Twister [CD-single]

Twister [CD-single]

Track Listings

1. Twister [Radio Edit]

2. Twister [Club Mix]

3. Twister [Final Warning Mix]

4. Aftermath [Extended Version]

Tracks:

Humans Being - Van Halen
Virtual Reality - Rusted Root
Talula (BT's Tornado Mix) - Tori Amos
Moments Like This - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Darling Pretty - Mark Knopfler
Miss This - Soul Asylum
Broken - Belly
Love Affair - K.D. Lang
How - Lisa Loeb And Nine Stories
Melancholy Mechanics - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Long Way Down (Remix) - Goo Goo Dolls
No One Needs To Know - Shania Twain
Twisted - Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham
Respect The Wind - Edward & Alex Van Halen

Customer Reviews:

The song Mystery.......2006-03-22

It is Deep Purple...it is not the song A200. The song is "Child In Time". The only thing is he is playing song at about half way (not from the beginning)and it is a live version.

Replying to another post.......2006-01-18

To the person who was wanting to know what the song was playing when they went after the first storm, I believe it is Deep Purple's "A 200" from the "Burn" album. I think it is a live version, and I dont' know which album it comes from. The TV in Dusty's truck that you see when that song is playing, is showing footage of a Rainbow concert. There are obvious ties of course, and I have no idea if Rainbow ever recorded "A 200".

looking for a song?.......2006-01-11

I need to know something... I need help with this one... The song right when they go off to see the first tornado.. It's sort of rock orchestra... I love that song and can't figure out what it is. Help!
-Jason

Really Good But Could Be Better.......2003-07-06

Twister is my favorite movie and my favorite song is "Humans Being" But the soundtrack could be better. There were a few songs in the movie that were not included in the soundtrack like "Motherless Child" by Eric Clapton. "Long Way Down" is a great song by the Goo Goo Dolls considering most of there songs are slow."Respect The Wind" is a pretty good instrumental song but is a little too long and can get a little boring. "Virtual Reality" is a OK song but is kind of annoying when you hear it more than one. The rest of the tracks arn't too rememberable except for a couple from the movie because they were played low and not for long. Although i really love this CD, The Twister Score by Mark Mancina is much better.

Chase the Storm and the Romance.............2002-12-15

Just like the film, this soundtrack of "Twister" has you experiencing all the action and adventure of chasing the storm, to the stormy and unpredictable love affair admist it. Feel the excitment of the chase and the coming of the tornado with songs like "Humans Being" by Van Halen, and "Virtual Realty" by Rusted Root. Experience the hearbreak and the joys of love with romantic ballads "Love Affair" by K.D. Lang and Shania Twain's "No One Needs To Know".Then you'll be thrilled once again by the forces of nature to the tunes of "Twisted" by Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham and "Respect the Wind" by Edward and Alex Van Halen.

This album has something for everyone.It's a great mix, including music by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mark Knopfler.(see buying info for complete list) If you haven't seen the film, you'll want to after listening to it and if you've already seen it, the album will make you want to watch it again (and vice versa!).

The "Twister" soundtrack is great to listen to in the car as well as at home....Chase YOUR dreams!....Laurie

Twister Alley
Average customer rating:

Ahead of its time in 1993

Uptempo dance music country style

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Twister Alley
Twister Alley
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008LTA
Release Date: 1993-08-17

Tracks:

Let It Be Love
Pretty Thing
Nothing in Common But Love
Dance
Young Love
Twister Alley
Redneck Ways (In the U.S.A.)
Billy Bill
Shame on Me
I'm Outta Here
Dance [Club Mix]

Customer Reviews:

Ahead of its time in 1993.......2004-03-18

This was an appealing mixed-gender band from Arkansas whose shot at a major-label release flamed brightly but unfortunately quickly. Their only album, released in 1993, is a prime slice of the definitive "contemporary country" at the time. Deftly produced and keyed by Nashville stalwarts Mike Lawler & Harold Shedd (Alabama, Reba, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kenny Rogers and a zillion other acts), the recording is top-notch. Way up-front are the lead vocals -- powerful, full, terrific, on-the-money from a young woman named Shellee Morris. Overall the selections are a bit uneven but the high points such as "Let It Be Love" are VERY high. And "Dance" -- with its superkinetic hoedown pace, exuberant spirit and sexy male vocal interjections -- remains a staple everywhere from country dancehalls to aerobics classes. ("Dance! Dance! Get out on the floor and DANCE!") Although not songwriters, the band's vocals and orientation imbue a women's POV througout. Female country fans in particular will enjoy this album. Get back together and tour, Twister Alley!

