Gas [Import]

Track Listings

1. Alegria

2. Dentro

3. Esta Manana He Vuelto Al Barrio

4. No Me Caigo Bien (Me Caigo Mal)

5. Estas (Cuando Tevas)

6. Piel De Pollo

7. Cancion Misiquiera Negra

8. Sr. Correcto

9. Mejor

10. Disfuncion

11. Camerito

12. Cancion De Cuna

13. Madrileko Negua

14. Real

15. No Estoy

Gas,Los Enemigos,Bmg,Latin

Latin

Music

Jazz

Music

Gas [Import]

Tracks:

Classical Gas
Sunflower
Samba Beach
Country Idyll
Saturday Night At The World
Shady Dell
Katydid's Ditty
Greensleeves
Doot-Doot
La Chanson De Claudine
McCall
Vancouver Island
Baroque-A-Nova

Customer Reviews:

classical gas.......2007-07-03

it was great alum/cd. Really liked most of the songs.
Classical gas was good, but look for different verison of the song.

Classical Gas, Guitar Masterpiece.......2007-03-28

I bought this album for "Classical Gas". 1967 the TV show Smothers Brothers was on, Manson Williams was writing for the show, and having been away from his guitar for awhile, he "fueled up", the result was this Masterpiece. If you have never heard it, this is a must. When we heard him play it on the Smothers Brothers, we were stunned! This is a "must" no matter what type of music you are into, I would elevate it to the level of the Brandenburg concerto. This is guitar, you may have heard Flamenco guitar, or any other guitar, but this guitar piece stands alone, classic.

Classical Gas is still a gas.......2007-01-18

This rendition of this "classic" with Mannheim Steamroller is well done. However, most of the other songs are more Mannheim than Mason Williams. Since I like both, this is not a problem for me, but I wish there had been a little more classical guitar in it.

Classical Gas.......2007-01-09

Didn't like it as much as the Christmas tapes, but very nice Manheim. And it came in perfect shape, quickly.

Blessings to Amazon!

NICE COLLABORATION.......2005-12-06

Chip Davis and friends know their way around a good arrangement, and some of these classic guitar tunes by the outragesouly talented Mason Williams do him and the songs justice - most notably the wonderful version of Greensleeves and of course the title track. And, as pure listening fun, the album is overall incredibly pleasant. A nice mix of old and new - and a good hook for those Mannheim Steamroller arrangements.

Average customer rating:

Best of Tomahawk
For me, better in many respects than their first.
clear my schedule
A D R E N A L I N E R U S H with bubbles
It Grows On You

Mit Gas
Tomahawk
Manufacturer: Ipecac Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008NFO5
Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

Birdsong
Rape This Day
You Can't Win
Mayday
Rotgut
Capt. Midnight
Desastre Natural
When The Stars Begin To Fall
Harelip
Harlem Clowns
Aktion 13F14

Customer Reviews:

Best of Tomahawk.......2007-03-17

This CD is really a must for Mike Patton's fans. Excellent sound quality and beautiful package. The music sounds more advanced than the debut Tomahawk album. All mentioned things make it one of my favorites.

For me, better in many respects than their first........2007-02-07

With the debut of Tomahawk 1 my expectations were well exceeded by the layers of emotional catharsis released on much of that album.
For me, the end didn't keep my attention.
Not so on Mit Gas. This is in my opinion a better written, played and produced album from start to finish.
I can listen to this repeatedly and always be happy with it in it's entirety.
I hope they do another, and that they abide to the trajectory of Mit Gas.

clear my schedule.......2006-06-16

This is the payoff on the promise of their s/t debut album. Where that one attempted to pick up where the Jesus Lizard left off (which was not such a good place for that great band to end) with high-sheen riffs and bits of sampling, "Mit Gas" let's the ever-inventive Duane Denison stretch his legs a bit.

The production is a little less polished, too -- which gives this album a scuzzier edge much more appropriate to the sound.

If you buy this, you'll want to take the day off and listen to it over and over.

A D R E N A L I N E R U S H with bubbles.......2006-04-16

Mit Gas is a solid +ss kick of an album, from beginning to end,
only taking a breather with the silly sounding Desastre Natural.

