Welcome Back
Track Listings
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1. Welcome Back
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2. Breathe, Stretch, Shake - Mase, Puff Daddy
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3. Keep It On
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4. My Harlem Lullaby
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5. I Owe
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6. Wasting My Time
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7. Gotta Survive
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8. Love You Need - Mase,
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9. Money Comes and Goes
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10. I Wanna Go
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11. Into What You Say
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12. Do You Remember - Cardan, Mase
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Average customer rating:
- good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children
- memories
- TV Theme Songs
- TV themes
- Deja Vu
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TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs
Cyndi Grecco , and Jones, Jack
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B00006EXIL
Release Date: 2002-08-20 |
Tracks:
- I Love Lucy Theme - Wilbur Hatch
- Dragnet - Ray Anthony
- The Twilight Zone - Rod Open
- Bonanza - Al Caiola & His Orchestra
- The Andy Griffith Theme - Earle Hagen
- The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Earl Scruggs
- The Addams Family (Main Theme) - Vic Mizzy
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- Green Acres - Eddie Albert
- Jeannie - Hugo Montenegro
- Batman Theme - Neal Hefti
- (Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
- Star Trek (Main Title & Closing Theme) - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mannix - Lalo Schifrin
- Hawaii Five-O - Mort Stevens & His Orchestra
- Theme From The Brady Bunch - The Brady Bunch
- Come On Get Happy - The Partridge Family
- Those Were The Days - Carroll O'Connor
- And Then There's Maude - Donny Hathaway
- Good Times - Jim Gilstrap
- Movin' On Up - Oren Waters
- The Rockford Files - Mike Post
- Them From S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
- Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
- Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco
- Chico And The Man - Jose Feliciano
- Welcome Back - John Sebastian
- What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
- Barney Miller - Jack Elliott
- Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
- Love Boat Theme - Jack Jones
- Angela (Theme From 'Taxi') - Bob James
- It Takes Diff'rent Strokes - Gloria Loring
- Theme From Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) - Waylon
- Theme From Magnum, P.I. - Mike Post
- The Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
- Theme From Dynasty - Bill Conti
- Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
- Thank You For Being A Friend - Cynthia Fee
Album Description
TV Land brings you 40 of your favorite evening show theme songs. Highlights include 'Happy Days', 'The Greatest American Hero', 'Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)', 'Laverne & Shirley', 'I Dream Of Jeanie', 'I Love Lucy', 'Welcome Back, Kotter', 'The Love Boat', 'Hawaii Five-O', 'The Golden Girls' and many, many more. 2002. Rhino.
Customer Reviews:
good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children.......2007-06-27
We had ordered this for "The Dukes of Hazzard" theme song for our 4yr old and our whole family has fallen in love with the cd. It makes me want to share some of the old fun and simple shows with my children. I forgot about some of those shows. It brings back good memories for my husband and me and the songs are new and exciting for our children. It's a nice change from children's cd's, but our children still think it's fun. The sound quality is good and the songs included on the cd are a great mix. I would definately recommend this one.
memories.......2007-02-22
This cd is excellent it has a lot of very good music and true to the original sound, Am getting a lot of enjoyment,highly recomended
TV Theme Songs.......2007-01-13
This is a great CD for people who watch a lot of TV -especially TV LAND and reruns of old shows when shows had actual theme songs. I took the CD to work and everyone loved trying to figure out what show the songs were from.
TV themes.......2006-07-05
Not all what I expected, not all of the tunes are the original recordings you remember as the TV themes.
Deja Vu.......2006-02-17
Listening to these familiar themes as performed by the original artists certainly brings back wonderful memories! I was particularly pleased, not only with the quality of the pieces, but with the actual performances themselves, just as we remembered them!
Average customer rating:
- Original 1978 Recording?
- AWESOME! John Williams shows again why he's the master of movie scores
- Is John Williams Superman???
- Excellent!
- Hector, about the liner notes...
