneipp and Dave Philips), Buzz Me In also features a wide range of guests, including Vic Chesnutt and Sam Skelton, who give the songs extra dimension. But it's Logan's voice--an affecting blend of Bruce Springsteen and Mark Lanegan--that best unifies Buzz Me In. I'm in. --Jon Wiederhorn

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Major Label Money Backs a Lo-fi Genius.......2001-09-09

"Buzz Me In" is Jack Logan's first "fancy" studio recording. Logan is a man who seems more at home recording, well, at home. But this album proves that if you give the man money and the means, he can craft a beautiful album.

In most ways, it's a typically Jack Logan record--genre-hopping, stylistically all over the map, with lyrics focusing a common man's lament over love's lost, chances not taken, and celebrations of the little victories life presents once in a while.

Logan creates songs that often defy pigeon-holing, possibly due to the large number of influences he tries to incorporate. The first track, "I Brake For God" is certainly one of those songs--while lyrically reminiscient of old blues numbers (Logan is from Georgia, and the blues is one of his key influences) the musical structure is something else altogether.

The next track, "All Grown Up", would be right at home on a Black Crowes or Rolling Stones album. "Hit or Miss" is a string quartet driven song with lyrics that somehow take the idea of listening to a broken ceiling fan and make it sound beautiful.

Logan is a talented lyricist, and has a disarmingly emotive vocal style. He is also surrounded by talented friends (listen for Vic Chesnutt's Trombone Cameo on "Diving Deeper").

I have the feeling I may be preaching to the choir--I suspect anyone reading Jack Logan reviews is already a fan. However, if you have never heard Jack Logan, this album is certainly an excellent introduction to his varied and somewhat hard to find catalog of work.

I have to add this--I have yet to find a single person not entranced by the song "Glorious World". It is pure Jack, and Logan at his best is quite simply one of the best American songwriters alive today, and he is criminally underrated.

4 out of 5 stars He's my first cousin!.......2001-02-07

I have an original "Jack Logan" hanging in my house. A poem he wrote at age eleven about our grandparent's home town. It was the first amazing sample of a truly gifted poet. I am truly amazed at his writing ability, and think EVERYONE should listen to Buzz Me In and all his other music!

4 out of 5 stars Worth Your While.......2000-10-29

This CD has its high point right at the beginning with I Brake for God, a mid-tempo rocker of open window driving and the Supreme Being. If nothing on the rest of the CD quite measures up to that near perfect pop two and one-half minutes, all of it is good, solid music with some almost blues (Gimme a Room), two exceptional ballads (Melancholy Girl and Anytime), and the memorable Pearl of the All which reaches way across the years to remind this listener at least of Janis Joplin, although almost certainly (Logan probably would have been all of 10 or so when Janis died) it is not about her. Logan's voice is pleasant on the ear, calling to mind Dave Alvin, and the playing is first-rate tight. He will never be a household word, but Logan is a distinctive voice in the signer/songwriter niche and if you stumble across this CD, it's worth having.

4 out of 5 stars "Buzz"ing Around.......2000-01-01

Logan has worked in so many different fields that BUZZ ME IN often comes off as musical schizophrenia for first time Logan listeners or long-time fans. Let's call him a great songwriter adept at writing slice-o'-life stuff and intimate, emotional experiences. The music is rich with invention (from bare bones acoustic settings to slightly orchestrated arrangements) and the songs are often brief set-pieces that always reward and never bore.

4 out of 5 stars Best smelling album of the year!.......1999-09-05

The insert booklet is really slick coated paper--smells similar to the Aja record jacket. You'll like it. The music's good too.
Great Musicals
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Great Musicals

    Manufacturer: Rajon
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by BernsteinAll Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by GershwinAll Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Rodgers, RichardRodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Modern & 20th CenturyModern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    EnglishEnglish | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Musical TheaterMusical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B000682FF4
    Release Date: 2004-11-15

    Tracks:

    1. Oklahoma Suite: Oklahoma!/Oh, What a Beautiful Morning/The Surrey With
    2. My Fair Lady Suite: Ascot Gavotte/Wouldn't It Be Loverly?/With a ...
    3. Annie Get Your Gun Suite: Doin' What Comes Natur'lly/You Can't Get ...
    4. King and I Suite: The March of Siamese Children/I Whistle a Happy Tune
    5. Sound of Music Suite: The Sound of Music/My Favourite Things/Do-Re-Mi
    6. West Side Story: The Jet Song/America/Tonight/Something's Coming/Maria