Birdsong- Sinister foreplay in dark, godforsaken bird flu invested woods.

Rape This Day- A high speed train busting out of the rails and
into a building near you.

You Can?t Win- The vicious cycle police-riot-police-riot,
set to the sounds of a homicidal bee hive.

Mayday- A sinking Nuclear Submarine pointing its war heads on
your landlords BMW.

Rotgut- Title says it all, vomiting up chunks of noise from
a whiskey invested liver.

Capt. Midnight- Bittersweet outer body experience.
A story about heartbreak set on an astral plane
that suddenly plunges back towards the Earth?s
surface at 180 bpms.

Desastre Natural- A tree hugging song sung in really bad Spanish
pronounciation.

When The Stars Begin To Fall- Or, a blind date at the edge of
a cliff.

Harelip- Can plastic surgery mend a scarred soul?
How about a free trip to Disney World?

Harlem Clowns- New Jersey Crackheads.

Aktion 13F14- Thou f--king Shalt!!

It Grows On You.......2006-03-29

How could one not like this album?

Well, I didn't. Not the first time I heard it. Not the second time I heard it. Not even the third time I heard it. By the forth and fifth I was hooked and couldn't stop listening.

Songs like Rape This Day and Take Me Away make the cd pop. It's not the screamy mike Patton that I have come to love from some of his other work but many of the songs have some harder more grinding moments where Patton gets a few heart wrenching screams in.

I suggest to anyone who loves Patton that even if you don't like the album the first time around stick with it. It will grow on you and soon enough it will buy a plot of land in your heart.

Average customer rating:

Stellar Debut Album
Relentless, but lacking somewhat
Good stuff.
Somewhere between pretty good and I'm glad I got it half-price
Great Band

All Gas. No Brake.
Stellar Kart
Manufacturer: Word Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000787ZR6
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Student Driver
Second Chances
Come Back Home
Spending Time
Livin' On A Prayer
A Love Song
Superstar
Life Is Good
Tree Climber
Gone Fishin'
Finish Last

Amazon.com

Aptly titled "all gas. no brake," Stellar Kart's energetic debut release is a rollicking ride around the musical track. Stylistically drawing comparisons to Green Day, Blink 182, and early Audio Adrenaline (a self-confessed influence), these four lads from Phoenix know how to rev-up the motor with an infectious brand of punk-pop. It's clear that fuel that drives their engines is one of divine origin as evidenced from the opening chunky power chords of "Student Driver" to the acoustic-flavored sweet harmony of the closing "Finish Last." Jordan Messer (drums) and Tay Sitera (bass) lay down a skin-tight rhythm throughout, allowing the staccato guitar bursts of lead vocalist Adam Agee and Cody Pellerin to ride on top. Another testament to the band's ability is that "all gas.no brake."--their first--ever major label release--was self produced with a quality as high as Christian's music best. Other highlights include the simple-yet-beautiful worship song "A Love Song" and the delightful cover of Bon Jovi's 80's classic "Livin' On A Prayer." So buckle your seat belts, hop in the 'Kart, and enjoy the ride. You won't be sorry. --Michael Lyttle

Album Description

Stellar Kart's focus on youth drives its music and purpose, and the band takes its new role seriously as it prepares to impact youth nationwide with its unique blend of straight-ahead power pop-punk songs and simple message with its debut All Gas. No Brake.

Customer Reviews:

Stellar Debut Album.......2006-12-13

This punk/pop quartet from Phoenix storms onto the scene with their powerful debut, All Gas No Brakes. From the opening riffs of "Student Driver" you know you're in for a power-packed ride through 10 SK originals, plus a uniquely Kart cover of Bon Jovi's classic "Livin' On A Prayer." The album's chart hits are of course top-notch, hook-laden tunes you'll find yourself singing at work and in the car: "Life Is Good", "Finish Last", and "Student Driver." The boys' punk influences grab you by the throat and set your fist defiantly in the air on "Spending Time", "Gone Fishin'", and "Second Chances." The inspirational "Superstar" is a strong statement against teen suicide, while "Come Back Home" drips with the deep emotions of a long-distance romance. The infamously short, 29-second "Tree Climber" will take it's place in your "weird but soooo cool" file. I saw the boys from Stellar Kart in concert in September '06 at HersheyPark, PA, and they rocked the house!! It was the highest energy set I've perhaps ever seen -- just fabulous! Go see them if you can, at the very least purchase this stellar debut album.