Uptempo dance music country style.......2003-07-19

As far as I know, this was the only album by Twister Alley, but it's a great slice of rocking country music to get those toes tapping. The members were Shellee Morris (vocal), Amy Hitt (guitar and backing vocals), Steve Goins (lead guitar and backing vocals), Lance Blythe (acoustic guitar), Randy Loyd (bass) and Kevin King (drums).

If you remember them for one song, it is likely to be Dance - if this track can't make you do just that, you must be very determined not to dance. Most of the album is filled with upbeat, danceable music and there is also a club mix version of Dance. Many of the songs are original, but one classic oldie is included - the fifties rock'n'roll classic Young love, which is actually one of the slowest tracks here.

Like so many other might-have-been stars, Twister Alley had their chance but they were unable to grasp it for whatever reason. These days, record companies are not noted for their perseverance. Nevertheless, this is a great album of rocking country music.

Coolest Review!.......2003-04-02

This CD rocks, it's a shame the band isn't together anymore.

Average customer rating:

Great CD
Terrific soundtrack!
A powerful score with a twist
Great CD
One of the best

Twister: Motion Picture Score
Mark Mancina
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Hitcher

ASIN: B000002JBA
Release Date: 1996-08-13

Tracks:

Wheatfield
Where's My Truck?
Futility
Downdraft
Drive In
The Big Suck
Going Green
Sculptures
Cow
Ditch
Wakita
Bob's Road
We're Almost There
Dorothy IV
Mobile Home
God's Finger
William Tell Overture/ Oklahoma Medley - Todd Field, Wendle Joesepher
End Title/ Respect The Wind - Edward VanHalen, Alex VanHalen

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2004-08-15

This is a great cd. If you have seen the movie "Twister" and liked the music in it, than you'll like this cd. Mark Mancina directs a great orchestra. The scariest track on here for me is Track 5: Drive In where Jo and Bill run from the F4 Tornado at the Drive In Theater. So if you like Twister, than you'll like this cd! So get it today!

Insturmental.

Terrific soundtrack!.......2003-09-25

I liked this CD from the first song. Mark Mancina did an excellent job of composing these songs. Twister is a naturally high-adrenaline movie, and Mark Mancina did well to add to that adrenaline rush. It's an excellent soundtrack and I enjoy it thoroughly each time I listen to it.

A powerful score with a twist.......2003-02-15

After his tremendous success with "Speed", Mark Mancina returns scoring another Jan De Bont film, "Twister", which is by far a better score. Here, Mancina unleashes sheer orchestral power and excellent thematic material that really sounds good both in the film and on CD. "Wheatfield" opens with conductor, Don Harper's voice telling the orchestra to quiet down as they get set to perform the music (turn up the volume to hear what he's saying). Then, you better turn it down quick because the volume is really loud. The main theme then comes with lots of strings, with hard hitting low brass and racing percussion. "Futility" contains an excellent rendition of the main theme played on strings. "Downdraft" features propulsive string rhythms and screeching clarinets. The impressive LA Master Chorale shines in tracks such as "The Big Suck", "Ditch", "Bob's Road", "We're Almost There", and "God's Finger" to aid in the devastation of the destructive tornado. "Going Green" contains powerful rhythmic strings along with a wailing electric guitar. One disappointment about this score is "William Tell Overture/Oklahoma Medley", which in my opinion, is distracting from the score and doesn't belong. Mancina actually didn't want this either, as he had written a big orchestral ending for the film, but director Jan De Bont didn't like the idea and instead, went with the other. "End Title/Respect the Wind" finishes off the score with one final rendition of the main theme, which segues into a nicely done instrumental piece by Edward and Alex Van Halen. If you want knockout action music with solid thematic material, then this score is definitely for you. Pick it up if you can find it.