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Superman - The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000046PVN
Release Date: 2000-02-15 |
Tracks:
- Prelude and Main Title March
- Planet Krypton, The
- Destruction of Krypton
- Star Ship Escapes
- Trip to Earth, The
- Growing Up
- Death of Jonathan Kent
- Leaving Home
- Fortress of Solitude, The
- Welcome to Metropolis
- Lex Luthor's Lair
- Big Rescue, The
- Super Crime Fighter
- Super Rescues
- Luther's Luau
- Planet Krypton (Alternate), The
- Main Title March (Alternate)
Tracks:
- Superman March (Alternate)
- March of the Villains, The
- Terrace, The
- Flying Sequence, The
- Lois and Clark
- Crime of the Century
- Sonic Greeting
- Misguided Missiles and Kryptonite
- Chasing Rockets
- Supefeates
- Super Dam and Finding Lois
- Turning Back the World
- Finale and End Title March
- Love Theme from Superman
- Can You Read My MInd (Alternate performed by Margot Kidder)
- Flying Sequence/Can You Read My Mind, The
- Can You Read My Mind (Alternate Instrumental)
- Theme from Superman (Concert Version)
Amazon.com
Released during the era of leisure suits and pet rocks, the film Superman: The Movie has aged about as well. But the often-clumsy charms of Richard Donner's cartoonish, hit-and-miss take on the Man of Steel was blessed with at least one superlative artistic effort: John Williams's epic score. The composer's Oscar-nominated music (coming on the heels of Star Wars and Close Encounters) was a wall-to-wall heroic symphony, rife with memorable melodies and ominous arrangements. Almost every original cut on this soundtrack appears in an expanded version, supplemented by nearly a dozen previously unreleased cues and alternate takes. Featuring a deluxe slipcase and extensive, new liner notes, this is the definitive release of one of Maestro Williams's greatest scores. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews:
Original 1978 Recording?.......2007-04-04
FIVE STAR FOR MUSIC. 1 STAR FOR AUDIO. Ok I've wanted this recording for almost 4 years. Now I got it. I am a discerning listener. This soundtrack is not the best quality. Tape hiss is very pronounced. You can tell it's taken directly from a cassette recording. I have other digital recordings of this music. They are miles ahead of this cd. Soundtrack is on the Rhino label. What? Rhino is not known for high fidelity. So it is very deceiving for one to buy a cd thinking it's John Williams conducting on a new recording in 1998 or whenever. It's the actual 1978 recording. Now let me unleash my rage. This thing sounds as if it's recorded with a single microphone in a bathroom, at a truck stop. Yes the music is phenomenal. My favorite track is #2 Krypton. I was hoping to discover some new hidden melodies that I've never heard in previous recording (original 1978). Nope. This IS the 1978 recording. So I will be getting the Debney recording just so I can hear what I'm missing. Love the music. Just can't hear it. ALL OF IT! But cool booklet. I can't listen to a booklet. But I got it. Whoopee.
AWESOME! John Williams shows again why he's the master of movie scores.......2006-08-31
After over a year of trying to find a seller of this fine soundtrack, I finally found it! It is high time that the full score was released on CD.
The original soundtrack release from 1978, while still an excellent collection, was sadly lacking in several of the best cues from the film. Most important of these was Track 12 (Disc 1) in which the helicopter crashes on the Daily Planet's roof and dangles precariously above the street. Williams builds on it, introducing Superman's theme into it as Clark Kent runs across the street, then rips open his shirt to reveal the 'S' - the symbol of the House of El - then enters the revolving door & exits as Superman. At the end of this is one of my favorite cues; the Superman theme is played as the Man of Steel appears above Metropolis, flying over the city on the hunt for criminals. 'Crime of the Century' (Track 6, Disc 2) was one of my favorite cues; this one portrayed the missile convoy as it made its way along the freeway, where Luthor staged the accident to get his cronies close enough to sabotage the missiles. There are too many new tracks to list here that should have been included the first time around, just a lack of space precluded this from happening.
Is John Williams Superman???.......2006-08-20
After listening to the CD, John Williams must be Superman. By far, the greatest movie score ever written.
Excellent!.......2006-08-10
Other than the over kill of "Can you read my mind", an excellent collection.
Hector, about the liner notes..........2006-07-14
I have the previous edition, and the notes that came with it were nestled next to the CD in a thick booklet (with a cover of Reeve in front of an American flag) that was large enough for the slipcase cover, but too big to fit into the CD case front. Otherwise, the one-sheet cover that came with your soundtrack is identical to the slipcase version.
Average customer rating:
- A stellar album from three musicians who've yet to be bested by anyone!
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Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends
Lake & Palmer Emerson
Manufacturer: Sanctuary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0002HSE18
Release Date: 2004-09-06 |
Tracks:
- Hoedown
- Jerusalem
- Toccata
- Tarkus: Eruption/Stone of Years/Iconoclast/Mass/Manticore/Battlefield/E
- Take a Pebble/Still...You Turn Me On/Lucky Man
Tracks:
- Piano Improvisations: Fugue/Little Rock Getaway
- Take a Pebble (Conclusion)
- Medley: Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff [Medley]
- Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression/2nd Impression/3rd Impression
Album Description
Full title 'Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends - Ladies and Gentleman'. UK reissue of 1974 live album, digitally remastered from the original tapes. Two CDs in a slimline double jewel case. 2001 release.
