Latin-Soul-Rock [Live] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Viva Tirado

2. Chanchullo

3. Smoke

4. There You Go

5. Mama Guela

6. Raton

7. Soul Makossa

8. Congo Bongo

Latin-Soul-Rock,Fania All-Stars,Fania,Latin,New York Salsa,Salsa,Tropical

Tracks:

To Know His Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears
Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson
Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney
I Love How You Love Me - The Paris Sisters
Under The Moon Of Love - Curtis Lee
There's No Other Like My Baby - The Crystals
Uptown - The Crystals
He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Crystals
He's A Rebel - The Crystals
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
Puddin' N' Tain - The Alley Cats
He's Sure The Boy I Love - The Crystals
Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Darlene Love
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
Heartbreaker - The Crystals
Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love - Veronica
Chapel Of Love - Darlene Love
Not Too Young To Get Married - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home - Darlene Love
All Grown Up - The Crystals

Tracks:

Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
A Fine, Fine Boy - Darlene Love
Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes
I Wonder - The Ronettes
Girls Can Tell - The Crystals
Little Boy - The Crystals
Hold Me Tight - The Treasures
(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up - The Ronettes
Soldier Baby Of Mine - The Ronettes
Strange Love - Darlene Love
Stumble And Fall - Darlene Love
When I Saw You - The Ronettes
So Young - Veronica
Do I Love You? - The Ronettes
Keep On Dancing - The Ronettes
You, Baby - The Ronettes
Woman In Love (With You) - The Ronettes
Walking In The Rain - The Ronettes

Tracks:

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers
Born To Be Together - The Ronettes
Just Once In My Life - The Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Is This What I Get For Loving You? - The Ronettes
Long Way To Be Happy - Darlene Love
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - The Righteous Brothers
Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers
This Could Be The Night - The Modern Folk Quartet
Paradise - The Ronettes
River Deep-Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
I'll Never Need More Than This - Ike & Tina Turner
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) - Ike & Tina Turner
Save The Last Dance For Me - Ike & Tina Turner
I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine - The Ronettes
You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - The Ronettes
Black Pearl - Sonny Charles And The Checkmates
Love Is All I have To Give - The Checkmates

Tracks:

White Christmas - Darlene Love
Frosty The Snowman - The Ronettes
The Bells of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Crystals
Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
Silent Night - Phil Spector and Artists

Amazon.com

Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled "the Phil Spector of rap." That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him Is to Love Him," its title inspired by the inscription on his father's tombstone). By 19 he was head of A&R for Atlantic Records. By the time he was 22, he'd founded his own label (Philles) and was churning out Wall of Sound hits at an unprecedented clip, beginning with the Crystals' "He's a Rebel." The four-disc Back to Mono befits its singular subject in both presentation (the richly annotated booklet includes a piece by Tom Wolfe) and content (60 songs cut between 1958 and 1969, plus the entire classic Yuletide LP A Christmas Gift for You). --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

A great collection missing many cuts that Rhino should have put out. .......2007-07-21

All the hits are here played back on a vintage Ampex 351 tube tape recorder by Larry Levine and Phil himself in NYC.
If you put the treble all the way up on your set, this set can sound OK.
Why the Christmas Album was put in here I'll never know.
I wish Rhino would have put this box together instead of ABKCO.
Mine cost 69.00 US
Some things go up.
Remember Lana Clarkson. She cant defend herself.

Greatest bargain.......2007-05-16

A few months ago I ordered this set for only about $20 & it is the best CD bargain I've ever had. This set originally sold for about $75 back in the 90's (glad I waited to buy it!)& I keep wondering why it's so cheap now. (Is Spector not allowed to make money on his music anymore?) It is a BIG set in an LP size box (I store it with my old LPs on my shelf),comes with a great big book printed on high quality paper, comes with the Christmas album & even a button. Only thing not big about this set is the sound quality, it's typical 80s & early 90s thin-sounding CD quality, not exactly what I'd call a wall of sound. Also the book has the lyrics to all the songs except the ones on the Christmas album. So if you can get past the fact that Spector may have killed someone 40 years after these recordings (if he did,how could he? He produced John Lennon's "Imagine" for goodness sake!)this is still some of the 60s greatest music.

Cruisin' Music Extraordinaire.......2007-05-15

When I saw the "Back to Mono" box for 20 bucks, I first thought of the barrage of criticism that greeted this set when first released more than 15 years ago and, in particular, the near universal condemnation of the absolutely horrendous digital remastering that marred what should have been an unbeatable compilation. Then I thought, "So what? I LOVED this music 45 years - AUGH! - ago! This is the background music of my life! And a great collection! And I don't have much of it, vinyl or otherwise." So I bought it.

And yes, the remastering is indeed horrible, particularly when listened to through earphones. But if you can pump this music through a tinny 5-inch speaker, perhaps boosted from a '57 Chevy, it all sounds pretty damn fine. So: don't play it on your audiophile equipment: my vintage boom box does the music all the honor it requires.