Great CD.......2002-12-10

I bought this CD after I heard the songs on the movie Twister. I love this CD!!! Mark Mancina has written many other CDs Such as Speed and Armageddon... I bought them both and I love them. MY favorite track is Wheatfield... I think its the best one... and all the others are great. If you liked the movie then this is the CD for you!

One of the best.......2002-12-08

This is one of the best soundtracks made in recent years. It adds so much to the film! I get chills when I hear it, and when that happens, its good, damn good!

Average customer rating:

Awesome

Texas Twister
Johnny Copeland
Manufacturer: Rounder Select
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000003LO
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me
Copeland Special
It's My Own Tears
Claim Jumper
Natural Born Believer
Cold Outside
Honky Tonkin'
Love Utopia
Don't Stop By The Creek, Son
Houston
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Abidjan

Amazon.com

A collection of four of the Texas guitarist's sessions for Rounder Records, Texas Twister doesn't quite pack the punch of the individual albums, but is still an excellent introduction to the guitarist's work. Underappreciated until the last years of his life--though daughter Shemekia has been shaking things up since her debut album was released in 1998--Copeland had everything that epitomized the Texas blues: scorching guitar riffs; a growling, expressive voice; and a sense of the grand that one rarely finds in any other flavor of the blues. From smoking slow blues like "It's My Own Tears" and "Honky Tonkin'" to more uptempo numbers like "Claim Jumper" and "Love Utopia," everything here is rock-solid. What's extra special, though, are the final three tracks--drawn from 1986's Bringin' It All Back Home--which, by setting Copeland's blues to African rhythms and backing music, highlight both the family resemblance between the two types of music, and how far they've diverged. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2001-07-31

I first got turned onto Johnny Copeland from the great Showdown disc featuring Albert Collins, Robert Crey and Johnny Copeland. Everyone should own Showdown!!! I found that my favorite cuts from that album featured Johnny.

Texas Twister was the first CD's from him I purchased. It had some other great things like Stevie Ray Vaughn's involvment. Don't Go By the Creek Son ( which is featured in SRV's box set) rocks the bones out of ya. Johnny's has to be the best blues vocalist I have ever heard. I get goose bumps from head to toe every time I hear him. You can't go wrong with this disk. I give it two thumbs up! (I'd gve more if I had more)

At Home With Cherry Twister
Average customer rating:

Old but fresh sound

Phenomenal songs, impeccably performed.

From the pop music capitol of Lancaster Pa.

OK, but a bit too wimpy and derivative for me

how does it get any better

At Home With Cherry Twister
Cherry Twister
Manufacturer: Lucky Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I8GX
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

Don't Forget Your Man
Sparkle
Meteorite
Charlotte B.
I'm Gonna Be the Lonely Boy Tonite
American Nightlife
Leila
She's Gone
Maryann
Black Summer
Brighten Up
Kinda Like a Star
She's in Love Again
Til I'm Blue
Careful (Can't Fall Again)
Why Won't You Believe in Me?

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On At Home With, retro-flavored rockers Cherry Twister press all the right buttons and go straight for the pop taste buds like some kind of bittersweet, all-in-one-tin fruit cocktail of half-remembered '60s summer tunes. They're not the first band to dig their dessert spoons into the Beach Boys, Bacharach, Merseybeat, and Simon & Garfunkel--and heaven knows they won't be the last. But they can count themselves among the toe-tapping best. Tangy examples of their talents include the Klark Kent-ish "Don't Forget Your Man," their riposte to the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" on "Black Summer," and the Las-meet-Fountains of Wayne stylings of "Kinda Like a Star." --Kevin Maidment

Album Description

1999 and second album by Pennsylvania's kings of power pop. Mixing the sweetness of the Rubinoos with the modern pop approach of Matthew Sweet and Tommy Keene, this album is already at the top of many pop critic's 'best of' lists (notjust for the year, but for all time!). 16 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Old but fresh sound.......2005-08-17

I'm a big lover of power pop music and I like very much this record, that I have discovered through Amazon browsing by styles and references.