Album Details
Digitally Remastered Edition. In the Wake of the Successful Tour Behind their "Brain Salad Surgery" Album, Elp Recorded These Monumental Shows for What was Originally a Triple LP Set, Now a Double CD. Includes Songs from all of their Early Albums.
Customer Reviews:
A stellar album from three musicians who've yet to be bested by anyone!.......2007-07-23
This is a phenominal musical achievement. The amount of music these three individuals produced was extraordinary. The level of talent shown by Emerson, in particular, is unmatched to this day. But all three, including Lake and Palmer were superlative musicians. What you hear on this album encapsulates the musical brilliance of these three individuals. How they integrate classical compositions and turn them into their own unique statement with bravura performances by each astounds the ears to this day. I cannot think of another rock album which matches the level of musicianship shown by just three musicians. Honestly, if you don't like this album then you really have no appreciation for the stellar musicianship put on display. Emerson, Lake and Palmer should be enshrined foreever as musicians who came together to form one of the most unique and phenominal bands in rock music history. Each cut on this album shows how marvelous the band was both as band playing together and individually, with Greg Lake performing on guitar alone on some of his own beautific compositions.
Average customer rating:
- Applause for Applause!
- Lauren Bacall !
- Love it
- Welcome CD edition of the original Broadway cast album
- lauren
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Applause (Original 1970 Broadway Cast)
Lee Adams
Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00004ZDV0
Release Date: 2000-10-17 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Backstage Babble
- Think How It's Gonna Be
- But Alive
- The Best Night of My Life
- Who's That Girl?
- Applause
- Hurry Back
- Fasten Your Seat Belts
- Welcome to the Theatre
- Good Friends
- She's No Longer a Gypsy
- One of a King
- One Hallowe'en
- Something Greater
- Finale
- Applause -- Charles Strouse (vocal and piano) (bonus track)
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Customer Reviews:
Applause for Applause!.......2006-07-13
I recomend this cd to all theater fans. Even the ones who love a great, toe tapping score. The song they sing in titled Applause can be seen in the Bonus Performances on the DVD titled Broadways Lost Treasueres. That is how I first heard of Applause. It was very entertaining!
Lauren Bacall !.......2005-07-09
Based on the classic movie "All About Eve", Lauren Bacall won a Tony for her performance in this great musical.
Best tracks include:
But Alive
Applause [Bonnie Franklin of "One Day At A Time" fame!]
Something Greater
Not all the songs are great, but totally worth the buy!
Love it.......2004-04-01
Love the CD ( I have had the vinyl recording ever since it came out), but wish it could be released on Video or DVD(does anyone out there know if this will ever happen?). I saw the television production with Lauren Bacall and Larry Hagman back in the early 1970's and saw an amateur production of it here in Melbourne as well and having always loved the whole concept of the movie, I feel that it transferred well to the stage.
Welcome CD edition of the original Broadway cast album.......2004-01-17
First... a request to people reviewing stage cast albums, Several reviews refer to these recordings as "soundtracks."
WRONG!!!!
"Soundtrack" recordings are records/cds transfered from from movies ONLY.
Live theatre does not use pre-recorded "soundtracks" - the casts perform live on stage and these "original cast recordings" are made in recording studios and designed for home listening.
PLEASE.... maintain your credibility by using the correct term!
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Finally, after years of negotiation Decca Broadway is making the 1970 Tony winning musical APPLAUSE avaialble on Cd. Was it worth the wait? Well, yes and no. APPLAUSE is one of those late 60's musicals adapted from a hit play/novel/movie and offering lots of glitz and energy to cover up the deficiencies of the show itself.
Star Lauren Bacall provided the "star" quality though she has no real singing voice but as an actress she rises above it bringing the character to vivid life. Len Cariou sings well as Bacall's boyfriend but has very little to do.
Bacall gets the key gems and with two major exceptions any of the numbers in which she does not appear can be ignored. The first exception is the lively title song - a tribute to the power of applause. It has almost nothing to do with the plot but still stopped the show nightly. The other,is a dramatic soliloque for Penny Fuller in the (virtually) non-singing role of Eve: "One Hallowe'en." This is Eve's big moment to really show her true colours and Fuller makes the most of it. Missing from the recording - becasue it is a dialogue scene - is the following moments when Eve recieves humiliating comeuppance.
