House Revival

House Revival

Track Listings

1. Without Your Love

2. Dj Wimpy Does Britney

3. Blinded By The Light

4. Ain't Got Nothing

5. Sky High

6. Bang

7. Funk Phenomena 2003

8. Ride On Time

9. Ooolalala 2003

10. That Sound

11. Sunshine Hotel

12. We Loved

13. Come

14. Get Busy

15. Rhythm Nation

16. You & I

17. Push The Feeling On

18. Let The Bass Kick

19. Able To Love,

20. U 2 Me Are Everything

See all 36 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Death Letter
Pearline
Louise McHee
John The Revelator
Empire State Express
Preachin' Blues
Grinnin' In Your Face
Sundown
Levee Camp Moan
Pony Blues
Downhearted Blues

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This Columbia Legacy reissue of the 1965 release is one of the few recordings available of one of the blues' founding fathers. It contains some of his best songs, which have unsurprisingly become classics of the Delta blues genre: "Death Letter," "Preachin' Blues," "Levee Camp Moan," "Pony Blues," and "Downhearted Blues" are all here. Though not as comprehensive as Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions, this CD is an excellent introduction to this seminal artist's work, revealing the creativity, passion, skillful guitar playing, and rich singing that helped form a whole new kind of music. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2007-05-25

If you wanna' know where it started, if you wanna' learn to play slide, if you wanna' get chills and fee like you're on a front porch in the delta, get this one...

Early master of the blues.......2007-05-19

Son House is an early blues singer, who, along with Charlie Patton and Willie Brown, in the words of the liner notes, "helped to shape the music of three younger men who would far exceed their fame"--Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters. The musical progeny of House and his colleagues alone testifies to their significance.

The songs on this CD were recorded long after he had ceased making singing a career. He was in his 60s when these tracks were recorded in 1965. Even at that, the results speak to a master bluesman.

In "Death Letter," he shows a lively acoustic guitar style, well played. Although past his vocal prime, he sings this tune well. One nice line:

"You know it's so hard to love someone
Who don't love you."

"John the Revelator" is a song with religious themes. It is voice only, with only his clapping serving as any sort of instrumentation. The vocalizations are compelling. One recurring set of lines:

"Tell me who's that writin'?
John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals."

"Empire State Express" features Al Wilson on guitar backing House on vocals and guitar. This is a lively tune. The song focuses on his baby being on board a train, and all that goes with that. Nice blues tune!

So, here is a CD with rather few songs on it, but it is still a nice entrée to the work of Son House.

Mississipi blues by the master.......2006-09-04

When the Mississippi blues giant, Eddie 'Son' House was rediscovered in 1964 he was 62 years old and had given up music some 16 years previously. Practice soon restored much of his original mastery and he was signed up the following year by John Hammond for a Columbia Records session. The LP that emerged comprised the first nine of these tracks, and represented a powerful come-back, with stand-out numbers 'Death Letter', 'Empire State Express', and 'Levee Camp Moan', as well as the unaccompanied 'John The Revelator'.

In 1992 a double CD was released, with the original nine tracks supplemented by an additional seven unreleased titles as well as five alternate takes. But what should have been an occasion for celebration turned out to be disappointing in the extreme. The new material was a pale shadow of that previously issued, and many critics thought it would have been better left in the vaults.

The present single CD includes just five of the originally unreleased titles, and so offers some kind of compromise, with the worst of the 'new' material being omitted. Of that retained, perhaps 'Pony Blues' disappoints the most. The delivery is extremely hesitant and stumbling, in direct contrast to Son's superb 1942 recording of this classic that he learned from his old friend Charley Patton. 'Motherless Children' suffers in the same way, and Son coughs and wheezes his way through a depressing version of 'Downhearted Blues'. Only 'President Kennedy', to the same melody as his 1942 'American Defense', and 'Yonder Comes My Mother' with, presumably, the added guitar of Al Wilson, in any way compare with the quality and power of the first nine tracks which more than justify the purchase of this mid-price CD.

Review of this CD by a non-Blues-fan........2006-07-02

I say I'm not a Blues fan because I'm not. I don't consider myself a fan of any particular style or genre of music because the overwhelming majority of artists representing the different genres are, in my opinion, totally dispensable and not at all interesting or compelling. I pick and choose like a connissuer among all of the artists the music world has and has had to offer.

With that said, I must share my thoughts on this Son House CD. For years I was waiting to hear "GREAT Blues" but never came across it until I discovered Robert Johnson's Complete Recordings and THIS SON HOUSE ALBUM, The Original Delta Blues.

I had gotten into Robert Johnson at first, and as accessible as I considered him to be (to people new to blues music like I was at the time) I think I consider Son House on this particular album to be even MORE accessible.

A little background info on the man: Son House was one of the old-time blues players from the late '20s and the '30s, and, famously, had taught the immortal (well at least more famous) Robert Johnson how to play the blues. He recorded three double-sided singles in 1930 and toured throughout the '30s. His next recordings weren't until 1941 when blues archivist Alan Lomax came by and recorded Son House with a small band on, I believe, the second story of a mom-and-pop store (providing the necessary electricity) near Lake Cormorant, Mississippi. They cut 6 songs there. Lomax returned the following year and recorded Son House -- this time solo -- playing 7 more songs and another song in two parts... And that was it for Son House until THIS ALBUM, The Original Delta Blues, was recorded in 3 days in mid-April 1965, in New York City, during the "blues revival" that was happening then.

Now, about this album: Rather than being a "past-his-prime" thing, Son House DOES sound better than ever, and I'm apparently not the only one who has this opinion.

I have the collection A Proper Introduction to Son House put out in 2004 by Proper Records, as it's the best CD to get if you want, like I wanted, virtually all of Son House's older material (the three double-sided singles from 1930, 6 songs from 1941 and 9 tracks from 1942)... I understand there may be a few more tracks from those times that were recorded, but I haven't seen them on CDs anywhere... in any case, while I am glad to have that collection, I find I still enjoy The Original Delta Blues -- featuring a much older Son House singing and playing his unique steel-stringed guitar -- a great deal more than I do the compilation of his older material. He had a stronger voice back then but, to my ears and sensibilities, it can't compare with the grief-stricken voice of old man Son House.

"Death Letter" and "Preachin' Blues", as found here especially, are certainly clasics.

"Sundown" and the musically/lyrically related "Downhearted Blues" I also like a lot.

"Pearline" and "Louise Mcghee" are more touching, sad tunes about women.

The a cappela "Grinnin' In Your Face" is another GREAT track. (Another a capella track, "John The Revelator", despite its gospel/religious implications which disagree with me, is still catchy.)

And the remaining tracks on this 11-song collection I like less but are still okay.