    Tracks:

    1. Porgy and Bess Suite: Summertime/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'/I Loves ...
    2. South Pacific Suite: Bali Ha'i/A Cockeyed Optimist/Some Enchanted ...
    3. Guys and Dolls Suite: Luck Be a Lady/Fugue for Tinhorns/Follow the ...
    4. Carousel Suite: The Carousel Waltz/Mister Snow/June Is Bustin' Out All

    Tracks:

    1. Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will ...
    2. Evita: Don't Cry for Me Argentina/Another Suitcase in Another Hall
    3. Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus Christ Superstar/I Don't Know How to ...
    4. Cats: Memory/Macavity the Mystery Cat/Mister Misoffeles
    5. Phantom of the Opera: Phantom of the Opera/All I Ask of You/Angel ...

    Album Description

    Australian exclusive 3-CD set from the Rajon label's 'Great Series'. 2004.
    Buzz Me In
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Major Label Money Backs a Lo-fi Genius
    • He's my first cousin!
    • Worth Your While
    • "Buzz"ing Around
    • Best smelling album of the year!
    		 Buzz Me In
    Jack Logan
    Manufacturer: Capricorn / Umgd
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Lo-FiLo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Singer-SongwritersSinger-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00000IP90
    Release Date: 1999-05-11

    Tracks:

    1. I Brake For God
    2. All Grown Up
    3. Hit Or Miss
    4. Melancholy Girl
    5. Worldly Possessions
    6. Anytime
    7. Metropolis
    8. Glorious World
    9. Diving Deeper
    10. The Possibilities
    11. Pearl Of Them All
    12. Weren't Gone Long
    13. Gimme A Room
    14. Ordinary Person

    Amazon.com

    It's hard to tell whether each Jack Logan album is composed of fresh new tunes or culled from the 700-plus tracks he had already written when his debut 42-song double album, Bulk, was released in 1994. Ultimately, it doesn't matter, because Logan is not only one of the most prolific songwriters on the scene, he's also one of the most passionate and articulate. Buzz Me In, Logan's fourth full-length record, is his most well-oiled effort to date--cohesive in tone and sonically pristine (thanks to production by Clash knob-twister Kosmo Vinyl). Instead of vaulting musical genres as in the past, Logan maintains a rootsy approach throughout, and then experiments with individual orchestration and dynamics within each track. Gospel choirs, strings, sax, congas, and bongos are sprinkled across the record, but they never impair the flow of the disc. While Logan is backed once again by the stalwart Liquor Cabinets (Kelly Keneipp and Dave Philips), Buzz Me In also features a wide range of guests, including Vic Chesnutt and Sam Skelton, who give the songs extra dimension. But it's Logan's voice--an affecting blend of Bruce Springsteen and Mark Lanegan--that best unifies Buzz Me In. I'm in. --Jon Wiederhorn

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Major Label Money Backs a Lo-fi Genius.......2001-09-09

    "Buzz Me In" is Jack Logan's first "fancy" studio recording. Logan is a man who seems more at home recording, well, at home. But this album proves that if you give the man money and the means, he can craft a beautiful album.

    In most ways, it's a typically Jack Logan record--genre-hopping, stylistically all over the map, with lyrics focusing a common man's lament over love's lost, chances not taken, and celebrations of the little victories life presents once in a while.

    Logan creates songs that often defy pigeon-holing, possibly due to the large number of influences he tries to incorporate. The first track, "I Brake For God" is certainly one of those songs--while lyrically reminiscient of old blues numbers (Logan is from Georgia, and the blues is one of his key influences) the musical structure is something else altogether.

    The next track, "All Grown Up", would be right at home on a Black Crowes or Rolling Stones album. "Hit or Miss" is a string quartet driven song with lyrics that somehow take the idea of listening to a broken ceiling fan and make it sound beautiful.

    Logan is a talented lyricist, and has a disarmingly emotive vocal style. He is also surrounded by talented friends (listen for Vic Chesnutt's Trombone Cameo on "Diving Deeper").