About music, nowadays many people thinks that it's important to be original. I don't think so. Join talent, creativity and passion and boom. Then you have to find people that likes this blending. It' happen when the music has a style that fits your taste and a flavor that moves your memories. It's impossible always create a really new sound in our world, with tons of information. And always other people born. Man and woman that never have heard the huge musical legacy of the last fifty years.

Cherry Twister, leaded by Steve Ward (that have released two great solo albums) is a home band that just recorded one CD, this one.

Soft voices (a little bit high-pitched voices), profusion of chorus and backing vocals, tremolo guitars, etc, but everything in function of very inspiring tunes, arrangements played by experienced musicians.

I'm very impressed by the record quality.

1) Don't forget your man (7/10) - Good tune but a little bit repetitive. Interesting arrangement.

2) Sparkle (8/10) - Great but I hate the "uh-uh-uh" part. Completely kitsch and dispensable. Maybe the two first songs of this album have influenced the All Music Guide critic, that gave 2.5/5 quote for this album.

3) Meteorite (9/10) - Very pleasant song and almost updated!

4) Charlotte B. (8/10) - good song, but not special. Some parts more inspired.

5) I'm Gonna Be the Lonely Boy Tonite (9/10) - Nice guitar in a tasteful song.

6) American Nightlife (6/10) - Instrumental filler.

7) Leila (10/10) - Carry you in a travel deep inside the almost blue sky.

8) She's Gone (9/10) - Soft and delicate tune. It remembers me "Beach Boys"

9) Maryann (9/10) - Also a more modern song, like "Meteorite". It seems like "Fountains of Wayne".

10) Black Summer (8/10) - Lightly upbeat "Posies" style ("Dear 23").

11) Brighten Up (7/10) - OK song. Music change from the cheesy slow part to upbeat routine part

12) Kinda Like a Star (9/10) - Also evokes me "Fountains of Wayne" with good guitar arrangement.

13) She's in Love Again (9/10) - Beautiful song with "America" style.

14) Til I'm Blue (9/10) - "Kinks" style song.

15) Careful (Can't Fall Again) (9/10)- Crying guitars and 60 style song.

16) Why Won't You Believe in me (6/10) - A little bit boring lullaby song.

Phenomenal songs, impeccably performed........2003-04-19

This disc is a total delight. The tunes are infectious, the lyrics bright and witty, and the arrangements are true to -- but not slavishly imitative of -- the sixties pop sensibility.

Top Twister Steve Ward is a power pop genius. If he'd been born 50 years ago, he'd have been divorced several times by now, have earned and blown three or four fortunes, and be the object of vague rumors involving the untimely demise of some loathesome late seventies record company exec.

But *this* is his time, and *this* is his disc -- at least one of them. Another, his solo effort, the more recent "Opening Night," is also a must-acquire.

One interesting thing about Steve's work is that all his tunes are strong. There are no throwaways. I particularly like 'Charlotte B.', 'I'll Be the Lonely Boy Tonight', and 'Maryann.' But they're all really good, so my favorites rotate.

This really is one of my all-time faves. If you like the Beatles and the Wondermints and the Hollies -- well crafted songs, nicely produced -- you're gonna love Cherry Twister.

Promise.

From the pop music capitol of Lancaster Pa........2002-07-10

I read good strong, positive reviews before taking a chance on this cd. I liked it immediately upon buying it. Now it has become one of my favorites! Strong ultra melodic songs, great harmonies, what more could you want? Buy this and Steve Wards solo album also. These guys have the potential to be as good as the Pearlfishers, Mike Viola, Wondermints, Dada and other PoP Gods. Great job!

OK, but a bit too wimpy and derivative for me.......2002-03-31

This is super-happy kitschy high-pitched-vocals bubblegum stuff.

I guess I was looking for just a little bit more bite. The vocals are entirely wimpy and fey. We're not talking Monkees-bubblegum here, we're talking 1910 Fruitgum Company or even (gasp!) Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution.