The original Lp release was done by ABC records and had an annoying "boxy" sound quality that has not been corrected on the cd. The very short selection has been filled out with demo recordings by composer Charles Strouse and a couple of the cut songs sound quite interesting. Packaging is up to Decca Broadway's usual high standards.
lauren.......2003-12-04
i have a copy of this recording on LP, and have enjoyed it for approx 25 yrs. couldn't wait for the cd. bought it the first time i saw it.
i am wondering if anyone has seen the tv production of APPLAUSE starring LAUREN broadcast circa 1974 on tv? and is there any possibility of obtaining a copy on anything? the production was FANTISTIC, to say the least!!!
Average customer rating:
- I got this album On Vinyl
- MA$E IS AMAZING
- Welcome Back
- should have stayed gone we don't miss you
- Best Rapper Ever!!!
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Welcome Back
Mase
Manufacturer: Bad Boy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0002QO4J0
Release Date: 2004-08-24 |
Tracks:
- Welcome Back
- Breathe, Stretch, Shake
- Keep It On
- My Harlem Lullaby
- I Owe
- Wasting My Time
- Gotta Survive
- The Love You Need
- Money Comes and Goes
- I Wanna Go
- Into What You Say
- Do You Remember
Customer Reviews:
I got this album On Vinyl.......2007-02-02
I like mase and I think this album is better then the ones he did before I hope he keeps improving!
MA$E IS AMAZING.......2006-07-08
Most of you people have no idea what you are talking about. Mase has some pretty sick lyrics, many people have good songs but not very good lyrics. Some very few artists with good lyrics and songs are Mase, Eminem, Ludacris, Nitty, and Kanye West. For example, in Mase's last song on his cd "Do You Remember", the first verse of his is genius and he does it without any profanity which is very refreshing! I know he might not be at the level of some of these rappers but I think he has alot more talent than a 50 Cent or T.I. If you want a cd with alot of decent beats, sick lyrics, and refreshingly clean style.. then this is the cd for you!! you wont be disappointed!
Welcome Back.......2006-03-12
After being absent for 5 years, I didnt expect this CD to be anything special especially after hearing "Welcome Back" on TV. Most of the songs have tight beats, but Mase's lyrics are lacking in some spots. But I do agree, I thought he was a saved man now. But now he's with G Unit, I guess not
should have stayed gone we don't miss you.......2006-03-01
mase came back cause he wanted the money he ain't no freaking preacher for real now he's talking about gang banging and degrading females like anyone really takes this idiot seriously yeah 50 cent pumped this fool's head to where he can be murda mase this cd and every other piece of trash won't sell.
Best Rapper Ever!!!.......2006-02-23
I know, I know, ppl are gonna be pissed by me sayin Ma$e is the best rapper ever. I know talent wise he isn't on the level of Pac,Big,Em,Jay or Nas but Ma$e has always been my favorite rapper ever since I first heard him back in'97. Ma$e isn't a Bad Boy General anymore, he's G-Unit Soldier and I can't wait for his G-Unit cd to drop!!! Ma$e got so much style, and orignality. MA$e started the laid back flow and was the originator of the Bling Era and popularized R&B/Rap!!! M-A-$-E best rapper EVER!!!
Average customer rating:
- English is an asset and a drawback
- You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English
- A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!
- I love Carmen!
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Carmen (Sung in English)
Bizet , Bardon , Gavin , Plazas , Magee , and Parry
Manufacturer: Chandos
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ASIN: B00007JGRN
Release Date: 2003-03-11 |
Tracks:
- Prelude
- In The Plaza
- Just Look At That Delicious Morsel
- Here Come Our New Soldier Boys
- Jose! There Was A Girl Here Looking For You Just Now
- Off With You Old Soldier Boys
- Corporal! Sir!
- We Have Heard The Bell Summon Us To Meet Here
- Ah, Just Look!
- But Why Hasn't She Come, Our Carmencita?
- Love's A Bird Wild As Any Rebel
- Carmen! We Will Follow You High And Low!
- The Cheek Of It!
- Give Me News Of My Mother!
- Your Dear Mother And I Were Leaving Church This Morning
- I See My Mother's Face!
- Wait A Moment - I'm Going To Read The Letter
- Come And Help
- So, Corporal: Tell Me What Happened
- Well, Carmencita: What Do You Have To Say For Yourself?
- Where Are You Taking Me?
- There's An Old Bar In The City
- Careful - It's Lieutenant!
- Entr'acte
- From Far Away Mysterious Sounds
- Bravo, Bravo! More! Keep Dancing!
- Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
- Who's That? It's Escamillo, The Bullfighter From Granada
- Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
- You're Most Kind
- We'll Come With You, Senor Torero
- Toreador, Be Ready!