Relentless, but lacking somewhat.......2006-08-23

I give stellar kart major props for sticking to their style from start to finish on All Gas. No Break. Never once did I feel like one song here didn't fit with their whole pop-punk/emo style. With that said, though, alot of the material here sounds underproduced. "Student Driver" could have had a better chorus, "Livin' on a prayer" isn't really needed, "Love song" is bad lyrically, "Tree climber" is too short and "gone fishin" has no chorus and ends abruptly.

If you like (old) TSL or Relient K, you'll like Stellar Kart.

Good stuff........2006-08-15

Well I just wrote a review slamming their second album, so I thought I'd weigh in on this one. I really like this album, though its lifespan is not going to be more then a few years. It's good though, and it's energetic, and it's heartfelt. Personally, I can really feel the emotion of the songs, especially when I'm drumming to them. I play bass and drums, and really dig their drummer. I mean he's not revolutionary but he's really tight and holds things together really well, especially with some longer fills, which he nails. I like"Spending Time" the best. Also, the song style/arrangement/structure varies more on this album then their second.

I listen to MxPx, Relient K, even some Underoath and Avenged Sevenfold, and I like these guys and recommend you buy this album. As for their second...eh go read my review

Somewhere between pretty good and I'm glad I got it half-price.......2006-06-29

The originality here is all brake, no gas, but with that said, it's a fun jamming pop/punk album that doesn't let up from start to finish. Comparable to the older "Relient K" sound. Good for when you just need to rock a little. Good solid sound and good cd production. I appreciate the clean lyrics and will enjoy hanging on to this one. I'll probably look into buying their follow-up after this purchase.

Great Band.......2006-01-21

I noticed that a lot of people say that MxPx and The Supertones are a lot better than my favorite bands. I also noticed that everybody says that my favorite bands are overdone. I agree that the style is used a lot, but the point is not the style. It's the words and the way the music gets into your soul. The think I like about listening to a CD, is that I feel like I know the singer after I listen to it.

This is a great CD, and I think that you'd like it if you like other bands like them. Such as Reliant K, Hawk Nelson, Sanctus Real, and a lot of Kutless fans also like them.

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Innovative music
Slop from a slapper
HO HUM --- REALLY NOT INTERESTING AT ALL
Classical With a Twist
Highly Listenable

Vanessa-Mae The Violin Player

Manufacturer: Angel Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002SKU
Release Date: 1998-10-30

Tracks:

Toccata And Fugue In D Minor
Contradanza
Classical Gas
Theme From 'Caravans'
Warm Air
Jazz Will Eat Itself
Widescreen
Tequila Mockingbird
City Theme
Red Hot

Customer Reviews:

Innovative music.......2007-06-03

I have been listening to such contemporary artists as Bond, Yanni, Taleinsin Orchestra,... so I am not a new comer to contemporary fusion classical music. If I had listened to this CD when it first came out almost 10 years ago, I would probably have given it a 5. I am only giving it a four now (maybe a 3.5?) because there are simply other better albums out there - most of the songs here are more classically influenced than its purported to be. Also, while Vanessa-Mae is an accomplished violinist, she is not the most spectacular violnist. At times, she lackes the energy to propell her music to the next level. However, all in all, an enjoyable album, although nothing ground-breaking.

Slop from a slapper.......2005-03-01

This terrible and dull album launched the career of Über-nothing violinist, Vanessa Mae.

It is hard to describe the depth of the level to which this album stoops to be "popular". Low brow? You bet! Exploitative? Oh yeah! Dumbed down Classical Music? Well, that's what we've got here!

Value of this album? Hard to say. I am sure that Vanessa's parents and agent are happy with this prosaic product.

Very dumbed down dumb music - for the legions of philistines and musically naive of the world.

In one word, a "dud".