The music is also very obviously derivative. These aren't just influences, these are imitations. The melody of "Black Summer" sounds WAY too much like "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys.

If your idea of perfect music is, say, watching reruns of the Groovie Ghoulies or Banana Splits jam to some unbearably happy, wimpy three-chord tune, complete with cheesy yeah-yeah's and ahhhh's between the verses, well, here's your record.

how does it get any better.......2001-08-20

This is one of those rare cds that you find only a few times. A friend said it best" like finding a gem in the midst of so much clutter". There are so many good songs on the cd it's hard to pick out the best songs. My favorites are "Like A Star" and "She's In Love Again" with several more a close second. The sound is fresh but also makes me feel like I'm back in High School again. This cd should by anyone's account be at the very top of your list to acquire if you don't already have it. Steve Ward's solo project is also a must. By all means HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Average customer rating:

way cool
A Superb Recording

The Texas Twister
Buddy Tate
Manufacturer: New World Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000030DU
Release Date: 1996-06-18

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Customer Reviews:

way cool.......2007-01-19

I picked this album up _almost_ by accident, I knew Tate used to play with Basie, and if he's good enough for Basie, well... Anyway, it's one of my favorite albums, at times smokin' at others mellow. Fine arrangements and musicianship. You can't go wrong with this one.

A Superb Recording.......1999-04-30

This is a very good album. It has a sound that I love to hear and try to perform myself. I am a 52 year old Memphian who has decided pick up my horn again and play it right. This time I want to be able to play music like I heard my father hum, whistle, sang. Bubby Tate is playing that music. I learn to play rock 'n roll during the 60's but missed learning to play the music of all music (jazz). Now that I am aged and mellowed, I get a lot of time and pleasure reading, researching, practicing, listening to, learning and performing jazz. This album will be among my collections along with Colman Hawkins, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Sil Austin, "Prez",and John Coltrane. Buddy Tate really swings 'Chicago' as well as 'The Texas Twister'. He is so melodic on 'Talk of The Town' which is the reason that I give him 5 stars.

Average customer rating:

A great two-fer: too bad about the packaging
Great cd, but you won't be getting it for $17 anytime soon...
What are you thinking?
Outstanding 2-fer, Present Tense was the record of '79
Gary Klebe is an angel with a broken throat

Present Tense/Tongue Twister
Shoes
Manufacturer: Landmark Distributor
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ASIN: B000001LB3
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

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Album Description

1988 reissue of the first two Elektra albums on one disc by this legendary U.S. pop band. 'Present Tense', originallyreleased in 1979, features 12 tracks including 'In My ArmsAgain', 'Too Late' and 'Tomorrow Night'. 'Tongue Twister', originally released i

Customer Reviews:

A great two-fer: too bad about the packaging.......2006-10-07

It pains me to give only four stars to a CD that contains the two best albums by one of my all-time favorite bands, but I have a problem with the packaging. I have both these albums on vinyl, but one of the discs is warped, so I bought this CD. The music sounds as great now as it ever did, but I was disappointed that they went with bargain-bin packaging here: no lyrics, no pictures (except for tiny reproductions of each album cover), no liner notes. Albums this great deserve better treatment, and I would gladly pay double the price for high-quality reissues that at least contained the original artwork and lyric sheets.

Having said that, I will now say that if you haven't heard this band and you like music that's in a similar vein (other reviewers here have described it very well), you do need to get this CD. Unlike most fans, I prefer "Tongue Twister," because I like the leaner, meaner production (by Richard Dashut, who worked with Fleetwood Mac). Both albums are packed with great songs, and there is really not one false note on this entire CD. Enjoy!

Great cd, but you won't be getting it for $17 anytime soon..........2006-07-18

If you are like me, you may have wondered about all the listings where a rare, collectable item that sells for quite a bit normally is supposedly available from Amazon for a much lower amount "normally delivered in 4 - 6 weeks" or thereabouts. Well, I'm here to tell you, they don't have the title and it doesn't appear to be on its way. I ordered several such items, including this great Shoes cd on June 2, just to see what happened. So far nothing... not a peep. All Amazon is doing is putting their legitimate selling and buying customers at an unfair disadvantage while tying up your money (in case they ever do ship it). If I had ordered from an Amazon Merchant, I could have been enjoying this cd for the last 6 weeks.