So that's what I think about this CD.

p.s. I have a hope that, with the help of Son House fans The White Stripes and other modern, popular acts who sing the praises of the man, more young people (especially the teenagers today) will discover Son House for themselves and hear something worth listening to... I hope that with Son House's help more kids can become more sensitive & thoughtful & sympathetic to human distress everywhere. As T.S. Eliot has written, "Youth is cruel and has no remorse / And smiles at situations it cannot see," and yet there is always room for maturity to be introduced in the hearts & minds of the hyper-modern, fast-living young people of today.

This Is The BLUES!!!.......2005-03-02

When you listen to this you feel like you have been transported to the Mississippi Delta. So many great songs and Death Letter gets it started perfectly. Everytime I hear Louise Mcgee I can almost picture Son riding in a box car down a lonely railroad track in the dead of night with his guitar pining for Louise. That may sound corny but that just gives you an idea of how powerful these songs are. John the Revelator, Levee Camp Moan, Sundown, Pony Blues are also great. Hell, there all great. If you are just getting into the blues, specifically the delta blues you have to have this. This and Robert Johnsons King of the Delta Blues Singers vol.1 & 2(I say these volumes because I think the sound quality is superior on these two as compared to the set)is mandatory.

Average customer rating:

A fun, noisy blast!
Something old and something new
Bauhaus Meets The Standells
SUPER FRESH AND PROMISHING!
My new favorite album

Strange House
Horrors
Manufacturer: Stolen Transmission
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000OYC2IK
Release Date: 2007-05-15

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Product Description

Ah, those Horrors, perhaps one of the most divisive bands to cross the Atlantic in recent memory. Mindless noise? Fashion victims? Absolutely not. The Horrors are one of the most complete, intellectualized, though-provoking bands out there. This is music for youth. It is unifying in its chaos, startling in its simplicity - all those things that music fans have been bemoaning as dead and gone. And now, its up to you, dear music fans, to allow the Horrors to take you on their journey back in time - to a time when music evoked fury, evoked interest, evoked debate. A time when you spent all your pennies at record fairs trying to find the most twisted explosions of sound ever pressed to vinyl.

Customer Reviews:

A fun, noisy blast!.......2007-06-10

The Horrors come across like a cross between early Birthday Party and mid-period Damned with a hint of Radio Birdman thrown in. No doubt many will slag them off since they're young and cute but neither necessarily makes musicians worthless.

Something old and something new.......2007-05-30

Ok, hard rock, meets pink floyd, meets the the munsters theme? Think Teacher leave those kids alone, meets metal in their hit " She is the new thing"
Or try this bum bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum bum.... the backbeat to Count in Fives....been done so many times. Every song has a super repitive beat, and is almost comical with their funny voices. I don't know whether to laugh or dance? All of their music is a horrible stolen 50's monster movie music theme....it's laughable. It's funny, but I am not sure it's creative or interesting. All the songs sound the same to me! It just doesn't do it for me.

Bauhaus Meets The Standells.......2007-05-25

Pretty good 80's tribute band, if you like the Birthday Party you'll probably like this. A lot of this reminds me of "Junkyard" to be precise.
The best songs on here are the amazing "Count In Fives" and "She's The New Thing", which sounds exactly like the Stranglers. "Gloves" steals the guitar riff from Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Nicotine Stain". You could play "Count The Influence" all day but ultimately The Horrors have still turned in a very entertaining record. For all the carping I've made about their influences this is still more solid than anything else currently out there.

SUPER FRESH AND PROMISHING!.......2007-05-23

Playing for first time the "strange house" the debut cd of the Horrors you get the feeling "Alas,i can breath again !". Dark deeply gothic and extremely sadistic lyrics with a definitely intriguing music transfer you in another world like those you experience in the deepest dungeons of your rpg games. If you have seen the video clip of the single "Sheena is a parasite" directed by Chris Cunningham I am sure you noticed some kind of perfectionism which is obvious in the entire cd. The producers of the work Jim Sklavounos of the Bad Seeds,Allan Moulder (Depeche Mode) and Nick Zinner leave no doubts about the quality of the whole work.
I Strongly recommend this cd to those the like this kind of music. Personally I love anything that brings new fresh air ... !

My new favorite album.......2007-05-19

Best album I've heard in years. Primal, noisy, spooky etc. When you hear terms like horror punk, garage, even goth, one might think "pfft we've certainly heard that before" but these guys do sound unique. They are a breath of fresh air. Loud, noisy, brash, Adams Family organs, early goth and punk, garage twangy reverb guitars, stick figure physiques. What more could one want in a band? The USA is so infantile in it's acts that even decent singers like Gwen Stephani, Nelly Fertado, and Fergie are reduced to child-like nursery rhyme vocals over repetitive beats. Our rock is reduced to whiny, bratty emo kids with the same whine/scream vocals, the same lyrics, the same production, the same haircuts. We are way too steeped in R&B and Hip Hop culture on the main stream front. Oh, and Nickelback (gag reflex kicks in) whom I categorize as "rock for people who don't like rock". Most British acts that the zines herald now are kind of poor Franz Ferdinand type clones or boring balladeers. The Horrors remind me of more pure times in music. Sifting through record shops in the East Village for word of mouth underground bands. They make a joyous noise. Bravo! Anyone else wanna chime in?

Average customer rating:

Probably My Favorite CD Ever
A great modern punk album!
hell yeah!!!!
Oh. My. Goodness.
One CD I can listen to from start to finish

Sing Sing Death House
The Distillers
Manufacturer: Hellcat Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005QW0A
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Sing Sing Death House
Bullet & The Bullseye
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Young Girl
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Desperate
I Understand
Lordy Lordy

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Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz once called frontwoman Brody Armstrong's voice a "gravel truck with a broken axel," and his compliment isn't far from truth. The Australian native has a set of pipes on par with those of Joan Jett, Courtney Love (during Hole's Pretty on the Inside era), and Gits frontwoman Mia Zapata; she growls like a rabid dog and sings like she survives on whiskey and cigarettes. Her lyrical material is just as rough, as Armstrong uses her songs to relive a past riddled with problems--but in place of self-pity is an enormously forceful resolve to kick down whatever walls stand before her. Sing Sing Death House, the Distillers' second album, is an incredible storm of punk rock fury. Between Armstrong's guttural screams and the band's razor-sharp, hook-strapped tracks, there isn't a weak spot in all 12 songs. Although the band sometimes races into fierce hardcore snarls, most of the album consists of musically upbeat anthems, so even if the songs' issues are turbulent, there's a punk army optimism lining every dark cloud. For fans of intensely commanding female singers and solid, old-school punk rock, the Distillers provide an excellent album through and through. --Jennifer Maerz

Album Description

The second snarling album from mouth-foaming punk rock mad-dogs the Distillers. Twelve pop-bullshit-free tracks of glass-breaking, bottle-emptying, and odor-bearing anger, pain and chaos. No posers allowed. Digipak. Hellcat Records.