HO HUM --- REALLY NOT INTERESTING AT ALL.......2003-07-11

As violin technique goes, there is not much here in evidence to get all fired up about. She is an adequete violinist who does just fine with the material she is given, but the only people who are going to think that she is a violinist for the ages are people who don't know anything about violin playing.

That being said, this album had the potential to be interesting, except that the arrangements of Mike Batt are about as flat as one can get. This album seems to be more about Mike Batt's ego than about Vanessa Mae, as Mike perform, conducts, composes & produces practically every piece. This would be fine if the end product was remotely interesting, but of it sounds like it should be background music. The Bach arrangement, with gratuitous techno-pop flourishes thrown in at every opportunity, just bogs down in an effort to be "innovative." Most of Batt's compositions leave no impression whatsoever.

Any lunatic who puts this crossover album in the classical category truly needs to go back to Music Appreciation 101, to be reminded of what classical music is. File this one in the Fluffy Boring Pop category and forget about it.

Classical With a Twist.......2003-07-01

The first notes of Vanessa Mae's The Violin Player sound like a dramatic beginning to a classical composition, but it's not. This album in fact is anything but traditional classical. It's unique, creative, energetic and alive and I give Vanessa props for being brave enough to come out with it. It's hard to be different. The fact that Vanessa did make the music and did it so well says that she's a true artist, something sadly lacking in a world where technical mastery is considered more important than artistic invention. This is a fantastic, fun album that you'll want to listen to again and again, the music hitting something within you and bringing all sorts of energy you didn't know you had bubbling to the surface. If you won't buy it for that reason, then buy it for it's historical significance. It's already plain to me, Vanessa Mae with this album changed the one sided face of classical music forever.

Highly Listenable.......2002-11-13

Let's get this straight upfront: Vanessa Mae is a good violin player, but I've heard plenty better in the classical world today. You buy this CD not for Mae's technique as a violinist (frankly, I'd give her just a 6 or 7 out of 10), but for her innovation - her ground-breaking album that blends the old-style classical music with pop/techno/jazz, and gives that genre of music (which had there for a while even before Mae) the kind of visibility that it did not use to have. This album is novel and upbeat, and is highly listenable both to people who like classical music and those who find it intimdating (or boring). Would especially recommend this to people in their 20s and 30s.

Average customer rating:

Awesome violin Vanessa-Mae
Amazing....

Ultimate Collection

Manufacturer: EMI
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ASIN: B0000DFZ86
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

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I Feel Love (Single Version)
Picante
Red Hot (Symphonic Mix)
Yantra
Bach Street Prelude
Leyanda
Cotton Eyed Joe
I Can Can (You?)
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Scherzo In C Minor For Violin & Piano

Album Description

2003 UK compilation for the world-renowned classical crossover star features 14 tracks. Copy Controlled. EMI Gold. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome violin Vanessa-Mae.......2007-07-21

I 'found' Vanessa-Mae a few years ago. I am so blown away by her unusual talent in classical violin. My all time favorite is Toccata and Fugue. As a classical music lover, this gives me goosebumps. I am wondering why I am not hearing her in this year-2007. It is as if she made these awesome tracks and then no media news about her. That to me is a shame, for we need more real artists, not these talentless pop stars in rehab! This CD is a charm, you will love it!

Amazing...........2005-05-28

she is an Excelent and great violin player, her music is unique, if you love instrumental music, you can't miss it.

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The Ultimate

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Release Date: 2004-02-05

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Classical Gas
Picante
(I) Can, Can (You?)
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Leyenda
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Widescreen
Night Flight
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Allegro (Spring-The Original Four Seasons on 8 No 1)
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
Cotton Eye Joe [Live]

Album Description

Import exclusive compilation for the classical crossover star features 14 tracks including 2 live tracks. Highlights include, 'Red Hot' (Symphonic Mix), 'I Feel Love', 'Classical Gas', 'Picante', '(I) Can, Can (You?)', & many more. Disky. 2003.

Gas Food Lodging / Green on Red [2 Lps on One CD]

Average customer rating:

where's the beef?
What a scam music has become
One of the 80s best!