What are you thinking?.......2006-04-23

Dear Seller:
Um, dude, we all know your high price for these albums is a total joke. I know Skip and Jeff; I drop in on them in Zion on a not-too-infrequent basis. Your price is for any of their CDs is insane, good as their music is--and it is good. What exactly are you thinking?
ZZ

Outstanding 2-fer, Present Tense was the record of '79.......2005-02-16

Shoes are one of those bands that you look at and just scratch your head, wondering "how did these guys not get huge?" Of course, fans in the know will tell you that Shoes were one of the best power pop groups of all time (in fact, in college I did a Power Point presentation on power pop music, and I focused on my "Big 5," of which Shoes were #4). One of the first in a long line of Illinois popsters who just don't get their due - there must be something in the water over there that gives these guys so much talent and bad luck simultaneously. Anyway, the first record by Shoes that was released was Black Vinyl Shoes, which is highly recommended but a bit less accessible. Present Tense followed, serving up an actual hit single (!) in "Too Late," a simply great power pop song any way you slice it. Of course the rest of the album is magnificent from start to finish, and as a guitarist I loved being able to throw this on and pick out most of the simple but catchy guitar parts. Tongue Twister followed, and admittedly sounds a bit thinner and more dated, but there's still a wealth of great tunes for your listening pleasure. Fans of softer Cheap Trick, Dwight Twilley, Emitt Rhodes, Big Star, and the Records would be doing themselves a real favor to track this down.

Best Tracks:
"Too Late" - Cool little riff leads into this lesson in power pop dynamics - even when the guitars kick in and start crunching on the chorus, the vocals stay soft and sweet.
"Your Very Eyes" - Should have been all over AOR/AC stations in the late 70's. Puts other soft rock to shame.
"In My Arms Again" - Really interesting song structure here - scaled back chorus gives way to an explosive, emotive outro. Great tune.
"I Don't Wanna Hear It" - An early example of pop punk, miles better than anything out today in that genre.
"Your Imagination" - For those who dig early Goo Goo Dolls tunes written by bassist Robby Takac, this will fit right in. Good lyrics, peppy and bouncy, a great kick in to the Tongue Twister tracks.
"When It Hits" - More power pop 101 from the masters. I just wish this track was a bit better produced.

Gary Klebe is an angel with a broken throat.......2004-11-19

Overrated wunderhacks like Nick Lowe talked a lot of guff about pure pop for now people. Shoes actually went ahead and did it. Gary Klebe & The Murphy Brothers have more power-pop talent than Badfinger and Big Star combined. And the fact that they're less popular than the 12 or 13 Kenny Rogers impersonators currently plying their craft in Las Vegas only serves to make the underappreciation of Shoes all the more galling.

TONGUE TWISTER is definitely a meatier & beatier proposition than PRESENT TENSE. Frankly, I'm flabbergasted that PRESENT TENSE is preferred by Patrick Wilkins & Alfred Salas. "No synthesizers" is a liner-note bragging-point in regard to TONGUE TWISTER. Although some of those instrumental timbres sure sound synthy to me. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Shoes have a great idiosyncratic gimmick at its disposal in the form of Gary Klebe's thin wracked voice. Gary can't help but remind me of a fictional character created by Franz Kafka: Josephine the singing mouse. Sing? "She can't even squeak". That's Gary alright. The power-pipsqueak whose voice is more pleasurable & poignant than a thousand Robert Goulets. Gary's ability to move me very deeply with that preposterously wimpy voice of his proves once again that anything is possible in the wacky world of professional entertainment.

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A must have for any film score enthusiast.