Customer Reviews:

Probably My Favorite CD Ever.......2006-03-13

Ever since the beginning of 2006(which wasn't really that long ago) The Distillers have been my favorite band. I am really glad I bought 2002's Sing Sing Death House first. This is pretty much the album that not only made me a Distillers fan, but a punk fan. I didn't get into real punk rock until I got this CD. What an album to start my listening!
I guess I should probably point out this band's(well this lineup of the band) talent: Brody is an amazing singer. Alot better than other "punk" singers like jorge of the casualties and other cookie monster screaming fools. Yeah Brody screams alot, but at least it doesn't sound unintelligentable, at least not as much as other screamers.
Casper is good for a punk guitarist. She's always thinking of cool instrumentals.
I really like Ryan Sinn's bass work. It's ALOT better than his not even noticeable bass in angels and airwaves.
LAst, but deffidently not least, Andy Outbreack. One of the best punk drummers ever. He was without a doubt the best drummer the band ever had.
I guess I'll review the tracks now.
1.Sick Of It All
5/5 They could not have picked a better song to open the album with. It goes from fast to slow to fast again perfectly.
2.I Am A Revenant
5/5 This is probably my favorite song on the album and may in fact be my favorite song of all time. It's dark, fast, and just overflows with perfect-ness (I know, dumb phrase lol). I love the lyrics, hell I love everything about this song.
3.Seneca Falls
5/5 This was actually my favorite for a little while. It's lighter and a bit happier than the previous tracks. Overall it's another great song.
4.The Young Crazed Peeling
4.5/5 This song was picked as the first single. Not quite as good as the previous tracks, but it's also really good.
5.Sing Sing Death House
5/5 This song is extremely angry. Sometimes I feel like a death house too...
6.Bullet & The Bullseye
4.5/5 Really short and to the point song.
7.City Of Angels
4/5 Probably the only song on the album that I can call overrated(since the album as a whole is pretty underrated). It's still good, don't get me wrong.
8.Young Girl
5/5 Really great one. It starts like a balled type song, then goes into a cool punk rocker. The message is a bit serious though.
9.Hate Me
5/5 It's be a crime to not like this song! haha
Anyway, this is a REALLY great song. Brody's screaming from the ceiling of her lungs. I wonder how she can do it.
10.Desperate
4.5/5 Good one. It's lowered half a star since the "1234 this is a war" thing gets a bit annoying.
11.I Understand
4.5/5 Another cool song. The subject matter gives it a half star.
12.Lordy Lordy
5/5 Perfect track to finish this amazing album. It sounds a bit country at times. haha but it's still awesome.

Well I hope this review is helpful. If you think modern punk sucks(which most of it does) pick this up, and you'll find a sanctuary.

A great modern punk album!.......2006-01-24

I'm not usually the biggest fan of modern punk -- most of the punk cds in my collection are from the late 70's and early 80's -- but I absolutely love this album. The Distillers are loud and angry, but are very capable of writing catchy songs. Brody's a fantastic frontwoman for this band, with her gritty voice and really solid lyricism. I saw the Distillers play a few years ago at Lollapalooza, and they play hard, too! Every song is good on the CD, but my favorites are "That Crazed Young Peeling" and "City of Angels".

hell yeah!!!!.......2005-09-07

From the moment i put it in my cd player its never been further from the pile and i doubt its ever been in the box. One of my freinds told me to listen to The Distillers and ever since ive been jammin along with them, he thinks Brody's sexy and frankly so do I. Sing sing death house has everything a punk album needs, all the power and energy of the guitars and Brody's voice makes it complete. It's been in my mums car for months and she says she hates it but it's still in there, if my frank sinatra loving mother can like it anybody can. Anybody who is into good music should try it, even if you do like power-pop, this is nothing like it, you'll love it.

Oh. My. Goodness........2004-12-31

This is one of the few CDs I can listen to from track 1 to 12 without getting bored and changing the music; in fact, from the first 15 seconds of the first track ("Sick Of It All") I am hooked and therefore absolutely incapable of turning it off. This album ropes you in wholly and completely. It sends electric shocks through my body and makes me dance around my room like a big idiot and wish I could play the drums and scream as well as Brody can. An absolutely fantastic album, it's worth fifty times the price you pay.

One CD I can listen to from start to finish.......2004-09-05

I really liked this cd.It took a couple of listens for me to get used to it.I was a little wary of listening to the Distillers after I had heard that they weren't that good.I'm glad I listened anyways because this is a great cd!There's maybe one song I don't like on here (track #1) but I loved everything else.The lyrics were dark,deep,poetical with a loud,punk sound.

Average customer rating:

AAAAH it's SOOO good
A very good album...again.
Awesome
Give us Dengue Fever or kill all the Karoakee stars
Escape From Dragon House

Escape from Dragon House
Dengue Fever
Manufacturer: Brg
ProductGroup: Music
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Tip My Canoe
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Named for a remarkably unpleasant tropical disease, Dengue Fever is a seething Petri dish of mutating influences. The band was spawned when the American founders became fascinated by an unlikely combination of Cambodian music and Buda Musique's multi-volume Ethiopiques series, which documents that country¹s sixties pop heyday. Meanwhile, their future lead singer, famed Cambodian chanteuse Ch'hom Nimol, had grown up with East Asian/American hybrids which had erupted when local musicians internalized and transformed sounds they heard on Vietnam-war-era American Armed Forces Radio. Churning, vertiginous rhythms and honking sax lines betray the Ethiopian sources while stratospherically ornamented yet demure Cameroonian folkways inform the lead vocals (sung in English and Khmer) and Zac Holtzman¹s dan bau (a Vietnamese mono-string instrument). But the mix further incorporates campy organ riffs straight out of Question Mark and the Mysterians, the Shangri-Las' stiletto-edged girl-group theatrics and Ennio Morricone¹s surreal Spaghetti Western guitars. The group's stage persona is equally eclectic, ranging from a sweet-faced "Oriental" B-movie heroine, to a guy whose beard would scare the heck out of ZZ Top, to a latter-day Super-Fly clone. A testament to following your own star no matter what, Escape from Dragon House is at once blindingly authentic in the cosmic sense and delightfully deranged. --Christina Roden

Album Description

On "Escape From Dragon House" the sound is denser, thicker and richer than on their 2003 self titled debut. Escape From Dragon House is darker musically and lyrically with a fully relized style melting all of their incluences into one realized voice that's pure Dengue Fever.

Customer Reviews:

AAAAH it's SOOO good.......2007-03-03

crazy hypnotic world-ish music that sounds like Asian Dave Matthews Band. listen and let your mind get blown.

A very good album...again........2006-08-29

This second album of Dengue Fever is as almost good as the first. I think some of the songs at the end ain't too good. But the tunes 1-7 is perfect, maybe?

All over, it's a good album, fun to listen.

Awesome.......2006-08-17

This is so cool to hear this eccletic fusion of classic Khmer singing with all types of western instruments! I love it!