And what music. A lot of this stuff didn't chart in the New York metropolitan area, so I'd never heard several tracks, but it's all vintage, no filler, hits and non-hits, lots of Ronnie Spector and the Ronnettes, the Crystals, and fewer, but important, sides from Curtis Lee), Ben E. King, Bob B. Soxx, the Righteous Brothers, the majestic Tina Turner and that sidekick of hers, and, of course, the patented Spector Wall of Sound, complete with timpani, maracas, glockenspiels, strings, horns, full brass section, yackety sax, everything INCLUDING the kitchen sink. On the tree of rock, Phil Spector is a taproot (and Bruce Springsteen the most celebrated emulator/branch).

But let's be serious: these are very basic sentiments, harking back to a very different, much simpler time, before Vietnam, Watergate, and universal irony really invaded our consciousness (the first 29 tracks before the Kennedy assassination). The Spector chronology tracks along through LBJ's "Great Society" and civil rights legislation, Nixon, and the onset of cynicism, skepticism, and the beginning of a much more complicated social and political fabric. Through all this, we underestimate the role this and other top-forty music played in shaping our imaginations: it played, constantly, to GROUPS of people in packed cars, at parties and dances, not to one solitary listener through iPod earphones, shaped romantic vocabularies, taught kids how to say "I love you" and how to rebel against parents who screamed "that guy's no good!" My wife's parents.

In short, this music and its peer recordings helped fill in pieces of our emotional identities. In this set we hear lots of 16 year olds pouring out their hearts into diaries via girl-group doo-wop. From the Righteous Brothers, a more mature, wistful kind of heartbreak with full choirs of strings. And from Ike and Tina, my god - River Deep, Mountain High has enough emotional energy to blow a bank of Marshalls, a clear high-point on a collection of high points.

The 96-page booklet is almost worth the price of the box. I didn't need the lyrics - many of them, goofy, saccharine, maudlin, trite as can be, are grafted into my brain, courtesy of that Chevy speaker - but the photos of those wonderful, innocent, vibrant faces, the essays (one by Tom Wolfe), and the discography are all splendid.

So: if you've ever loved this music - that's a significant qualifier: my kids (all in 20s and 30s) think it's virtually unadulterated corn (with the exception of River Deep, Loving Feeling, and a few other tracks) - forget about the atrocious remastering. (I'll bet Rhino will take care of that, sooner or later, and we'll hear these in gorgeous, layered monaural.) Just buy this now while you can get all four discs, the big booklet, and the huge box for 20 dollars or less. Then boogaloo or slow-dance your baby to these legendary tunes.

Essential Musical History.......2007-05-13

With his name in the news, it is easy to dismiss Phil Spector for current accusations, but you can never deny his place is Rock'N'Roll pantheon of musical touchstones.

This collection is an absolute must have for all those who love great rock and roll and the extras in this box are phenomenal. The booklet documenting these historic recordings is amazing, as are the collection musicians that sat in on these sessions (Sonny Bono, Brian Wilson, Leon Russell, etc.).

Just having the classic recordings of The Ronettes (Be My Baby, Walkin' In The Rain, Baby I Love You), The Crystals, Darlene Love -- along with Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High" (referred to by George Harrison as the greatest single ever made) and the complete "Phil Spector's Christmas Album" -- makes this collection indispensable!!!

$15 is about right.......2007-04-08

I have no idea whether Mr. Spector is guilty of the serious charges against him, but he stands convicted of allowing his retrospective box to be released with some of the muddiest, dullest mastering in memory. Sound-wise, a total mess. Of course, many of the tracks are indispensable.

Average customer rating:

The Very Best of War
Very Best of War is good, but may be over kill
Da Bomb
Great but beware of abridged versions
Bridge the generaion gap.

The Very Best of War
War
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000A0DVB
Release Date: 2003-07-15

Tracks:

Spill The Wine
Tabacco Road
All Day Music
Slippin' Into Darkness
Get Down
Nappy head (Theme From 'Getto Man')
The World Is A Getto
City, Country, City
The Cisco Kid
Where Was You At
Four Cornered Room
Gypsy Man
Me And Baby Brother
Deliver The Word
Southern Part Of Texas
Ballero (live, 1972)
Why Can't We Be Friends

Tracks:

Low Rider
Don't Let No One Get You Down
Heartbeat
Smile Happy
So
Summer
L.A. Sunshine
River Niger
Galaxy
Youngblood (Livin' In The Streets)
I'm The One Who Understands
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You Got The Power
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Baby It's Cold Outside
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East L.A.