- At Last! We Got Rid Of Them As Quickly As We Could
- There's A Little Job That We're Starting!
- Being In Love Is Not A Reason
Tracks:
- To Bid You Welcome To Our Bar
- La La La La La La La La...
- Back To Camp!... Go At Once!
- That Flow'r You Threw To Me I Treasured
- No, It's Not Love At All!
- Hello! Carmen!
- Lieutenant Fair, It's True
- The Sky Above The Open Road
- Entr'acte
- Keep Going, Dear Old Friend, Kep Going!
- Right! Let's Stop For A While
- Shuffle! Cut Them!
- In Vain You Would Avoid The Bitter Things They're Saying
- You're Back!
- As For That Man, It Should Be Easy!
- Is This The Place?
- I Say That There's Nothing To Fear
- It's Him! I'm Sure It's Him Over There!
- Escamillo Is My Name, And I Come From Granada
- She Had A Lover Here
- Hola! Hola! Jose!
- You Should Take Care, Carmen
- Alas! Jose, Your Mother Is Ill
- Entr'acte
- A Few Cuartos! A Few Cuartos!
- Here They Come! Here They Come!
- If You Love Me, Carmen
- It's You! It's Me!
- Viva! Viva! What A Corrida!
Customer Reviews:
English is an asset and a drawback.......2004-07-20
The best thing about this recording of Carmen is the libretto. Conductor David Parry penned this facile and dramatic English translation. He avoids the pitfalls of literal translation to achieve an idiomatic flow that matches the rhythm of the original lyrics. I use this as a reference libretto for any of the French Carmens.
Unfortunately, the performance suffers from being sung in English. The singers declaim their parts with such proper British diction that Carmen comes across as a school marm. The spoken dialog is delivered beat for deliberate beat and is dripping with reverb. It makes the plaza, tavern and mountain pass all sound like a sewer pipe.
This is a good first Carmen for someone trying to understand the work. The libretto itself is a good investment for further listening. For an enjoyable performance with an emphasis on character and action, I recommend Regina Resnik on the London Double Decker set.
You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English.......2004-02-09
What a perfect introduction to opera. This newly released recording will surely get you hooked into opera. Carmen, a French opera by Georges Bizet, is the most recognizable and most popular in the opera world. It's famous melodies- the overture, the Habanera, The Toreador Song have all been featured in everything from cellular phone ring tones to Superbowl Commercial (last year's Superbowl with The "Opera In English" label has been making Italian operas into English for a number of years now. Also on the market are Verdi's La Traviata in English (with soprano Valerie Masterson as Violetta) Handel's Julius Caesar with Janet Baker and even Wagner's epic Ring Of The Nibeling sung in English. This is a terrific recording and I highly recommend it if you want to get into opera. Listen to this version first and then try the real, original French version Bizet had written. Patricia Bardon is sensational, sexy and dramatic as Carmen.
The real strength of this version is the dynamic drama. With the advantage of being sung in English, we get better insight on characters' emotions and motives, and we understand the drama a lot better. Carmen is all about great drama. Bizet drew the plot from the French writer Prosper Merimee's dark short story. Carmen is the ultimate femme fatale- a devil-may-care, sexy Gypsy living in Spain, seduces the conservatively raised soldier Don Jose, stealing him away from his fiancee, the passive Micaela, living a life of underground smuggling and rowdy taverns. "Habanera" and "The Gypsy Song and Dance" are very expressive of Carmen's extraordinarily liberal lifestyle. Don Jose, however, has fallen deeply in love- as he shows us in his song/aria "The Flower Song". But Carmen soon becomes tired of his constancy. Don Jose wants a committed, monogamous relationship with Carmen. But Carmen will not submit to love, since she is first and foremost a carnal creature. Eventually, she falls for the handsome Toreador Escamillo. Don Jose, consumed by jealousy, stabs Carmen at a bullfight after Carmen declares her love for Escamillo and rejects Don Jose's love. Don Jose's crazed, obscessive personality shines through in the English version as well. This tragedy has been done in English before so don't think this is the first time. Back in the 50's, there was a film, starring black actors "Carmen Jones" which was treated the same way as this opera- more like an English Broadway musical and with the dubbed singing voice of Marilyn Horne as Carmen. All in all, this recording is excellent.