Gas Food Lodging / Green on Red [2 Lps on One CD]
Green on Red
Manufacturer: Restless Records
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Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

That's What Dreams Were Made For
Black River
Hair Of The Dog
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Fading Away
Easy Way Out
Sixteen Ways
The Drifter
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We Shall Overcome
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When Green on Red, the self-titled CD in this two-title reissue, was released in 1982, the originally Arizona-based Green on Red were bracketed with Los Angeles' Paisley Underground clique, then spearheaded by Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, and the Bangles. Green on Red were always a little wilder. Though cheaply produced, Green on Red is a singular debut. By the time Gas Food Lodging was recorded, Green on Red had added guitarist Chuck Prophet, whose virtuosity anchored tracks such as "That's What Dreams Were Made For" and "Hair of the Dog." Sonic and spiritual followers of Neil Young and Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green on Red made music that still sounds remarkably fresh. --Andrew Mueller

Album Description

Reissue of two classic albums on one specially-priced CD from L.A.-via-Arizona band Green On Red. The bands early history in the Paisley Underground movement is documented here on their self-titled 1982 debut. Gas Food & Lodging is their 1985 effort with addition of young Austin guitarist Chuck Prophet. Restless. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

where's the beef?.......2004-08-04

i bought this after hearing mike heidorn, the drummer of uncle tupelo, mention them in an interview as being a band of similar strain that he respected at the time his band was gaining noteriety. well, mike, yes and no. honestly, i expected a lot, and ended up thinking that i had expected more. this was an impulse buy...i saw it in my favorite store randomly, a new reissue of this band-i-had-read-about's best album with an early EP thrown in for good measure. so i got it, and expected something as genuine and rough-sounding as uncle tupelo's first two records. but this is WAY more produced and slick than those records, and that sort of ruined the experience for me. i'll have to revisit this soon to see if i still feel the same way. the songs, for their part, are uniformly solid and sometimes wonderful, as in the almost-hit "sixteen days" which sounds like a song steve earle might have made legitimately famous had it been his own. all the same, this record is infinitely superior to their very vanilla "best of" collection.

What a scam music has become.......2004-06-22

Next to the DeBeers running the Diamond business scam, music has become the greatest scam of all time. Britney Speers goes multiplatinum and yet nobody knows who the hell Green On Red is.

These CDs are extremely good, as good as anything that Neil Young has released.

Of course, nobody will read this review though because nobody has bought a Green On Red CD for about 7 years now.

One of the 80s best!.......2003-04-25

Take the 15 bucks and buy this album. This is where Son Volt, Wilco, Whiskeytown, Old 97s and any other band in this genre got their inspiration.
Gas, Food, Lodging ranks right up there with The Del Fuegos: The Longest Day & Boston, MA, The Meat Puppets: II, REM: Murmur, The Replacements: Let it Be, Guadalcanal Diary: Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man, Husker Du: Flip Your Wig, Zen Arcade & New Day Rising, The Long Ryders: State of Our Union, The Minutemen: Double Nickles on the Dime, The Beat Farmers: Tales from the New West and Camper Van Beethoven: Telephone Free Landslide Victory as some of the greatest albums of the 1980s.
Take advantage of this re-release...for its been a long time coming.

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Return to Sanity
Have Some Madeira
British humour at its best
If you haven't heard this...
Gentle Satire

Complete Flanders & Swann

Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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Twice Shy
Commonwealth Fair
P** P* B**** B** D******
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Food For Thought

Album Details

Fantastic Triple CD Box Set of the Recorded Works of One of Britain's Most Popular Comedy Duos. Their Keen Observations of Everyday British Life and Abilities to Exemplify them in Song Made them the Darlings of the UK. Cleverness, Wit and Absoute Hilarity were the Order of the Day, in Just About Any Style of Music. Pure Comic Genius on Three Discs!