Album Description

34 signature tracks totaling over 2 1/2 hours of music, includes classics from Eric Burdon & War plus all-time War hits 'Low Rider', 'The Cisco Kid', 'The World Is A Ghetto', 'Summer' and more. Slipcase. Rhino. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The Very Best of War.......2007-07-24

I enjoyed War in the 70's and this is a great double album of the Greatest Hits. Their calm style is refreshing for an old fart like me. If you like good music, and you grew up in the 60's and 70's this is a great "blast from the past."

Very Best of War is good, but may be over kill.......2007-06-12

I have always like War, however, I am not a diehard or really knowledgeable fan. This collection was a bit more War than I really needed. Perhaps with a bit more listening, many of the more obscure songs will grow on me. If you are that diehard or very knowledgeable fan, perhaps it IS for you.

Da Bomb.......2006-08-18

Either you appreciate War or you don't...if ya do then this is the collection!

Great but beware of abridged versions.......2006-07-28

These two CD's are a very good introduction to WAR. The only problem that I've found with this CD is that, in order to fit in as many songs as possible, they edited and abridged many of the songs (Ballero, Deliver the Word, The World is a Ghetto all fall into this category). And as mentioned before some of the songs on the second CD do not do justice WAR, mainly their attempts at disco fall short. This also lacks many of the groups songs that they did with Eric Burdon (Spill the Wine and Tobacco Road are the only ones to make the cut) and it would have been nice to see more those songs on the album instead of some of their later work. This is a great introduction to band but do yourself a favor and check out more of them so you can get a full sense of WAR.

Bridge the generaion gap........2006-03-25

There are few groups my daughter and I both share an interest in, (35yr age difference) this is one of them...she's been singing "Low Rider" word for word since she was 4, to the amazement of my co-workers at the tire company I worked at. This CD covers all the best hits, not just one or two like most.

Average customer rating:

Once upon a time...
excellent cd
I Declare "WAR" On This Disc!!
The Best of War and More
What I want to know is this...

The Best of War and More
War
Manufacturer: Avenue Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The World Is a Ghetto

ASIN: B0000032AG
Release Date: 1991-11-19

Tracks:

Livin' In The Red
Low Rider
The Cisco Kid
Slippin' Into Darkness
Me and Baby Brother
Galaxy
Spill The Wine
All Day Music
Why Can't We Be Friends?
Summer
City Country City
Whose Cadillac Is That?
Low Rider (Remix)

Amazon.com

War peppers their music with Latin rhythms and instrumentations, mixing in elements of funk with oldies rock & roll to create a nonstop summer-block-party sound. Hits like "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?" are characterized by the band's lower-register vocals and beg for a singalong. "Spill the Wine, " a hit during Eric Burden's tenure with War, lacks the freer, good-time feel of the later material, but "Low Rider, " a bottom-heavy salsa driven by a raunchy harmonica, remains one of the band's most popular songs. The Best of War ... and More goes beyond retro appeal, displaying a timeless quality. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

Once upon a time..........2006-09-03

During the early seventies, WAR irrupted with vigorous freshness in the musical sand, to fill a demanded space, a required balance between the jazz, the Latin favor best known as fusion. You may argue the true pioneers in this field were Carl Tjader an Tito Puente in the sixties and fifties respectively and eve before with Poncho Sanchez in the late forties.

But even so, the most relevant aspect to remark is this music contained in its inner structure the seminal roots of the reggae and this public was immediately engaged with this rhythmical melodies conquering of this way the applause of a neglected audience. If not so, the names of Jimmy Cliff, Bobby Bloom and his Montego
Bay, Shango, Mungo Jerry and the legend of Bob Marley would have been ignored or underrated. In this sense Spill the wine (watch the flute solo as musical curtain and essential support) may be considered the jewel of the crown and likewise the funny theme Cisco Kid

So this album constitutes y itself a decisive breakthrough as well as a vigorous ipulse to the new tendencies that would become inspiration' s source to many ensembles and great audiences all around the world.

excellent cd.......2006-02-26

I found this cd to cover the songs of War that I wanted. It is worth buying.

I Declare "WAR" On This Disc!!.......2006-02-07

Hey Rhino, if you're gonna do War, DO WAR!(The un-edited version of "City/Country/City," "Deliver The Word," "The World Is A Ghetto," "Southern Part Of Texas")

This band built it's rep on long,loose free jams, so any War "Hits" compilation should mirror that.

The Best of War and More.......2005-09-06

Love that Latin group from Long Beach! All Day Music is my favorite song on this wonderful CD. That cut is so relaxing. Low Rider and Summer were big hits from my high school senior year. I like having this CD in my library for a reminder of my happy high school years. Hey, Spill the Wine, which is cut 9, has to be one of the most unusual songs in pop music history. That song, of course, was done when Eric was with the group. Two totally different kinds of songs are Spill and All Day Music, a good example of War's diversity. I still cannot believe I got this at such a low price (-:

What I want to know is this..........2005-07-21

How can you have a compilation of WAR and NOT have "The World Is A Ghetto" and "Don't Let No One Get You Down" on it? This isn't a bad com,pilation, but alof the songs are short versions of the originals and is quite lacking all the way around. Get the "WAR The Very Best Of War. You'll find ALL of the biggest hits and more.