    I have the feeling I may be preaching to the choir--I suspect anyone reading Jack Logan reviews is already a fan. However, if you have never heard Jack Logan, this album is certainly an excellent introduction to his varied and somewhat hard to find catalog of work.

    I have to add this--I have yet to find a single person not entranced by the song "Glorious World". It is pure Jack, and Logan at his best is quite simply one of the best American songwriters alive today, and he is criminally underrated.

    4 out of 5 stars He's my first cousin!.......2001-02-07

    I have an original "Jack Logan" hanging in my house. A poem he wrote at age eleven about our grandparent's home town. It was the first amazing sample of a truly gifted poet. I am truly amazed at his writing ability, and think EVERYONE should listen to Buzz Me In and all his other music!

    4 out of 5 stars Worth Your While.......2000-10-29

    This CD has its high point right at the beginning with I Brake for God, a mid-tempo rocker of open window driving and the Supreme Being. If nothing on the rest of the CD quite measures up to that near perfect pop two and one-half minutes, all of it is good, solid music with some almost blues (Gimme a Room), two exceptional ballads (Melancholy Girl and Anytime), and the memorable Pearl of the All which reaches way across the years to remind this listener at least of Janis Joplin, although almost certainly (Logan probably would have been all of 10 or so when Janis died) it is not about her. Logan's voice is pleasant on the ear, calling to mind Dave Alvin, and the playing is first-rate tight. He will never be a household word, but Logan is a distinctive voice in the signer/songwriter niche and if you stumble across this CD, it's worth having.

    4 out of 5 stars "Buzz"ing Around.......2000-01-01

    Logan has worked in so many different fields that BUZZ ME IN often comes off as musical schizophrenia for first time Logan listeners or long-time fans. Let's call him a great songwriter adept at writing slice-o'-life stuff and intimate, emotional experiences. The music is rich with invention (from bare bones acoustic settings to slightly orchestrated arrangements) and the songs are often brief set-pieces that always reward and never bore.

    4 out of 5 stars Best smelling album of the year!.......1999-09-05

    The insert booklet is really slick coated paper--smells similar to the Aja record jacket. You'll like it. The music's good too.
    The Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    • WARNING - Not cast recordings !!
    		 The Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Manufacturer: Madacy Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Musical TheaterMusical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
    Orchestral PopOrchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
    ClassicalClassical | Box Sets | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B000000L9B
    Release Date: 1995-07-14

    Tracks:

    1. Phantom Of The Opera: Phantom Of The Opera (Main Theme)
    2. Phantom Of The Opera: Music Of The Night
    3. Evita: Don't Cry For Me Agentina
    4. Evita: Another Suitcase
    5. Barcelona 1992 Olympic Theme: Amigo Para Siempre
    6. Jesus Christ Superstar: Everthing's All Right
    7. Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know How To Love Him
    8. Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus Christ Superstar (Main Theme)
    9. Cats: Gus The Theatre Cat
    10. Cats: Macavity The Mystery Cat
    11. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will Do
    12. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: One More Angel In Heaven

    Tracks:

    1. Cats: Memory
    2. Cats: Mr. Mistoffelees
    3. Jesus Christ Superstar: Overture
    4. Jesus Christ Superstar: What's The Buzz
    5. Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You
    6. Phantom Of The Opera: Angel Of Music
    7. Phantom Of The Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
    8. Evita: On The Night Of A Thousand Stars
    9. Evita: Oh! What A Circus
    10. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Close Every Door
    11. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Joseph Dreams
    12. Starlight Express: Starlight Express (Main Theme)

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars WARNING - Not cast recordings !!.......2002-09-24

    I was expecting to hear a selection of cast recordings on this CD set, but instead I heard some 'interesting' interpretations of the original work by an orchestra and singers I'd never heard of. It may be the same basic melody, but the production is abysmal. Now I know why it was [inexpensive].
    Buzz Me In
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Buzz Me In
      Logan , and Jack
      Manufacturer: Capricorn
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B000LXEMR8
      The Sounds: Songs From the Debut Ep (Living in America / Dance with Me)
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		The Sounds: Songs From the Debut Ep (Living in America / Dance with Me)
        The Sounds
        Manufacturer: New Line Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000QHO102

        Product Description

        Tracks: 1. Living in America; 2. Dance with Me. Limited Edition Compact Disc Release.

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