A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!.......2003-09-17
This recording really sells "Carmen" as a drama. Although I have two other recordings of this opera and have seen it performed several times, it never quite worked for me dramatically. But thanks to the fine performances, conducting, and translation here, I've become a "Carmen" convert. Producing a good English-language performance of a foreign opera, especially a warhorse like "Carmen," is much more difficult than it might appear. You need performers who not only can sing the parts (of course) but also can sing *English* and make it halfway intelligible and make it sound like English and make it dramatically convincing to English-speakers. The singers on this recording do an excellent job all around. Don't be put off if you don't recognize their names -- they are up to the task musically and (especially) in their acting. Admittedly, as with *all* English-language recordings, some passages are very hard to understand without reading along, but most of the time the words are clear and effective. I would recommend this recording to any opera beginner or opera lover, even those who normally turn up their noses at performances in translation.
I love Carmen!.......2003-08-15
I do. I can think of no other opera with more melodic inventiveness, and few others with so sure a dramatic pulse. Carmen is popular and it thrills me to say that it is also a very good opera - not always true of popular things.
And what of this recording? Carmen sits well in English, so it is good to hear in translation, although some of the detais in the text jar. Escamillo refers to Jose as "my dear", which sounds rather peculiar, and the guide's line to Micaela: "it's not exactly inviting, is it?" sounds distinctly Middle England rather than Rural Spain. Some of the performers, not least Carmen herself, make the words work, although there are long tracts, especially with the chorus, where the language is distinctly indistinct.
The soloists are, by and large, strong. Patricia Bardon's deep, Handel-friendly voice adapts well to Carmen and she colours the music with phenomenal detail, sounding sexy and provocative from the start with an edge of pride and anger that emerges as the show goes on. She is out of her depth above the stave, though, and some extra top notes in the second act don't show her off to her best advantage. I have previously said that Julian Gavin is poorly served by recordings, though here he sounds much more even and gives a thrilling and musical performance (but his wooden spoken lines let him down). Mary Plazas is a lovely Micaela, rich-voiced and sincere (and word-perfect), but Garry Magee sounds miscast as Escamillo, lacking the ballast at the bottom of the voice to do justice to this tricky role.
The supporting cast is good (Mary Hegarty seems to do nothing but Frasquita these days!) but the really treasurable thing is the conducting. Stepping out of Italian Ottocento, David Parry turns his hand to this French Comedie with an appropriate lightness of touch. His pacing and handling of the set pieces is exemplary and the enrtractes go with a real swing.
A pleasure, then, for the Carmen naive or a novelty for the Carmen-acquainted. I nearly wrote Carmen-weary - but I don't think it's possible.
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- "Welcome Back" should've been called "See ya Later"
- + 1/2 stars...Sebastian's Swan Song for Warner/Reprise
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Welcome Back
John Sebastian
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000IAZN9K
Release Date: 2007-02-20 |
Tracks:
- Hideaway
- She's Funny
- You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
- Didn't Wanna Have To Do It
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
- Welcome Back
- I Needed Her Most When I Told Her To Go
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- Warm Baby
- Let This Be Our Time To Get Along
Customer Reviews:
"Welcome Back" should've been called "See ya Later".......2007-03-08
First of all: I've come to appreciate Sebastian through his work with the Spoonful. That being said: this has always been one of the my favorite Sebastian solo LPs. This album was also Sebastian's first after returning to his native New Yawk - at least in attitude. Sebastian's earlier solo albums suffer, if anything, from too much of the tye-dyed California mentality, imo.
On this release, he lets loose his eclectic nature: In a span of 30 minutes he does pop (Hideaway, Welcome Back), country (A Song a Day In Nashville), calypso (One Step Forward Two Steps Back), blues (She's Funny, Didn't Want To Have To Do It) -- all in his trademark style.
After 1975's "Welcome Back," though, Sebastian wouldn't make another album until 1992 (Tar Beach -- his most recent solo). Overall: Sebastian only made 5 solo albums since leaving the Spoonful, a few live albums, and 2 magnificent CDs with his current bandmates: the J-Band (the last one being in 1999. Anymore coming?). Not exactly prolific, but if you like the Spoonful, and would appreciate another spoonful of Sebastian's gift for songcraft, this is a good LP to "welcome back" such a listener with.
+ 1/2 stars...Sebastian's Swan Song for Warner/Reprise.......2007-02-25
This was John Sebastian's 1976 swan song for Warner Reprise. In fact, Sebastian had been half-heartedly negotiating to be let out of his contract because the label obviously wasn't really interested in promoting him. After all, his only charting single for the label was "She's a Lady" in 1969, and it peaked at a meager No. 84. Then he was asked to write and record a theme song for a new TV sitcom that was going to be called "Kotter." He quickly wrote and recorded "Welcome Back." It went to No. 1 and became the biggest hit of Sebastian's solo career. Of course, the label wanted to take advantage of Sebastian's sudden high profile and pushed him into the studio with producer Steve Barri (who had also produced the hit "Happy Days" by Pratt & McClain).