Average customer rating:

One of the best all around jazz albums around!
The Album Doesn't Disappoint
Smooth Jazz Sucks
A Keeper
Best of Smooth Jazz, Vol. 1

Best of Smooth Jazz
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B000002NHZ
Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

Maputo - Bob James/David Sanborn
Hippies On A Corner - Joe Sample
We're In This Love Together - Al Jarreau
Breezin' - George Benson
Daddy's Gonna Miss You - Yellowjackets
Rio De Janeiro Blue - Randy Crawford
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No Rhyme, No Reason - George Duke
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Nothin' But Love - Boney James

Customer Reviews:

One of the best all around jazz albums around!.......2006-03-01

Lots of good quality music on this CD. The theme from Taxi as well as other old classics are found here. Listening to the samples on Amazon sold me! I fondly remembered each one from a time long gone but never forgotten. We had a station in New York that played smooth jazz selections all day and night. This album brings all the songs back to mind and then some. I have played new grooves into the CD and even my kids like it for both relaxing and just good listening. Love this cd to the max!

The Album Doesn't Disappoint.......2006-02-17

I have been a Smooth Jazz fan for about two or three years, and this record really is amazing. I wasn't sure if I was really going to enjoy it, Maputo and Hippies on a Corner are not my favorite songs, but from track three on it's great. With names like Al Jarreau and Boney James on this album, it can only be good.

I'm happy that Angela was added to this album. To me, Angela is the definition of what Smooth Jazz is all about. It is so peaceful and beautiful; it paints a picture in your head. New or old fans alike will enjoy this record. I can't wait to hear the other volumes!

Smooth Jazz Sucks.......2005-10-24

I hate to take the time to write this on here...but, as far as I am concerned Smooth Jazz is a sad excuse for music. I am an avid jazz fan and musician. Smooth jazz is a joke.

A Keeper.......2002-11-04

This is a MUST HAVE for any smooth jazz collection.

Best of Smooth Jazz, Vol. 1.......2001-10-14

This is one of those rare CDs that let you appreciate the present moment. Get your closest friends; fire up the grill; put on The Best of Smooth Jazz - forget about yesterday; don't think about tomorrow; appreciate you and yours for the moment. Can't get no better!

Average customer rating:

I don't receive
not so bad at all
Good offering
Cafe del Mar
Good music

Café del Mar, Vol. 13
Various Artists
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Tracks:

Heading for the Sunrise - Annette Berg, Steen Thp,
Shiva - Elsieanne, One Mind's Eye
Mister Mista - Kitty the Bill
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Album Details

Ibiza's Café Del Mar is the Perfect Setting to Enjoy an Exclusive Fusion of Light, Water and Sound; The Primary Icon of the Cult of Sunset, Without Any Doubts, One of the Most Wonderful and Incredible Existing in the Planet. From the First Volume, Café Del Mar Began to Put Music to Sunset. From Year 1994 We have Not Ceased in Choosing the Best Music, Tracks that Are Able to Take You Toward a Sphere of Good Vibrations. Each Volume's Success Has Contributed to Creating a Way of Life. Café Del Mar's Spirit Has Reached all the Corners of the World. Artists from the Five Continents Seek Out the Label to Hopefully have their Track Included on the Next Installment, Having to Adhere to the Quality Standards Required on Every Edition of the Café Del Mar Series, Making it Necessary to Expand the Collections to Double CD Sets. Relax and Enjoy the Lucky 13th Set of the Soundtrack to Sunset!

Customer Reviews:

I don't receive .......2007-05-25

I don't receive the cd. End also if I receive is to late.
Tank you

not so bad at all.......2007-04-18

Hypnotic, dreamy but not as laid back as the 12th installment... but the series is more mature these days on applying more on the acoustic side rather than the electronic effects

Good offering.......2007-01-28

The chances are that if you are reading this you are already familiar with the Cafe del Mar series. Now you are wondering if it is worth spending the $ to further expand your ever-growing collection in this chill-out genre. Well - it is. This is a very good one.

Cafe del Mar.......2007-01-19

This si a great album. Very different from what I expected. I love love love it!!!!!

Good music.......2006-10-06

I bought the whole album because I fell in love with the very first song ('Heading for the Sunrise')when I heard it in a Greek beach bar. I simply loved it. Both CDs are great, but the second one I replayed three times in a row. Most of the songs have incredible orchestration and really sweet vocals, the songs are all well sang. Amazingly relaxing album, would definitely recommend.

Average customer rating:

The World is a Ghetto
The World Is a Ghetto...
TY BESS(THE MUSIC MAN)
Progressive soul music...
The BIG one...