Give us Dengue Fever or kill all the Karoakee stars.......2005-12-24

I never thought that this is possible-the Americans playing my favorite oldies. I'd love to see the band hook up with Sothy (Boxing Music) because his lyrics are out of this world. I'm waiting for the next chapter. I'm freaking out of my mind knowing my brothers and sisters in Kampuchea are appreciating the difference. I'm so damn proud to have good tastes in good music like all my brothers and sisters. Damn pol pot would have like to put today's Karoakee stars to good use. Chhom Nimol is damn fine and hotter than a Phnom Penh's morning in April. She is sizzling HOT!!

Escape From Dragon House.......2005-11-30

This is the most breath taking cd ever.
I loved every second of it the first time I heard it, and I kept on loving it even after the cd was done spinning.
Very high reccomendation.

Average customer rating:

Wow, this is awesome!

Escape from Dragon House
Dengue Fever
Manufacturer: M80
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Tip My Canoe
Tap Water
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong
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Album Description

"If you can imagine a band where a Cambodian beauty queen shares the stage with Rasputin, Barry White, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Hutchence, and Brian Wilson, you'd have a pretty good idea of the group Dengue Fever." -- L.A. TIMES

"Her voice is swathed in reverb, becoming instantly mythic." -- THE WIRE

"The culture clash inherent to this band gives its debut a dynamic flair." -- TIME OUT NEW YORK

"Dengue Fever is at the vanguard of an emerging global pop sensibility, making familiar yet eerily unique music." -- KEXP

Fronted by Cambodian pop star Ch'hom Nimol, who sings in Khmer, Los Angeles sextet Dengue Fever blends the rhythms of sixties Cambodian pop--heavily influenced by American surf, rock, and early psychedelic garage bands--with their own eclectic mix of American and international styles. Unlike the world music bands of the late eighties, Dengue Fever is more concerned with a universal groove and breaking down musical barriers than with notions of authenticity. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, American R&B, Cambodian folk, Spaghetti Western weirdness, and girl-group angst in the mix, but the resulting concoction is the band's own.

On Escape from Dragon House, the sound is denser, thicker, and richer than on the group's 2003 self-titled debut. Escape from Dragon House is also darker, both musically and lyrically, with a fully realized style that melts all of the band's influences into one realized voice that is pure Dengue Fever.

Customer Reviews:

Wow, this is awesome!.......2007-05-13

I bought the original version of this CD after stumbling across Dengue Fever on the National Geographic world music website under Cambodia (even though the band is in Southern California -- where else!). What a find! From the moment I popped it into my CD player, I was hooked. I can't exactly claim to be a world music aficionado, but I do like to try different kinds of music from just about everywhere, and every once in a while I get lucky and find a real gem like this one.

I can't understand a word of Khmer, but that was no impediment to my falling in love with Chhom Nimol. Her voice is powerful, clear, and mesmerizing. The music feels kind of like a time warp. It makes me feel good. In trying to describe it, words like mod, cool, groovy, and funky come to mind. There's one track in particular, "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula," that makes me feel like I'm dissolving or something; I don't know how else to describe it. How do they do that??? At first my wife thought I was going a little crazy listening to that -- but I think I've got her liking it now too. There are a whole lot of other great tracks here too. Give it a try -- you won't regret it! By the way, I also have their self-titled debut album and it has the same addictive effect on me.

Just the other day I bought this recently released enhanced version of this CD, partly because I was afraid of wearing the first one out. The bonus track is kind of fun, and the video is fantastic! The whole band looks really cool. It's psychadelic! -- I hope I can use that word here without giving the wrong connotation. And in case I haven't said it already, Chhom Nimol is beautiful.

Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

Average customer rating:

The Father of the Delta Blues
Desert Island CD of the first rank!
HoosierDaddy
Son House is the real deal. Listen and learn
Better Son House Exists

Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions
Son House
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
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Grinnin' In Your Face
Sundown
Levee Camp Moan

Tracks:

Death Letter (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take)
Levee Camp Moan (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take)
Grinnin' In Your Face (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take)
John The Revelator (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take)
Preachin' Blues (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take)
President Kennedy (Previously Unreleased)
A Down The Staff (Previously Unreleased)
Motherless Children (Previously Unreleased)
Yonder Comes My Mother (Previously Unreleased)
Shake It And Break It (Previously Unreleased)
Pony Blues (Previously Unreleased)
Downhearted Blues (Previously Unreleased)

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According to legend, it was Son House's blistering bottleneck guitar that prompted Robert Johnson to pick up a six string. House's potent early recordings from 1930 and 1941 to 1942 showcased his raw, emotionally powerful style, but never received the acclaim of Johnson's. When he was rediscovered during the '60s blues revivalist movement, House's voice still possessed wall-shaking intensity and his idiosyncratic slide guitar still had bite. These 21 recordings (including five alternate takes) offer superior fidelity and significant room for House to stretch out. The first disc features his classic "Preachin' Blues," a stirring a capella "Grinning in Your Face," and a nine-minute "Levee Camp Moan," with Canned Heat's Al Wilson on harp. Disc two (outtakes and alternates) includes an odd homage to President Kennedy and a riveting version of the spiritual "Motherless Children." --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

The Father of the Delta Blues.......2005-08-20

I`ve written reviews for releases by Charley Patton and Robert Johnson,the importance of those recordings are well understood and that leads us to Edward"Son"House.Although others made their mark no one had more influence over the blues scene in the 30`s than this man.A combination of preacher and bluesman,Son was always in conflict because of his secular upbringing and the freedom and experiences that being a traveling blues singer could and did offer.
Although he only recorded a few sides in the early 30`s and then again in the early 40`s,that was it.Soon after he moved up north taking a job as a porter on the railways of the northeast.Fast forward to the early 60`s when he was tracked down and asked to perform,which he did,basically re-learning the guitar and then landing gigs at coffee houses and colleges then later festivals around the U.S. and Europe.In 1965 when he recorded these tracks he was at the height of his powers....with a hard often violent playing style and powerful voice he brought the delta blues style he helped create into the present with powerful performances of such classics as Death Letter,Grinnin in Your Face,Preachin Blues,Pony Blues and the list goes on.
With sound quality as an excuse for not wanting to listen to recordings of 78`s from 60 or 70 years ago,these discs are of the highest fidelity so the choice is yours.
Essential and worth every penny,you should make this part of your collection....the blues has never sounded better than this.

Desert Island CD of the first rank!.......2005-02-09

The Blues- either you get it or you don't. If you're one of the ones who does and you don't have this, then you need to stop whatever you're doing and get this. NOW. It's just that damn good. It's just that damn great! This is one of the CDs that gets me through the high times, the low times and all time in-between.

For me it ultimately comes down to two guys: Skip James and Son House. The two embody the differing poles of early blues aesthetic: James' eerie falsetto keen, odd/moribund lyrics (I'd rather be the Devil) minor key-tuned guitar and intricate finger work, under-stated and introspective; then you got House's deep and (utterly masculine) hollerin' vocals, his combative slide work on his National Steel resonator, his frenetic performances- visceral.

Both men had a deeply spiritual bent.