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Binding: Audio CD

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Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000005ZJW
Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

Titanic Suite: Distant Memories
Titanic Suite: Never an Absoution
Titanic Suite: Rose
Twister (Wheatfield)
Independence Day End Titles
M.I.B. Closing Theme [From "Men in Black"] - Stephen Lu & the Hollywood Sessions Orchestra,
Hummel Get the Rockets [From the Rock 'n' Roll High]
I'm Forrest... Forest Gump [From Forrest Gump]
Forrest Gump (You're No Different)
Lion King (This Land)
Theme from Schindler's List
Chili Hot [From Get Shorty] - Stephen Lu & the Hollywood Sessions Orchestra,
Theme from Jurassic Park
Love Affair (Piano Solo)
Apollo 13: Main Title
Telltale Clip-Main Theme [From the Telltale Clip] - Stephen Lu & the Hollywood Sessions Orchestra,

Customer Reviews:

A must have for any film score enthusiast........1998-11-11

This is the most realistic synthesized re-creation of orchestral music I've ever heard! Many times I had to stop and really listen because I could have sworn there was a whole orchestra playing. The selection of themes is superb. Absolutely incredible!

Average customer rating:

Strong Debut by "The Texas Twister"

The Texas Twister
Don Wilkerson
Manufacturer: Ojc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005OR8Y
Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

The Twister
Morning Coffee
Idiom
Jelly Roll
Easy To Love
Where Or When
Media

Customer Reviews:

Strong Debut by "The Texas Twister".......2003-03-26

Texas tenorman Don Wilkerson's debut recording, "The Texas Twister," is a solid affair. After working with Wilkerson in Florida in the mid-50s, Cannonball Adderley decided to give him a recording date while he was producing for the Riverside label. Several of Cannonball's bandmates make appearances on these May 19 & 20, 1960 sessions, including Brother Nat on cornet, Barry Harris on piano and Sam Jones on bass. The quintet's rounded out by the great Billy Higgins on drums, and it should be noted that Leroy Vinnegar replaces bassist Jones on three of the disc's seven tracks. This CD, like most of the more obscure titles on the OJC label, is a limited edition. For further listening, Blue Note just released their own limited edition double CD of Wilkerson's three albums for the label. Both are well worth purchasing for fans who like their classic jazz with a "twist" of soul.

Average customer rating:

I've been thinking about the way smooth music goes.

The Makers of Smooth Music
Tom Ardolino Presents: The Makers of Smooth Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000Q44V8M

Customer Reviews:

I've been thinking about the way smooth music goes........2007-06-27

The full title of this CD is "Tom Ardolino Presents: The Makers of Smooth Music (MSR Madness Vol. 2)". MSR Madness Vol. 1 was titled "The Beat of the Traps" and was released on vinyl only. But fear not, 12 of the 16 tracks from The Beat of the Traps are included here, with the remaining 4 tracks included on the MSR Madness Vol. 3 CD. So, what the heck does MSR Madness mean anyway? Well, MSR Records was the leading producer of song-poem records. Okay, so what are song-poems? They are lyrics which have been set to music for a fee. Typically, the service was promoted through small display ads in popular magazines, comic books, tabloids, men's adventure journals and similar publications with a headline reading (essentially) Send in Your Poems - Songwriters Make Thousands of Dollars - Free Evaluation. The term lyrics was avoided because it was assumed potential customers would not understand what the term meant. People who sent their poetry usually received notice by mail that their work was worthy of recording by professional musicians, along with a proposal to do so in exchange for a fee. The melodies were either improvised or recycled and musicians often recorded dozens of songs per recording session using minimal resources, often in one take. The recordings were then duplicated on 45 RPM vinyl singles or compilation LPs with dozens of other songs by amateur lyric writers. Copies were sent to the customer. Promises that they would also be sent to radio stations or music industry executives were rarely if ever kept -- partly because the recordings would not have been taken seriously by professionals. The practice played off the intense desire of unsophisticated people to realize their ambitions of making money from writing popular songs. In the 1990s, some record collectors "rediscovered" these recordings. The main attraction of them is how kooky some of them are. Some these songs have really bizarre lyrics and off-kilter performances. If you enjoy hearing oddball music, you'll probably get a kick out of this CD.

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