Customer Reviews:

Return to Sanity.......2005-07-27

Before Monty Python, before the Beatles, before "'Enery the Aigth Oi Am" there was the subtle, sweet, insdious humor of Flanders and Swann, and their lyrics remain part of the recognition rituals of Ivy Leaguers of the sixties. For any aging hippies or yuppies who find life WAY more stressful than we ever expected, and for whom the down side of alcohol, sex, and drugs has become apparent, I recommend listening several times to "In the Bath". It raises a cry for peace among the nations by inviting all the leaders to sit congenially steaming in a communal bathtub. And they reminding us of our essential self-interest when they add the proviso "as long as Swann and Flanders get the end without the taps." On those nights when we suspect that there isn't any point to it all, reach for the Flanders and Swann. They won't convince you there is any meaning to life, but they'll make it a lot easier to bear. Don't even try to do without it.

Have Some Madeira.......2005-07-06

Not every line in Flanders and Swann has become part of our 37-year marriage, but many have. As our turntables fail, we are pleased that we can relive all the fun stuff we used to collect. Nothing is like this duo, especially what you usually hear as French horn by Mozart converted into "I found that horn go(r)ne." And, of course,
"Have some Madeira, m'dear" is an all-time favorite.

British humour at its best.......2003-03-15

When I started out as a teacher of English, I had the most wonderful colleague as a mentor -- when she retired she gave me three LPs with much of what is on these CDs, and it must be one of the best gifts I have ever been given. Practically all of it makes me smile or laugh out loud (although I must admit that some, like The Armadillo and Slow Train, make me so melancholy that I can just feel my lower lip tremble and my eyes fill up). How can you beat lines like "Hail to thee, blithe Wompom", or "The English are moral, the English are good / And clever, and modest, and misunderstood"? I find they make great listening exercises for my teenaged students as well -- they consider it ancient, but incredibly funny!

If you haven't heard this..........2003-01-16

The great comedic pairing of the late Michael Flanders (vocals) and Donald Swann (piano and occasional vocals) must surely rank among the hall of fame of comic singers and songwriters. Descended from the British music hall tradition, these two men wrote and performed music which still sparkles with wit today, some 40 or more years since it was recorded.

After being told to take up singing as a means of strengthening his polio-weakened lungs, the wheelchair-bound Flanders teamed up with pianist Swann and proceeded to write such classic songs as "The Hippo Song (Mud Mud Glorious Mud)", "The Gasman Cometh", "The Gnu Song", "A Transport of Delight" and many others. As well as a gently satirical spirit, all these songs feature the sublime wordplay and interplay of both men.

The first two discs of this box set are actual concerts - "At The Drop Of A Hat" and its successor "At The Drop Of Another Hat". Recorded at the height of the duo's popularity and form, the sound quality is surprisingly good for recordings this old.

"At The Drop Of A Hat" opens with three of the Flanders and Swann classics. "Transport Of Delight", a song in praise of the "97 horsepower omnibus" features the wonderful harmonies of the duo on lines like "any more fares" and Flanders' dead-on impression of a London busdriver "Geddardait, we're full right up inside". "Song of Reproduction" deals with the new, as it was then, stereo technology and features Flanders delivering an incredible monologue using every conceivable piece of audiophile jargon. "The Gnu Song" (in which "gnu" is pronounced phonetically) is a real treat. The audience's reaction to the reappearance of the gnu is superb.
As well as this opening trio, the disc features Flanders' snippets of "Songs For Our Time" (in which he experiments with conventions of hit songs), "Song of the Weather" (a rundown of English weather throughout the year), "The Reluctant Cannibal" (featuring Swann in the tititular role and the chorus "I can't eat people/I won't eat people/eatin' people is wrong"), Swann's foray into Greek folksong "Kokraki" and the justifiably famous "Madeira M'Dear". The performance ends with a rousing version of "The Hippo Song".
Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy. The story behind "The Gnu Song" is an absolute masterpiece. Flanders' monologue about the creation of "Greensleeves" is also superb - "'Greenfleeves'. That's an interesting name for a fong" (referencing old English script) being just a taste.