The World Is a Ghetto
War
Manufacturer: Avenue Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000032UW
Release Date: 1992-08-04

Tracks:

The Cisco Kid
Where Was You At
City, Country, City
Four Cornered Room
The World Is A Ghetto
Beetles In The Bog

Amazon.com essential recording

Best known for its distinctive fusion of Latin-flavored jazz, funk, rock, and soul, War was unquestionably one of the most successful fusion bands to emerge in the early '70s. Initially working with Eric Burdon, former lead singer with the British '60s band the Animals, the seven-member team enjoyed a commercial breakthrough with 1971's "All Day Music." The follow-up, The World Is a Ghetto took War mainstream thanks to the crossover success of the title track, a top 10 pop and R&B smash as 1972 became 1973. Cuts like the 13-minute-plus jazz-flavored adventure known as "City, Country, City" alongside the witty "Where Was You At" and the eerie "Four Cornered Room" were standouts on the six-track album. But it was the immediacy of the No. 2 pop single "The Cisco Kid," with its catchy hook that helped give the band a chart-topping No. 1 gold-selling album in 1973, arguably the best representation of its work as groove pioneers of the day. --David Nathan

Customer Reviews:

The World is a Ghetto.......2007-06-09

A classic that remains as fresh today as when it was released.

The World Is a Ghetto..........2007-02-04

Once again, WAR comes through...this album is a classic for all times...I rate this album FIVE STARS!!!!

TY BESS(THE MUSIC MAN).......2007-01-27

If you like music that is a good backdrop for a party or just hanging around the house or better yet washing the car this is a cd that will fill the bill.enjoy!

Progressive soul music..........2006-07-10

This album, which is one of my top 30 favorites, is progressive soul music. It's like Isaac Hayes in his heyday, when his albums like Hot Buttered Soul, Movement, and Joy had epic tracks on them, some running as long as 18 minutes. This is War's best album, with the title track and City, Country, City standing out. Even though there's only 6 songs, and most of them are fairly long, War was one of the tightest bands on the planet. The main theme of the album really resonates today, that the world is indeed a ghetto, because no matter where you go, trouble will find you. You can never cut yourself off completely from society (even though some try to). As the liner notes say, even a Rolls Royce can get a flat tire. If we realised that, we would get along much better, because we all live in this ghetto of a world. We should try and make it better.

The BIG one..........2006-05-03

The title of my review says it all. For those of you that are into statistics and sales and chart positions and all that good stuff, you're probably aware that this is the only War album to top the pop charts. Of course, for my purposes, none of that matters.

Growing up, this was my SECOND favorite War album. As I became an adult, though, this one crept to the top of the list. Why? Perhaps it was the mood of the album. The album is very dark and downtrodden, and perhaps that's the beauty of it. Although the album was released a couple of years before I was born, it was an album that reflected the uncertain times: a few years after the murders of MLK & RFK, in the midst of American dissatisfaction with the Viet Nam war, and the soon-to-be-headline-making Watergate scandal.

Anyway, even though there's only six songs on the album, they are a WHOPPING six songs. Kicking things off is "The Cisco Kid." Honestly, if I had to name a single song that made me a War fan, it was this one. It's all in the bass line. For all you bass aspiring bass players out there, this song is SERIOUS PROOF that you don't have to slap to be STANKY.

Next, there's the Big Easy flavored "Where Was You At?"...a great little song, sad but upbeat. Then there's the epic "City Country City." The darkness rises in a big way. You get lots of what made WAR one of THE best: great group work, great individual solos, and the music never gets stagnant.

The things only get darker with "Four Cornered Room." I'll be honest: I like the song, but it's probably the spookiest song War ever recorded. Couple this song along with the totality of Sly Stone's "Riot" LP for ultimate in depressing, junkie-nodding music.

Than the culmination, the title song. Great song, great groove, great lyrics, great solos....

"Beetles in the Bog"? I like the song. It's sort of like one of those campfire sing-along type songs. Well, in this particular case, it's more like a song best sung around a fire lit in a garbage barrell.

This is War's masterpiece, an album no serious War fan should be without.

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Santana is the bomb!
Far from home
good CD - too bad about copyright law
Ok, but not anywhere near as good as last 2
Market-Researched To Death

All That I Am
Santana
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A Bigger Bang

ASIN: B00097DXZS
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

Hermes
El Fuego
I'm Feeling You
My Man
Just Feel Better
I Am Somebody
Con Santana
Twisted
Trinity
Cry Baby Cry
Brown Skin Girl
I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
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Carlos Santana doesn't stop at just new material for his 2005 release All That I Am; the CD hits the streets with a blindingly bright lineup of guest stars: Joss Stone, Mary J. Blige, Will.i.Am, Steven Tyler, Bo Bice, and a batch of others step up, tugging a listener into territory marked less by "Oye Como Va" than by an obsession with VMA-worthy performances. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Songs like "Twisted," with Anthony Hamilton, and "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love," with Los Lonely Boys, find the original Latin guitar god grooving in a vein similar to the one that caused charts to explode and careers to scrape the stratosphere when he teamed with Rob Thomas for 1999's "Smooth." Other tracks, including opener "Hermes" and the aptly named "El Fuego," sound more authentically Latin--a nod to the faithful. The master comes closest to meeting his match on track nine. If there's an heir to the guitar-hero legend spawned by Santana, Eric Clapton, and others, pedal-steel whiz Robert Randolph makes a powerful case on "Trinity" that he's it. -Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Santana is the bomb!.......2007-04-04

Excellent CD!!!!!!