Because of the studio's eagerness to get the album on the market, it was recorded quickly and Sebastian has lamented his opportunity to "give that album the kind of diversity that the other albums had." All ten tracks are Sebastian originals, and there are some terrific songs here. "Hideaway" is a lively number propelled by a Farfisa organ that was released as a follow-up single, but only made it to No. 95 (the last time Sebastian would hit the Hot 100). "She's Funny" is a typically wonderful ballad featuring Sebastian's soulful harmonica playing. He also revisits a couple of Spoonful tunes, "Didn't Wanna Have To Do It" and "Warm Baby." But the gem is the countryish "Song a Day in Nashville" with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers) on pedal steel. [It's also worth pointing out that that noted sessionmen David Hungate (bass) and Jeff Porcaro (drums) were used on much of the album who two years later would be founding members of Toto.]
It's not Sebastian's best album, but there are enough strong tracks to make this a worthy addition to your collection. [Running Time - 33:03] RECOMMENDED
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- great live album
- Exemplary live performance
- We're gonna give ya some Brain Salad Surgery
- Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
- The sound of six hands wanking
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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000033P3
Release Date: 1996-05-21 |
Tracks:
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- Jerusalem
- Toccata
- Tarkus: Eruption/Stones Of Years/Iconoclast/Mass/Manticore/Battlefield (Including Epitaph)/Aquatarku
- Take A Pebble (Including Still... You Turn Me On And Lucky Man)
Tracks:
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- Take a Pebble (Conclusion)
- Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff (Medley)
- Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression/2nd Impression/3rd Impression
Customer Reviews:
great live album.......2007-05-19
This is probably one of the best live albums ever. At least in the prog rock universe it is. I still have a Japanese import of this I paid nearly 50 bucks for and I can't bring myself to get rid of it and buy a remastered version.
ELP were a great band live and this album captures what it must have been like to be at one of these shows. These are great performances.
Hoedown is a great opener here and played at a speed that really gets the crowd pumped up. Jerusalem is played very well and is probably one of the best versions i have ever heard. Toccata was always a bit of a strange song to me and i never thought they'd be able to pull it off live, but they have and it sounds great.
Tarkus was a great 20 minute slab on their second album and this live version plays for 27 minutes without ever getting boring. The extended Aquatarkus played here is amazing.
Take a Pebble is a great ballad with some of the best piano work that Keith has ever done. He was spot on playing this night and every time I hear this I'm glad it was recorded. Still you turn me on and Lucky Man are played in the middle of this in lieu of the acoustic guitar solo heard in the studio version. And the Piano Improvisation is always great to hear. The conclusion of Take a Pebble is played fairly well and ends another 26 minute chuck of this album.
Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff is a bit of fun. It would have been even more fun if they had always included Benny the Bouncer here, but that can be found on their Original Bootleg Series CD's (of which i have them all).
Karn Evil 9 was always a monster. They make it bigger here by adding a drum solo in the first impression and a nice long ending filled with computer sounds for the finale. Either way is the best half hour you will ever spend listening to anything.
But all in all this was a triple album back in the day so these two CD's are nearly two hours of live material.
The production here is not the best and this almost does sound like a bootleg but this is still great stuff. It lends an air or charm to this whole thing really. Even their Live at the Isle of Wight CD sounds like a bootleg but I can't imagine it any other way. I want it to sound raw and rough.
So buy this album if you like live material. If you're an ELP fan you should have this already, even if you don't like live shows.
Exemplary live performance.......2007-05-05
I'm glad this isn't vinyl, as I'd have worn out several copies by now. This is one of the finest live performances I've heard and captures the essence of Emerson, Lake and Palmer perfectly. The versions of "Tarkus", "Karn Evil 9" and "Take a Pebble" are amazing. Anyone who professes to be an ELP fan needs this CD in their collection.
We're gonna give ya some Brain Salad Surgery.......2007-01-31
For the Concert/Performance I'll give it an A + However, I always thought the production and recording of this record is bootleg quality and dosen't do the high quality live sound of the 1973/74 tour justice. No matter, at least we have a document of the tour. Tarkus, Jerusalem and Brain Salad Surgery are better here than the studio versions.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.......2007-01-09
Very good music. Very easy to sit back, shut your eyes and get into it.