"Another Hat" begins in equally fine form with "Gasman Cometh" and "Ill Wind". "Gasman", presaged as "a tale of unending domestic upheaval", is sure to have most people who've ever dealt with unreliable tradesmen nodding in agreement, while "Ill Wind" is Flanders' attempt at setting words to a French horn concerto featuring the immortal lines "I lost that horn/lost that horn/lost that horn/found that horn/gorn". The performance continues with Swann's Russian/English song "In The Desert", the ending of which is truly side-splitting. "All Gall" (a reinterpretation of "This Old Man" to fit then-French President Charles de Gaulle) is a little dated but very cleverly done. "Song of Patriotic Prejudice", with its introduction and opening lines grabbing the audience's attention is another triumph, while the "Hippo Encore" is a great end to the performance.
Again Flanders is at his peak. His loving description of the Spanish olive-stuffers ("Olividados") and his superb story about flying ("By Air") are both brilliant examples of the shaggy dog story.
My favourite from both of these discs would have to be "First and Second Law". Flanders decides to educate Swann in elementary science and picks on the first and second laws of thermodynamics ("heat is work and work is heat" and "heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body") and the repetition of these phrases in time to Swann's barely-there piano accompaniment is one of the finest moments in British comedy.

The third disc is largely forgettable. It begins with a series of animal-related songs performed in a studio and without much of Flanders' rambling introductions. "Warthog" has its moments, while the others were clearly not performed in front of an audience for a reason. "Wompom" is also mildly diverting, presenting a story about a made-up substance which is the answer to everything.
The rest of the disc is then filled out with much earlier material in a rather poorly-recorded concert. "20 Tons of TNT" (related to the calculation the pair had done which gave that as the amount of TNT per person on the planet at the time) provides food for thought, but little more.

Is this box set for everyone? No. Much of the humour both within and without the songs does require a bit of background knowledge to what was going on in Britain and Europe at the time (1960s), John Profumo is referenced a few times as well as Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market, while a smattering of classical music knowledge can help out a bit with Swann's work and "Ill Wind". The fact that my grandfather (who's in his late 70s) recalls hearing these songs and laughing may give an indication as to the age of some of the subject matter. Equally the fact that "First and Second Law" references an awful lot of physics might do the same.

Nevertheless, for anyone who loves British humour done in a gentle manner or who is interested in the source of "mud mud glorious mud/nothing quite like it for cooling the blood", give these CDs some serious consideration.

Gentle Satire.......2002-04-03

I've been singing Flanders and Swann every day In the Bath since I first heard them in 1964. If you don't know them, think Gilbert and Sullivan by way of English music hall and Noel Coward, with a bit of Tom Lehrer musical satire and classic Bob Newhart or Charlie Manna monologues. F&S commented gently on their times: "The purpose of satire, it has been rightly said, is to strip away the veneer of comfortable illusion and cozy half-truth. And our job, as I see it, is to put it back again." Quite simply the best comic songs and patter of the 20th century. Michael died in 1975, Donald in 1994. Goodnight, Mabel Figworthy, wherever you are.

Here are some samples of Michael's verbal wit.

Wordplay:
- "A Transport of Delight," their song of the pleasures of the double-decker bus "has recently been adopted as the theme song of the Underground resistance movement."
- Speculating that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves: "and the royalties go to royalty."
- About a tennis referee late in the day: "the umpire upon whom the sun never sets."
- Explaining how he was hoisted in his wheelchair onto airliners by a fork lift: "Why they need a great machine like that to lift forks I do not know. Well, they're only plastic, now, aren't they?"
- On status symbols: "The object is to Gunga Din your neighbor: 'I'm a better man than you' is the acid test," and, "let's bang our status cymbals with the best."
- To a disenchanted cannibal: "You used to be a regular anthropophagi."
- Of a lecher: "And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps," while the girl "lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes, and his hopes."
- At the corrida d'olivas (the Andorran festival of olive stuffing, not to be confused with the Spanish corrida de toros, or bullfight): "And a great cry goes up of Ole! He has made an 'ol."
- "It's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him like you would to anybody else, 'Good morning, how are you, lend me a quid, and so on.' He'll just glare at you, or make a rude retort."