I am a big Santana fan. I started going to his concerts in 2005 when I was offered a free ticket. Unfortunately this CD can't compare to a live concert, but when I want to remember what an excellent entertainer he is, I pull out this CD and it takes me back. His music is unique and can be enjoyed over and over again.

Far from home.......2007-03-29

It appears that Carlos Santana's latest outing was created to appeal to the widest audience possible.

But now that Santana is an established household name, perhaps he can consider returning to the kind of music that made him so critically acclaimed and accepted.

To my mind, Santana's greatest moments were during the Caravanserai-Welcome-Borboletta chapter. It was, indeed, a ground-breaking period in his career. A time when, musically, enlightenment and understatement meant something.

Carlos Santana is best when he is experimenting. And he has created a temple of followers that have hung with him over the years. But, with All That I Am, I am lost. And, as a fan, I am truly far from home.

good CD - too bad about copyright law.......2007-02-08

Santana has always put out a good CD, especially with these collaborations with other popular artists ... my gripe has to do with not being able to rip mp3's onto my PC, in order to make mp3 discs for my car audio mp3-capable disc changer - a very nice Chrysler feature (one mp3 disc holds approximately 13 audio discs ... very nice!)

I don't understand why, if you own a CD, you're not allowed to do with it, however you want - even if you were to have a portable mp3 player - the disc WON'T allow anything but WMA audio files through it's built-in software ... and it only allows THREE backups of the CD [I assume per PC used, hopefully]

this overly-sensitive copyright stuff is going way overboard; if you don't own the CD, then fine you shouldn't be allowed to do with it whatever you think of ... but I spent my money, which is highly taxed, yet then I cannot put the CD to use as I had hoped upon buying it ... it's my money, i own the CD, what's the problem?

back to the CD ... very nice tracks with Steven Tyler, Los Lonely Boys and Kirk Hammett / Robert Randolph - nice job again from Mr Santana!!

Ok, but not anywhere near as good as last 2.......2007-01-04

Something was missing from this one, and I don't quite know what. Oh well, you can't always produce a smash hit.

Market-Researched To Death.......2006-11-07

After leaving a huge legacy during the '60's and '70s, Carlos Santana made a gigantic, Grammy-winning comeback with his phenomenal album, "Supernatural". A big part of his success after being off the radar for years (besides his undeniable talent)was the addition of both songwriting and appearances from many current artists, assuredly a plot hatched by many music execs and focus groups. Unfortunately, they seem to be running that formula into the ground. Two post-Grammy xerox albums later, and I may have finally given up on Carlos for a while. Part of the big problem on this release is the attempt to combine Santana's singular Latin-influenced style with an overabundance of R&B and hip-hop, which just comes across sounding contrived. Your money would be much more well-spent on the recently remastered release of Santana III, which is not only excellent but comes with a bonus disc of live material that smokes.

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Not as good as First Taste of Sin
Good stuff
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Still underrated.....
One Of The Great Overlooked Albums

Cold Blood/Sisyphus
Cold Blood
Manufacturer: Collectables
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Vintage Blood: Live! 1973

ASIN: B00005LZPV
Release Date: 2001-07-31

Tracks:

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
If You Will
You Got Me Hummin'
I Just Want To Make Love To You
I'm A Good Woman
Let Me Down Easy
Watch Your Step
Shop Talk
Funky On My Back
Your Good Thing
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Album Description

Cold Blood was a San Francisco-based Rock/R&B band that performed in the style of their contemporaries Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears. Music impresario Bill Graham was so impressed with the group when they played his Fillmore West in 1969, he signed them to his record label. Highlights on this Collectables 2-for-1 collection include 'I Wish I Knew Hot It Would Feel To Be Free' and two tunes by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

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Not as good as First Taste of Sin.......2007-06-30

This is Cold Blood without Donny Hathaway. It still has Lydia's powerful vocals, rockin' horn arrangements, but uneven performance. Very interesting if you're a Cold Blood fan and great if you just rip the songs you like. More of a raw, unpolished, live side of Cold Blood compared to First Taste of Sin.