Now then, there are purists and then there are PURISTS. Some reviewers may say that the later Son House (these studio recordings) is lacking the ferocity and skill and power/delivery of his earlier self (the Lomax Library of Congress recordings and the Paramount recordings from the 30's). They may be right but I don't think so. I'm not knocking his earlier recordings- I swear by everything the man did. It's a tradeoff, basically- sound quality vs. intensity is one way of putting it, though, again I disagree: I think the man was just as gigantic on these two CDs as he was back in the day... And you can tell that his soul, his voice, his anima, had been tempered by the passing years. His intensity seems focused and buttressed to me, not worn out. He sounds like the most alive man I have ever heard.

These two CDs beyond are great, though I like the first better. The classic, "Preachin Blues," puts fire in your guts. "Death Letter," (maybe the best blues tune ever crafted) is jilting and hair-raising. Both takes. The same for "Levee camp Moan." The a capella versions of "John the Revelator" are marvelous. "Louise McGhee" is sublime.

Now- On some of the later alternate takes, House loses a bit of luster... The man coughs a little towards the end, but so what. Alan Wilson's harp never gets in the way, and works well. The Charley Patton cover is a fine time.

I've blathered about enough. I hope I've persuaded you a little- read on. My two cents: All of this is essential. ALL. You just don't hear stuff this good. It will have you humming along, singing at work, tapping your foot. It will make you want to learn to play the blues (and there's hope for you! Incidentally, House didn't learn guitar 'til he was 24- picked it up in a matter of weeks, so they say).

Pick this up.

HoosierDaddy.......2004-05-23

When it comes to the delta blues,this is it!Son House(Eddie James House Jr.)These recordings are a major plus for your collection.I'm trying too find the words to express this review but I can't, just buy it and injoy!

Son House is the real deal. Listen and learn.......2004-03-03

Son House taught Robert Johnson the slide blues. Son House taught Muddy Waters. When Son House started performing at Blues festivals again in the mid 1960s, some of Muddy's younger band members would start to go off for a smoke or whatever when the old man came on stage. Muddy wouldn't let them. Muddy Waters would tell all his band members to be quiet and pay attention when the man played because even compared with Muddy, this was the real deal.

Rediscovered in Rochester, New York, relearning to play the guitar, (how this country abuses the masters that come from its people, particularly its Black people), put back on the stage by the folk revival's blues section.

People outside of the blues life focus on the guitar playing or the rhythm of the singing, but where the power comes from is the feeling and the words that are put together, the life and the meaning of the blues. Son House in his youth and his old age, on this and his other sides, always gave it.

So Like Muddy Waters, I would like you to know that
Son House is the real deal.
Listen and learn

Better Son House Exists.......2002-12-06

These 1965 recordings by Blues elder Son House are decent. This powerful and compelling singer is aged, but still at the top of his form. The song selection is great, and the sound quality is also good, but better recordings exist. Fans should specifically look at the 1941 Library of Congress recordings capture a younger Son House, and Masters of the Delta Blues, for even earlier Son House songs.

A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His Sixtieth Birthday

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Getting Real with Bob Dylan
"Nodding off" is more like it
Good, Not Great
sarah jane's thoughts
inconsistent, but when it's good it's wonderful

A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His Sixtieth Birthday
Greg Brown , Lucy Kaplansky , John Gorka , and Guy Davis
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ASIN: B00005BGGV
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Eliza Gilkyson
Sweetheart Like You - Guy Davis
Clothes Line Saga - Suzzy & Maggie Roche
Girl Of the North Country - John Gorka
Delia - Spider John Koerner & Dave Ray
I Want You - Cliff Eberhardt
All Along The Watchtower - Tom Landa & The Paperboys
Dieu a Nos Cotes (With God On Our Side) - Hart-Rouge
Boots Of Spanish Leather - Martin Simpson
Restless Farewell - Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko
It Ain't Me, Babe - Lucy Kaplansky
Pledging My Time - Greg Brown
Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Rosalie Sorrels
Intro To Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

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In honor of Bob Dylan's 60th birthday--May 24, 2001--the singer-songwriters and roots musicians of Red House Records offer yet another homage to the master. The tracks here range from the memorable and sometimes profound to forgettable and pleasant. With the exception of Eliza Gilkyson, whose gossamer version of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" opens the collection, the finest interpreters are the wise, time-worn voices who let the mysteries of Dylan's songs speak for themselves. Martin Simpson evokes the most heartbreaking tones of "Boots of Spanish Leather." Norman Blake and Peter Ostroushko (the only performers on the disc who have recorded with Dylan) see into the old-timey, almost 19th-century spirit of "Restless Farewell." Rosalie Sorrels, with her stately, burnished voice, gives perhaps the definitive version of "Tomorrow Is a Long Time." On the other hand, Lucy Kaplansky, Cliff Eberhardt, and John Gorka indulge in an earnestness Dylan mostly eschewed. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Getting Real with Bob Dylan.......2001-12-05

Superb interpretations of America's supreme musical genius. Each version here is 'real', the shining quality of even Dylan's flawed or tossed-off compositions. Standouts are Guy Davis' "Sweetheart Like You", Spider John Koerner and Dave Ray's "Delia", and John Gorka's "Girl from the North Country." If you can listen to Martin Simpson's "Boots of Spanish leather" without weeping for the beauty of it, you haven't got tears. The range of styles (cf. Tom Landa and the Paperboys doing "All Along the Watchtower" and Hart-Rouge doing "Dieu a Nos Cotes") reflects how Dylan has absorbed and transformed all genres of American music.

Dylan still appreciates the real and he certainly recognized that this 'birthday gift' was the real deal. Read, by contrast, Mikal Gilmore's interview with Bob Dylan in the November 22 Rolling Stone for Dylan's keen nose for phoniness.

Mikal knows what's what. His brother is Gary Gilmore, of Mailer's *Executioner's Song* fame and Mikal's own superb *Shot in the Heart,* which I have used in my war and violence courses. His attachment to the 'real' in life seems to have gotten Bob Dylan to speak in non-oblique ways about what he is about.

Well, there was the 1991 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy's where Dylan was presented with a ridiculous proposal to have others (mainly pop phonies) sing a medley of his songs, and all he had to do was "show up." So he said okay.

BEGIN QUOTE

DYLAN: Then the Gulf War broke out. The Grammy people called and said, "Listen, we're in a tight fix. So-and-so, who was going to sing 'Times Are A-Changin',' is afraid to get on an airplane. So-and-so, who was going to do 'Like a Rolling Stone,' doesn't want to travel becuase he just had another baby and doesn't want to leave his family." That's understandable. But then so-and-so, who was going to sing, "It's All Over, Baby Blue," was in Africa and didn't want to take a chance flying to New York, and so-and-so, who was going to sing "All Along the Watchtower," wasn't sure he wanted to be at any high-visiblity place right then, because it might be a little dangerous. So they said, "Could you come and sing? Could *you* fill the time?" And I said, "What about the guy who's introducing me [Jack Nicholson]?" They said, "He's OK. He's coming."