Throw-aways
- During the height of the cold war the Soviet Union sent the Moscow Ballet on a world tour. Donald sang one chorus of the Hippopotamus Song "mud, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood" in Russian. Michael: "That should improve our cultural relations."
- During the 1963 Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler scandal: "None of that going around saying no smoke without fire. Nil cumbustibus, Profumo." Also, from "Friendly Duet," "such models of friendship are precious and rare, while the friendship of models is not."
- "Now if you're writing a musical, as I'm sure practically all of you are, . . ."
- Of Donald: "You know that no one has a higher regard for your music . . . than you do yourself. I merely meant that you are not great because you are not dead. If you wish to be great you must stop composing and start decomposing."
- "We never found a rhyme for (Soviet Premier Nikita) "Kruschev" until he was dead: Did he die or was he "pushed off"?"
- "We spent two dreadful, uh, delightful years, entertaining the Americans whose need, let's face it, is greater even than yours. Of course, when we're over there we say that the other way 'round."
- "No matter what you may say about the Germans, and who doesn't . . ."
- "Some of the songs that have made our names a household word, like slop-bucket . . ."
- "They've started testing cars now. They started at 10 years, then 5, now three. There's even some talk of having them tested before they leave the factory."

Absurdities
- "I'm delirious about our new oven fitted with the eye-level grill. This means that without my having to bend down the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye."
- A spectator during the construction of Stonehenge: "So, it's not going to be lived in. Well, that's something anyway. So what is it, then? It's a what?! A calendar?! A bit big for a calendar isn't it? You'd look pretty foolish with that on your desk."
- "Donald knocked himself out this morning. Got one of those new pop-up toasters. Nasty things."

Incredible multiple rhymes:
- "The fair hippoptama he aimed to entice from her seat on her hilltop above, as she hadn't got a ma to give her advice, went tip-toeing down to her love."
- Of Josephine: "Nonsense, said Bonaparte. She lives on her own, apart, in her own apartment."
- "Oh let us be married if our parents don't mind. We'd be happy and inseparable. Inextricably entwined. We'd live happily every after, said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed."
- "And you'll always see a single lace-less left-hand leather boot. A bootless British river bank's a shock. We leave them there at midnight, you can track a member's route by the alternating print of boot and sock."

The Best of Flanders & Swan - A Transport of Delight
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1950's British Humor Meets "The Daily Show"

Not quite the best, but pretty good...

wonderful!

Funny and very English songs

The Best of Flanders & Swan - A Transport of Delight

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Tracks:

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Customer Reviews:

1950's British Humor Meets "The Daily Show".......2007-01-10

Combine John Stewart ("The Daily Show") with cabaret and set it in 1950's England -- you've got Flanders & Swan. Funny. Insightful. Cutting. Wise. Fun. How can you go wrong? The singing duo were a delight and their humor feels as timely now as it must have forty years ago. Highly recommended.

Not quite the best, but pretty good..........2006-06-25

Flanders and Swann were brilliant, witty songwriters who wrote acute but subtle satire (among other things). In spite of the title, this record is not a "Best Of" collection, but a repackaging of their two best-known albums, "At the Drop of a Hat" and "At the Drop of Another Hat." A lot of people don't realize that there were two recordings of "At the Drop of a Hat": the first, produced by George Martin for Parlophone, was recorded during its original run at the Fortune Theatre in London in the late '50s, and is much better than the Angel Records version recorded on Broadway. This reissue, unfortunately, uses the Broadway version, in which Flanders seems a little bored with the material (or perhaps unsure that the American audience will get some of the jokes) and tends to rush the punch lines. This collection also omits one of the best songs from "At the Drop of a Hat"(which certainly belongs on any CD with this title), the conscientious-objection allegory "The Reluctant Cannibal."

While this is well worth listening to, your money would be better spent on the original "Hats" in their complete form (with "Cannibal"), preferably the Martin-produced version, if it's still available.

wonderful!.......2006-03-15

This live recording of some of the best loved Flanders and Swann songs is truly a transport of delight!

Funny and very English songs.......2003-06-05

Michael Flanders and Donald Swan composed and sang their own amusing songs, accompanied by Donald Swan playing the piano. Flanders was a large man in a wheelchair and Swan a slight man. Good natured, somewhat dry, very English lyrics, and somewhat dated as they were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. They did wonderful stage shows in those simpler times.

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Better than I remember....

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Better than I remember...........2007-04-14

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