The sound of six hands wanking.......2006-12-08
My first rock concert was seeing Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Pullman, Washington in 1974, and I used to love this album as 3 LP's on vinyl. But listening to it now, it's hard to take, and comes across as extraordinarily self-indulgent. Some of the songs ("Toccata," for example) might be interesting today if covered by an industrial band, and others sound hilariously like Devo in their primitive synth noodlings. Still, this is nicely recorded, and an accurate time capsule of the age when prog rock ruled the world. And remember, punk rock was spawned in part as a reaction to exactly this sort of masturbatory, self-important excess.
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Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends
Lake & Palmer Emerson
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00005GY9J
Release Date: 2002-06-19 |
Tracks:
- Hoedown
- Jerusalem
- Toccata
- Tarkus: Eruption/Stone of Years/Iconoclast/Mass/Manticore/Battlefield/E
- Take a Pebble/Still...You Turn Me On/Lucky Man
Tracks:
- Piano Improvisations: Fugue/Little Rock Getaway
- Take a Pebble (Conclusion)
- Medley: Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff [Medley]
- Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression/2nd Impression/3rd Impression
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- THE HAPPIEST MUSICAL THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN . . . . .
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Olympus on My Mind - The American Cast Recording
Manufacturer: Jay Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00005Y8ZT
Release Date: 1996-11-19 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Welcome To Greece
- Heaven On Earth
- The Gods On Tap
- Surprise!
- Love - What A Concept
- Wait 'Til It Dawns
- Enter The Husband
- I Know My Wife
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- Jupiter Slept Here
- Something Of Yourself
- Olympus Is a Lonely Town
- A Star Is Born
- Mine Eyes Have Seen
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Customer Reviews:
THE HAPPIEST MUSICAL THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN . . . . . .......2006-08-14
This one is a hoot!
Don't ask me to explain the plot of OLYMPUS ON MY MIND, for as some character in some show once said, "It defies description." Barry Harman (book and lyrics for ROMANCE, ROMANCE) received Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Direction of a Musical and for Outstanding Book, "suggested" by Heinrich von Kleist's play of 1807, "Amphitryon," which may or may not have been "suggested" by Moliere's earlier version of the Greek myth. (The plot is as complicated and as convoluted as the previous sentence.) At any rate, Jupiter lusts after the beautiful mortal Alcmene and poses as her husband, Amphitryon, in order to seduce her. Mistaken identities abound and double-entendres fly freely, aided and abetted by Harman's witty and literate lyrics and Grant Sturiale's ". . . bubbly score, which suggests Rodgers and Hart with a pop-rock undertow." (Stephen Holden, in his review of the 1986 Original Off-Broadway Production) When Amphityron arrives home from the war, not knowing that Jupiter has just spent the night with his wife, Alcmene sings "Back So Soon?" and then proceeds to tell him in great detail how "Wonderful" he was last night, rather like poetry, ". . . especially the fourth and the seventeenth time." The slave, Sosia, having been barred from his own house and bed by Hercules, in the guise of Sosia, declares to his master,""It Was Me." And Delores only needs the mention of a constellation to break into "A Star Is Born" big production number. "Big" being relative, considering the size of the cast. Great fun.
(Holden) "From its firecracker-like opening number, 'Welcome to Greece,' in which a smirking Greek chorus of three men - 'Tom, Dick and Horace' - and a doll-faced, out-of-step chorus girl, 'Delores,' arrive to set the scene, the new musical OLYMPUS ON MY MIND percolates with an old-fashioned sense of naughty musical-comedy fun. Delores's ineptitude, it turns out, is part of the merriment. Periodically throughout the evening, she models the wares of the show's fictional producer, Murray the Furrier, whose name glows in lights at the rear of the stage." Opening night saw the marvelous Ron Raines (LEADING MEN DON'T DANCE) in the dual roles of Jupiter & Amphitryon, Emily Zacharias as Alcmene, Jason Graae as Hercules, Peggy Hewett as Charis, Lewis J. Stadlen as Sosia, and Faith Prince as Delores. By the time the recording was made in October, 1987, the equally marvelous Martin Vidnovic (Tony Nominee, 1981, BRIGADOON; 1984 Drama Desk Award Winner for BABY) was Jupiter/Amphitryon; Susan Powell, his wife; Nancy Johnson, Charis; Frank Kopyc, Sosia; and Joyce De Witt ("Three's Company"), Delores. Only Jason Graae remains from the opening night cast.
David Abers of the Bristol Riverside Theatre calls OLYMPUS ON MY MIND "the happiest musical this side of heaven," and he may well be right. Hal Serra's wonderful "stringless" orchestrations and the small cast of 10 make the show an excellent choice for community theaters and small colleges. I can't imagine anyone, except for the very prudish, not having a great time on OLYMPUS.
Highly recommended.
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