Anyway I got disillusioned with all the characters at that time-with their inner character and their ability to be able to keep their word and their idealism and their insecurity. All the ones that have the gall to thrust their tortured inner psyches on an outer world but can't at least be true to their word....I just lost respect for them. There's a few that are decent and God-fearing and will stand up in a righteous way. But I wouldn't want to count on most of them.

END QUOTE

Count on "A Nod to Bob" instead.

"Nodding off" is more like it.......2001-10-26

Producing a tribute to Bob Dylan by having other singers cover his songs is almost as ludicrous as asking a bunch of painters to re-do Monet's water lilies. These are cheap imitations. Only "Restless Farewell" (Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko) has anything to recommend it.

The remainder, despite the high profile and great work of some of the other performers, is pretty bleak. In particular, Lucy Kaplanskys' rendition of "It Aint Me Babe" will make your skin crawl. There is a lot of sappy sentimentalism here that bears no resemblance to the grit, irony, and sometimes venom in Dylan's delivery. If you are a Dylan fan, don't waste your money on this. If you have money to burn, give it to charity.

Good, Not Great.......2001-10-14

A must have for any fan of Dylan's, poetry, or just plain ole life. The artists have interpreted and presented individually, and that's what makes this CD good. The halting, "I Want You," alone is worth the price of admission to this uneven, earthy experience. I like the CD so well, I gave a musician/friend/artist my first copy before I purchased my second.

sarah jane's thoughts.......2001-07-17

I thought this was basically an uneven album, with some triumphs and some failures. Bob Dylan is a hard act to follow as a musician and as a vocalist, and everyone who listens to this will be hearing his voice and phrasing first, so I admire every one of the artists on this CD for their efforts.

Martin Simpson actually brought the message of the Boots of Spanish Leather home to me in a way that Bob never did. But he inspired me to listen to Bob's version again, to see the difference or the similarity. I think that Simpson's interpretation is awesome. The Roches they caught everything so about the Clothesline song with wonderful harmonies and humor. Rosalie Sorrels is someone that I never knew about (I'm a bit of a neophyte) and she absolutely mesmerized me. I'm going to get more of her music. Ramblin' Jack of course held his own, with his great story.

The version of I Want You was so off the mark to me that I couldn't finish listening to it. That was really the only disconcerting interpretation on the CD for me. The rest of the CD was good....not much more of note if you know what I mean. Nothing really stood out for me beyond what I've mentioned. It's not a must-have... but I'm glad I have it.

inconsistent, but when it's good it's wonderful.......2001-07-04

This is not the star-studded glory of the 30th anniversary concert, nor does it pretend to be. This tribute is just what it claims to be: a nod, that is quiet, respectful, tasteful. As such, the most understated and sensitive efforts contained herein are by far the most effective and poignant tributes to Master Dylan. By contrast, there are several attempts here to "improve" on the Dylan orignals in various ways, and these range from merely vapid to truly appalling. Lucy Kaplansky's saccharine "It Ain't Me, Babe," for example, misses the point entirely, with its righteous earnestness and too-precious false cadences. Also, while "All Along the Watchtower" has been successflly interpreted in a variety of styles, it doesn't seem to fit well in the Latin/Celtic fusion sound employed by Tom Landa & the Paperboys. And winning the award for most inappropriate Dylan cover since Franki Valli's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," we have "With God On Our Side," sung in French, by a man and a woman in harmony, in waltz time, with a major modulation in the middle. I'm not sure it's even POSSIBLE to corrupt the song further.

That said, there is quite a bit of beautiful stuff here. Eliza Glikyson starts off the set with an approriately sweet, yet still slightly stinging, "Love Minus Zero / No Limit," and in doing so is one of the only of the younger performers not to embarrass herself. The Roches demonstrate just how cool Dylan can be with their tongue-in-cheek "Clothes Line Saga," and Martin Simpson's effortless guitar on "Boots of Spanish Leather" is exactly right. Norman Blake's and Peter Ostroushko's "Restless Farewell" veritably improves on the original. Rosalie Sorrels is, of course, a proven force, and her version of the gorgeous "Tomorrow is a Long Time" is not only even prettier than the original, but also demonstrates a full understanding and appreciation of the song's power (something almost never accomplished in this collection, especially among the younger performers). And finally, in a moving tribute from one grizzled warrior to another, Ramblin' Jack Elliott's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is both the thinnest arrangement (just the singer and his spare guitar picking, recorded live), and the most powerful performance, of them all. Jack's voice and phrasing, and his mastery of and intimacy with the song, prove he is clearly a man who has been there and back, and who understands that Bob has made the same trip. Listening to Jack sing Bob's song, you have to smile even as your eyes mist up at the thought of all those years. Jack's "Don't Think Twice" may or may not be the best version of the seminal song, but it's far and away the best thing here.

This collection is inconsistent, surely, but if you skip over the self-righteous efforts of the new folkies to the musicians who have a clue, your patience is more than rewarded. As Ramblin' Jack Elliott says at the end of his piece, Happy Birthday, Bob.

Legacy
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Reclaiming the Blues

Another great album!

Legacy
Guy Davis
Manufacturer: Red House
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002IQI5Q
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Uncle Tom's Dead
Pay Day
Run Molly Run
Come Back Baby
Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms
I Just Can't Help Loving You
Drop Down Mama
Things About Coming My Way
Red Goose
Hikin' Jerry
I'm Gone
See See Rider
Long As You Get It Done
Cypress Grove
We All Need More Kindness In This World

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Guy Davis started his performing career as an actor--he was Dr. Josh Hall on One Life to Live in the 1980s and he played Robert Johnson in the off-Broadway play Trick the Devil--and his first recordings, while quite good, sometimes sounded as if he were just playing the role of a bluesman. On Legacy, Davis's seventh CD, his honey-and-gravel voice has mellowed, his intricate guitar picking has sharpened, and all traces of his earlier staginess have gone. When he plays Mississippi John Hurt's "Pay Day" or Lightnin' Hopkins's "Come Back Baby" he brings an authority to the music that only comes from deep understanding. And his own songs, such as the moody and moving "I Just Can't Help Loving You" or the jittery, banjo-driven "Red Goose," show that he has assimilated the old styles and has found a way to bring them into the modern world without sounding like a mere imitator. On Legacy, Guy Davis serves notice that he isn't merely acting as a bluesman, but that he is emerging as the genuine article. --Michael John Simmons

Album Description

Another superb release from one of the greats of the new country blues revival. The CD features 8 brand-new Davis originals and 7 imaginative new turns on classics by masters like Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Sleepy John Estes and Lead Belly. A 2004 WC Handy Awards nominee in two categories, Davis tops himself yet again with this stunning all-acoustic recording that makes manifest why his popularity is ever on the rise.

The CD's packaging is particularly inventive. The booklet includes a tongue-in-cheek "comic book" story of Guy and the Devil at the crossroads drawn by the "other Guy Davis" - the acclaimed graphic novel illustrator.