Good stuff.......2007-06-09

In the caldron of the late 60's-early 70's music scene there were many very good bands that are largely forgotten today. Near the top of my list would be Cold Blood and this disc is a cheap way to get an idea what they were about.
Think BST or Chicago but grittier and bluesier with a powerhouse girl singer up front that will make you think of Janis Joplin on her better days.
I gave this one 4 stars but would give it a 4.8 if I could.

THE JAPANESE RELEASES HAVE BETTER AUDIO MASTERING.......2007-02-15

In 2006, the first five CB titles were issued in Japan in LP-replica mini-sleeve CD format on the Bomba label:

COLD BLOOD - BOMBA BOM24086
SISYPHUS - BOMBA BOM24087
FIRST TASTE OF SIN - BOMBA BOM24088
THRILLER - BOMBA BOM24091
LYDIA - BOMBA BOM24092

The audio mastering on those discs are all superior to their Collectables/domestic counterparts.

If you really love these CB albums, get the Japanese releases before they are sold out, as all mini-sleeve CD's are limited edition.

They are certainly more expensive than the domestic CB titles, but are definitely worth the price.

Link to the Japanese remaster of Sisyphus.

Still underrated............2005-08-02

Cold Blood was one of the finest blues/funk bands of their era. The music remains timeless. Fronted by Lydia Pense, the little woman with the big voice, this was a band with outstanding musical skills. Whether Cold Blood was performing original music or bringing a whole new meaning to a vast array of cover songs, their sound was unique and unmistakable. Apparently Cold Blood still exists, though with many personnel changes and a long-promised album that has not yet materialized.

The Cold Blood catalog deserves revisiting, and this cd of their early work is a gem.

One Of The Great Overlooked Albums.......2005-03-16

Sisyphus, that is. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because there is a weird digital glitch at the beginning of "Your Good Thing"-Rhino should have destroyed this batch and redid them, but that would have cost $$. The sound is B+, and much better than my LP, still in good shape. Plus you get two for one. Trivia: Both these albums were originally on the San Francisco label, started by impressario Bill Graham.

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Make it break down to the FUNKY, FUNKY rhythm!
War in cognition
All My Friends own one.....
WOW
"War at it's best"

Why Can't We Be Friends?
War
Manufacturer: Avenue Records
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ASIN: B0000032V8
Release Date: 1992-08-18

Tracks:

Don't Let No One Get You Down
Lotus Blossom
Heartbeat
Leroy's Latin Lament (Medley) A:Lonnie Dreams...
Smile Happy
So
Low Rider
In Mazatlan
Why Can't We Be Friends?

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The title song remains the obvious hit and standout track on War's sixth album. Inspired by a fight that broke out in the audience before the group mounted the stage, "Why Can't We Be Friends?" became a Top 10 hit on both R&B and pop charts, as did the followup, "Low Rider." Another highlight is "Don't Let No One Get You Down," an upbeat, self-help message song. The rest of the album focuses on War's patented East L.A. sound, heavy with percussion, spiced with staccato bursts of horns and Lee Oskar's harmonica flares, filled with optimstic lyrics and soulful vocals, and includes the extended jam of "Heartbeat." If you like the low-rider sound that War pioneered, this is a great record for cruising or partying. --Tom Vickers

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Make it break down to the FUNKY, FUNKY rhythm!.......2007-01-31

Growing up, this was my favorite WAR album. I was actually born a year before it was released, but by the time I was about three or four, this was one of those albums that just jumped out at me...mainly because of the COVER.I think it was my favorite because as a kid, I was happy, optimistic, and innocent (like most normal kids are). This is probably the most joyous album they ever made, and it was the first War album I really connected to.

Every song is good (but that was the norm for them, by then). War was always sort of a "communal" band; no single member ever stood out above the others. In fact on this album, you get to hear 6 of the 7 members sing lead vocals on their own cuts...even LEE OSKAR (the lone exception being Papa Dee Allen...who does get a verse on the title cut).
The songs that initially grabbed my pre-K attention on this album were "Low Rider" and "Smile Happy." Everybody knows the former cut; the latter is another in a long line of great instrumental cuts. Every song is great, though. In college, "Lotus Blossom" became a song that I really loved. "So" is a beautiful, melancholy tune that could be played during a really sad scene in an old western.

If you buy this album for just one song, buy it for "Heartbeat."
By the time my father bought me my OWN copy of this album when I was about 7, "Heartbeat" became my favorite cut. It's not as well-known as the other songs on this album or any OTHER War album, but it's a BEAST!!! A deceptively simple, "proto-rap" groove featuring Harold Brown on vocals, it's been sampled a few times by hip-hoppers (one of the first groups I remember using it was Whodini in the mid-80s) and is one of those songs that any DIE-HARD fan like myself knows even though casual fans don't have a clue. I don't think I've EVER heard it on the radio...not even the college stations, but this song is at or near the top of the list of their baddest funk workouts.