Customer Reviews:

Reclaiming the Blues.......2005-08-20

I'll begin by confessing a shortcoming: until one week ago I had never heard of Guy Davis. I almost literally stumbled upon a free outdoor concert that he was performing in Chattanooga on August 12th. (Side note: Chattanooga has become one of the coolest cities in the nation. Well worth a visit.) I was immediately transfixed, first by his flawless rythmic and melodic fingerstyle and 12-string slide playing (like Blind Willie?), but also by his soulful voice. It was like going back in time and hearing one of the blues masters live. He covered tunes by Mississippi John Hurt ("Pay Day"), Robert Johnson ("Sweet Home Chicago" and more) and others. But the move to his originals (like a new one, "Chocolate Man") was virtually seamless. I was hooked. The first thing I did was return to my hotel, pick up my guitar, and work out the fingerstyle melody to "Chocolate Man." My problem, though was that, first, I am not nearly as good as Guy and, second, I need to change the lyrics to "I'm the Vanilla Man," but it doesn't really fit the meter. The second thing I did was order "Legacy" from Amazon.

Perhaps my favorite part of his show was when he said, "I'm going to reclaim the banjo for the black man," and he reached behind him and pulled out a banjo. He added that he got his first banjo in the 1960s "when the last thing a black man should be seen with is a banjo." I think that moment defined much of what Guy Davis is about. He is unabashedly a blues man--and that in the oldest style of acoustic blues--who is reclaiming a rich and proud heritage largely neglected by African American artists and audiences. The cartoon insert of the Legacy CD includes Guy meeting the devil at the crossroads, and the devil observes that "only 2 percent of your audience is black." And Guy's first cut, "Uncle Tom's Dead," on "Legacy" (recorded with his son) addresses this very issue, as it's an exchange over the significance of the blues. One suggestion that Guy turns away in that exchange is that the blues is only "for white boys." He insists that "the blues is your heritage" with the younger Davis saying "who cares?" The blues is "Uncle Tom" music, he says, and "Uncle Tom's dead." He portrays a young African American drawn instead to the self-assertive and self-aggrandizing, always angry, sometimes violent themes of today's rap music.

Is it, then, that younger African Americans have come to associate the blues with the "Uncle Tom," stereotype of the black man who bends to white oppression? Is rap, with its "I don't take no sh*t from nobody" attitude seen as the right response to generations of racism and oppression for a black population come of age? If so, it is really too bad as this very African American form of music boasts one of the richest musical heritages in history. And though this is easy for a "white boy raised in the suburbs" to suggest, isn't there undeniable dignity in a musical style that can express joy in the very face of oppression and sorrow? The man who can retain his humanity, when people with power are doing their best to grind it into the ground, emerges as the victor as I see it. And retaining one's humanity is not consonant with the attitude typically portrayed in "gangsta rap." Guy's music exudes this very dignity and humanity.

In one line of "Uncle Tom's Dead," Guy says that "every black person should listen to the blues." I hope he succeeds in spreading the Gospel through the African American community. This will be his Legacy.

My two favorites on this particular CD are Guy's covers of John Hurt's "Pay Day" and of the traditional "Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms." And the reason is that these two tunes really showcase his marvellous fingerstyle (Lord, help me to play like Guy Davis). As one reviewer has observed, the blues was really a kind of dance music originally, and I confess that, though I did not jump to my feet and dance at the concert, I had a very bad case of what Steve Martin called "happy feet," to the chagrin of my wife.

Other great tunes on this CD include "Hikin' Jerry" (very traditional sound, rich acoustics with mandolin and slide acoustic) and "Drop Down Mama" (another case of happy feet).

Buy this CD and then help spread the word!

Another great album!.......2005-02-20

It always amazes me whenever I meet someone who claims to be a blues fan, but who hasn't heard of Guy Davis. Even though I had always enjoyed blues, I never really got seriously into it until I bought "Butt Naked Free." Guy's brand of blues is irresistable - it is richly acoustic (but not without the occasional touch of electic virtuousity from talents such as Roth Patterson), resonantly traditional (with a totally modern awareness), and just plain good.

"Legacy" is a wonderful continuation of Guy's previous work, and while it will satisfy fans looking for more of the sound they've come to love, it also ventures out onto a couple of new branches. The first track, "Uncle Tom's Dead," is an interesting hybridization of rap and blues which takes the form of an argument between Guy and his teenage son, a generational conflict that I'm sure a lot of blues fans can understand. Both this song and the more traditional track "I'm Gone" take the bold step of including the "N" word, which has not previously been included in Guy's lyrics (to my knowledge). It is up to the listener to decide how to feel about this, but the use of the word seems contextually appropriate in both cases.

There really is not a single bad - or even unremarkable - song on this album, but several stand out as my favorites. I love the simple, elegant resignation of "Payday" and the energy of "Run Molly Run" and "Red Goose" (although the biologist in me always wonders just what species of goose that is!). These latter songs have what Guy would call "a very high BSQ (Butt Shakin' Quotient)". Clapton fans will enjoy comparing covers of "Come Back Baby", and aging hippies and optimists alike will appreciate "We All Need More Kindness in this World."

Adding to an already interesting album are the cover and booklet by graphic novelist Guy Davis (a different Guy), and there is allegedly a good Cabernet out there made by the winemaker Guy Davis (also a different Guy) to enjoy while you listen.

In short (probably too late for that!), if you like blues, and especially good blues, you will love this album.

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Instant Classic! Garunteed
Merci!
this is fresh stuff
MISHAPS IS HAPPENING!
Ideal jazz music even for people who don't like jazz music.

Mishaps Happening
Quantic
Manufacturer: Ubiquity
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Release Date: 2004-06-08

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Building on the success and popularity of his first 2 albums "Mishaps Happening" sees Will Holland aka Quantic take it to the next level with the aid of guests like U.S. funk legend Spanky Wilson and Quantic right-hand woman Alice Russell. From the explosive Brazil tinged title track to the enchanting soul of "Sound of Everything" and the Afrobeat flavored "Furthest Moment" album #3 continues to join the musical dots, Quantic style. Jazz, funk and Afrobeat blend with tight breaks and distinctive production that happily nods to the past but sounds like the future.

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Instant Classic! Garunteed.......2006-10-15

Quantic has made a masterpiece. I bought this album 2 years ago and it is still my favorite purchase over those two years. You will not find a more soulful or better construction of organic instrumentation.

Will Holland, better known as Quantic, put out two great albums beforehand in Apricot Morning and 5th Exotic. And I was happy with these thinking that he had done all you could do in organizing musicianship into an electronic format. The fact is I was dead wrong because Holland's Mishaps Happenning brought this artistry into a whole other arena. With Mishaps, he has put together all of his extreme talent and ear for producing electronic music and has seemlessly blended this with great funk, soul, and jazz musicianship and singing. The actual architecture of EACH and EVERY song on this album is as beautiful and brilliant as the talented group he has brought together. The sounds are supremely textured and blended so well that his production is almost unoticed. And I believe the mark of a great album is when you can listen and feel the soul and genius but not understand it until you go back and replay it over and over. And only then you realize there was a meticulous science used to make each song.

This album does not follow a genre either. It is an eclectic group of songs for the right reason! Because brilliant music does not follow a type. Holland writes great songs here, no matter if he has to cross all genre boundaries.

I am coming back after two years to write this review because the album has not come close to dying as many electronic albums do. This is because they are great songs, not just great electronic songs. Simply put, Mishaps is timeless!

Holland has three sides, one part talented musician, one part brilliant producer, and one part DJ. What if all of all of these sides could meld into one encompassing seemless work of art? Well, it did. Buy Mishaps Happening.

Merci! .......2005-03-04

I think I picked this CD up on accident. I was looking for the artist that remade Jazzinho's "Constelacao", who is actually Quant, then looked at this CD and saw some of the musical connections and figured maybe it was a typo on the import. Well... I was dead wrong. But the irony is that after eventually picking up Quant's cd, it's this one that's getting far more rotation in the sound system! This was released on the Ubiquity label; home to some slammin' compilations and releases. Think Gilles Peterson, John Beltran, Shawn Lee, Zero dB (recently remixed a cut on Rosalia De Souza's remix project), Cuica, P'taah and even the Rewind series.

The music on this is great! It's starts out with the title track, a cut that starts out easy and smooth before kicking up a few extra paces to live to its title in a rather funky way. "Use What You Got" has a neat beat to it, but is not my favorite track on the CD. However "Sound of Everything" was the cut where I realized I would really, really enjoy this CD. Great jazz touches, mad soulful vocals and beat, and a good vibe altogether. It's followed up appropriately by a funked up French rap "En Focus". "Trees and Seas" is a pure instrumental that raises and falls, and alas as the cd continues, you get introduced to a bit of the humour and added originality of this cd, thanks to Spanky Wilson's vocals on the tracks "Don't Joke with a Hungry Man" (LOL) and "When You're Through".

Yes, CHECK THIS OUT! This was one mistake that ended up bein' a blessing... yet it wasn't such a mistake since I knew the label enough to take the chance. Meh... weird. Regardless, if you dig St. Germain's Tourist you'll probably really like this. You also would probably like music by 4Hero, Gilles Peterson, the Rewind jazz series on this same label and Nathan Haines. I mean this has soul, funk, and just about anything else. Wait a sec... yeah, maybe James Brown for some of the original funk. Give it a shot!

this is fresh stuff.......2004-07-29

Yeah, I agree with the other review here so far... Will Holland has certainly challenged himself by being painly prolific on plastic... he once got his sister to take care of saxophone duties, but now he does it himself... this is the kind of guy that will be able to record as though he's nine people, but it's just him in his studio (I think he's almost just done that with Quantic Soul Orchestra, although they do play it live with a full band). Or maybe it's that other thing with his old friend that's unusually brilliant, the Limp Twins- completely overlooked on this side of the water, as far as I'm aware. This new one isn't flawless like Stampede was and is, but it's certainly worth the effort.

MISHAPS IS HAPPENING!.......2004-07-27

I didn't digest Quantic's Mishaps Happening too well at first, until I threw it on one of those car stereos that rupture your eardrums...at any rate, once I experienced this disc on a high quality sound system, I was amazed at the incredible mixture of songs that Will Holland produced. He goes from Afrobeats to pure funk to deep house to soul to jazz with the skill of someone twice his age--I understand the guy is 23! Pretty impressive being that a lot of folks his age on the scene are more concerned with an image and doing cheesy popcorn music. Quantic's music is outstanding and he never compromises on good taste. Highly Recommended!

Ideal jazz music even for people who don't like jazz music........2004-07-22

This CD is absolutely delightful. I've never been one to enjoy a full-range jazzy CD, but I'm happy to make an exception here.

With no prior knowledge of a band called "Quantic" even existing, this album surely has made a terrific first impression on me. I should clarify that this album is not jazz. In fact it really cannot be classified. Perhaps if you're completely OCD about the proper cataloguing of CDs as well as everything else in your life, you'll just have to make a new category for this. There are fine elements of jazz, a hint of reggae, groove, samba perhaps, and just a whole lot of character and ambition. Therefore you have to classify this album in a category labeled "Fun".

Each track on the album is quirky and smart, with a pleasant personality all its own. Many tracks include very talented guests for surprise vocals, albeit I've never heard of any of them. I thoroughly recommend sampling the tracks right on Amazon and I guarantee you'll be grinning.

This music is absolutely perfect to ease your way through work or a car trip. Let me put it this way: If Quantic was the music we all heard when someone on the other end of the telephone line puts us on hold, the world we be a much happier place to live in.

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Mezzanine de l'Alcazar, Vol. 5
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Pschent Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000N3SPAG
Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

Kiss the Sky - Shawn Lee
The Last Wig - Barth
She's From Mexico - Zimpala
Magnifique - Rouge Rouge
Walk On the Wild Side - DJ Disse
L'Helicoptere - Lili Bulle
Cosmological Constancy - Kelley Polar
Disco's Revenge - Maxence
Solid Ground - Ms. John Soda
The Pant - Mamaluke
Michelle Plays Ping Pong - Daisy Daisy
Nin-Com-Pop - Lali Puna
How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? - SHARON JONES
Robots Will Save Us - Leonard De Leonard
Another Station - Lindstrom
Grandfathered - Nathan Fake
Birds Fly By Flapping Their Wings - Biosphere

Tracks:

Spread Some Love - Tony Ransom
Life Is - Kenny Carvajal
A Thousand Words - Dom Navarra
Dandy Dancer - Greg Kozo
Flying High - Byron Stingily
Keep On Shining - Raw Artistic Soul
Glory Of Life - Mink
Aurora - Eric Kupper
The Way - Kid Massive
Animal Vibes - Alex
My Life - Hardsoul
Serenity - Tiger Stripes

Album Description

Mixed by Rouge Rouge (Dinner Time) & Michael Canitrot (Dancing Time). Pschent. 2007.

Album Details

The Mezzanine De L'alcazar Series of Compilations Always have an Ambitous Musical Direction with a Refined and Exclusive Character, Mixed by the Most Sought after Djs. English Design Master Sir Terence Conran Created Establishment (Located in the Heart of the Saint-germain-des-prés in Paris) that Became a Magical and Trendy Place Where Music Plays a Most an Essential Role. For this Fifth Edition, the Parisian Duo Rouge Rouge Present their Selections for the Traditional "Dinner Time Mix" of Cd1, One of the Most Prestigious References in Lounge Music. For Cd2, Titled "Dancing Time", the Set is Mixed by the French Young DJ Michaël Canitrot. Among the Artists Included Are Barth, Maxence, Sharon Jones, Lindström, Zimpala and Kelly Polar, Along with Two Previously Unreleased Tracks from Rouge Rouge and Michaël Canitrot.

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