War in cognition.......2006-04-03

Why Can't We Be Friends? is best remembered more for what it wasn't. That is to say; this wasn't War as much as it was War impersonating War. Although at the height of their commercial success, War seem to be performing in a practical mode. Thus rendering the results predictable.

The campy clown band feel of Friends shows a witty, softer side of War. And even though Low Rider (no mistaking B.B.Dickerson's thumping bass here) was a hit on both sides of the Billboard charts, one can't help but think how out of place it feels on this 1975 release. Low Rider did find proper digs in Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke film and soundtrack.

Confusing and somewhat disoriented, Why Can't We Be Friends? hints at the days of disco that lie ahead. Even though the War effort seems to be winding down, Jerry and the crew cashed in on the next release (Greatest Hits). However, War would never reach these heights (commercially) in the studio again.

olofpalme63

All My Friends own one............2006-01-10

Well I'm lying but still a classic album, to the point and trying to get unserrigated with Why Can't We Be Friends?, a song that don't get a lot of air play and should, maybe this world would be a better place.

WOW.......2005-08-28

Leroy's Laten Lament

Best. song. ever

That is all

"War at it's best".......2005-07-26

In my opinion one of the best War CD's, of course all their music is good. The sweet notes of "So", "Leroys Lament" and Mazatlan tug at your heart. "Lotus Blossom" poetic and beautiful. A must have CD for War lovers!!!!

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Music All Day
All Day Music...
Worth Fighting For
War slip into the introverted darkness
ALL DAY MUSIC REVIEW

All Day Music
War
Manufacturer: Avenue Records
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ASIN: B0000032UU
Release Date: 1992-08-04

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All Day Music
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That's What Love Will Do
There Must Be A Reason
Nappy Head (Theme From 'Ghetto Man')
Slippin' Into Darkness
Baby Brother

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Music All Day.......2007-06-27

As is the case with most of War's music you get that sometime funky, sometime jazzy sound that makes you want to get up and dance.

All Day Music..........2007-02-04

Classic WAR! Enough said!! Five stars - there is NO OTHER RATING for this Album. These gentlemen were on their JOB! Five stars!!

Worth Fighting For.......2006-07-07

Rhino punches out another fabulous reissue. WAR's All Day Music may not be the best album ever recorded, but it easily thrashes 99% of the competition. Were you to get only one WAR CD, this would be it.

Even today, WAR stands out as a unique example of musical and societal cross-pollination, freely mixing rock, soul, Latin, and jazz idioms. The amazing thing is that they pull off this neat trick so effortlessly. This is not music you listen to, you absorb it, it simply works its way into your system and puts you in a trance.

Of the CD's 7 tracks, 5 are certifiably collectible - worth revisiting over and over. That's What Love Will Do and There Must Be A Reason - while smooth, are simply not up to the incredibly high standard of the others.

One caveat. WAR rode into America's consciousness on the strength of several radio smash hits, the most enduring being Low Rider (which has a habit of showing up in a lot of movie soundtracks). Consequently, there are a handful of undesirable "Best Of War" anthologies available. These compilations frequently feature edited remixes of popular tracks, cut down to allow room for big name selections. Don't shortchange yourself, go to the source material. All Day Music, WAR's breakout album after parting company with Eric Burdon, is the perfect place to start.

War slip into the introverted darkness.......2006-04-03

Never has an lp appealed to such a wide range of music lovers. War's 1971 release (their second offering in the post-Burdon era)"All Day Music" delivers the goods and then some. From the summer haze beginings of the title track to the dark isolation of the hit single Slippin into Darkness. All Day Music never fails to hold on to your attention. You become engulfed by its unsuspecting power.

Any metal clad rocker would have tipped his hat to Howard Scott's guitar riffs in Nappy Head (which was supposed to make an appearance in the film Ghetto Man, but was never released), a moving, chilling score that will garner many repeat plays. Nappy Head is the formula to any night out and about town in your V8. War even close out the set with the live stomper Baby Brother (which would later turn up in the studio on 1973's Deliver The Word and released as a single).

All Day Music turned into the soundtrack to anyones daily routine. Some will argue that this wasn't as powerful as The World Is A Ghetto or as commercial as Why Can't We Be Friends? Make no mistake, this is War in top form musically and lyrically. A must have among all music lovers of the post-modern era and perhaps War's strongest recording ever. Yes, even stronger than anything the band did with Eric Burdon. This is classic War.

olofpalme63

ALL DAY MUSIC REVIEW.......2004-12-09

This was WAR'S second album minus Eric Burdon. It showed a fantastic range of musical versatility. From the day at the beach ballad All Day Music to the Gritty and Funky Get Down this album is a must for anyone who wants to really understand what the group was about. Slipping Into Darkness is still the funkiest song ever recorded, even after 30 years. They do the original version of Me and Baby Brother taken from a live 1971 concert that makes their later 1973 remake hide in shame by comparison. Simply put...It's A Go. Listen! Enjoy!. No need to thank me.

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