Rumble

Rumble

Track Listings
1. Intro - N2Deep
2. 1st We Drink Then We Smoke
3. We Get's Down Like That
4. Throw - Baby Beesh, Mac Dre, N2Deep, ,
5. We Be All Over - Levitti, Mossie, N2Deep, ,
6. My Doe Is Gettin' Low
7. Where the G's At - Baby Beesh, Nino Brown, N2Deep, , , Nino Brown, Slow Pain
8. All Night
9. Wonderin' - N2Deep
10. Scrillafornia - N2Deep, , , Young Dru
11. Out Here Hustlin'
12. Campaignin.
13. Livin'
14. Full Timer
15. Bay Area Playaz

Rumble! The Best of Link Wray
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • I Like Link Wray...
  • Link Wray - The one you are looking for
  • The missing Link
  • Your LINK To A Better Life
  • rumble on!
 Rumble! The Best of Link Wray
Link Wray
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B000003308
Release Date: 1993-05-18

Tracks:

  1. Rumble
  2. The Swag
  3. Raw-hide
  4. Dixie-doodle
  5. Rumble
  6. Ain't That Loving You Baby
  7. Jack The Ripper
  8. The Black Widow
  9. Big City After Dark
  10. Run Chicken Run
  11. The Shadow Knows
  12. Deuces Wild
  13. Hang On
  14. Ace Of Spades
  15. I'm Branded
  16. Batman Theme
  17. Climbing A High Wall
  18. Switchblade
  19. Hidden Charms
  20. Jack The Ripper ( Live Version)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars I Like Link Wray..........2007-05-31

The first chord of "Rumble" always makes me smile, as it reminds me of the original Svengoolie, (Those in Chicago in the early '70's know what I'm talking about). Remarkable that radio stations banned this tune for fear of youth riots!

It's a good compilation of Link's tunes, some silly, but you can tell the Link influence on all the tunes and fun.

Get the cd if just for "Rumble"!

5 out of 5 stars Link Wray - The one you are looking for.......2007-05-12

If you've discovered Link Wray through Quentin Tarantino's moovies this album is *exactly* what you're looking for. Tracks 1 to 7 are original versions of the very best instrumentals from LW ("Rumble", "Fat Back", "Jack the Ripper", "Ace of Spades"...). The remaining isn't as good in my views but still brilliant rock guitar sound from the 50's.

2 out of 5 stars The missing Link.......2007-05-07

I had a brief listen to this album on line but should have probably listened to more of the tracks available before I bought it. Very disappointing. Not recommended to anyone other than a die hard Link Wray fan.

5 out of 5 stars Your LINK To A Better Life.......2007-01-23

Link Wray was the real deal-A true rock an roll rebel if there ever was one. He didn't want to play it safe. He wasn't interested in soothing your ears as much as he was jamming pencils in them, and I mean that in a good way. As we all know(or should know, way too many people don't), Link gave us the power chord and distortion, two things which practically no rock guitarist can now live without. He used these elements to create real down and dirty rock and roll that flips you the finger. Wray's name is unavoidable in the surf rock circles and is usually associated with that scene, probably because of the mostly instrumental nature, but I'd call it more rockabilly. But when listening to him, you don't get visions of happy-go-lucky teenagers shimmying and making out on the beach. The Outsiders is one thing that may come to mind. No-good, hell raisin', leather clad, motorcycle ridin' juvenile delinquents that have no respect for authority. Put it this way, if Dick Dale is the soundtrack to Frankie and DeeDee, Link is the soundtrack for Eric Von Zipper. There are a few more higher priced Wray collections floating around out there(Mr. Guitar is awesome and probably the best one), but this one's perfect for the curious. You get killer tracks from the late 50s up to the early 70s which prove that Link kicked ass no matter what decade he was playing in. Some folks here aren't too big on the few tracks with Link on vocals. Honestly, I wouldn't put much stock in that. You listen to Link sing Ain't That Lovin' You Baby, and tell me that ain't one of the sleaziest and hardest rockin' rockabilly tunes you've ever heard. Though Wray is highly praised, we can only hope that he receives some long overdue recognition for his contributions to rock music. I mean, no one sounded like this guy. Link is one of those guys that I hate hearing bands do covers of, coz no one can do it like him. Sure the music is sometimes repetitious, and it's quite simple. Anyone with a basic knowledge of guitar can probably play a Link Wray song, but that's not the point-it's HOW he plays. Being a guitar genius has squat to do with how technical or how many notes you can squeeze out(you listening to this, Malmsteen, you lifeless robot, you!). When you listen to Link, you can hear blood, sweat, tears(not the band), heart and soul. You feeling like a tough guy, bubba? You want some raw, loud, raunchy, no gimmicks, no B.S. rock and roll that still has the power to irritate the hell out of people at high volumes? If so, you're on the right Amazon page. These other reviewers(with the exception of one or two) know what they're talking about. I like to think that I do too.

5 out of 5 stars rumble on!.......2007-01-19

This is superb,! the best 60s instrumentals. I am going to swap my Fender for a Danelectro ! The Batman theme is dynamite
Rumble Doll
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Definitely worth buying
  • Cant stop listening to it amazing album.
  • Pleasant Surprise
  • As good a songwriter as there is....
  • A new favorite
 Rumble Doll
Patti Scialfa , and Bruce Springsteen
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000026JN
Release Date: 1993-07-13

Tracks:

  1. Rumble Doll
  2. Come Tomorrow
  3. In My Imagination
  4. Valerie
  5. As Long As I (Can Be With You)
  6. Big Black Heaven
  7. Loves Glory
  8. Lucky Girl
  9. Charm Light
  10. Baby Don't
  11. Talk To Me Like The Rain
  12. Spanish Dancer

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Definitely worth buying.......2007-05-18

I bought 23rd Street Lullaby the very same day that I purchased U2's How to Dismantle an Automic Bomb at the end of 2004. I show it on display in the store and remembered a comment by Emmylou Harris about why she approached Patti for a collaboration in her Red Dirt Girl album: namely she said how much she loved Patti's Rumble Doll (and how it passed unnoticed to the mainstream). So I bought 23rd Street Lullaby and fell completely in love with it.

Recently I decided to buy her first (and much praised by Emmylou) album through Amazon. And I don't regret it. To be honest I was not much excited after a first listen. Surely there are some songs that stand out and are catchy enough in a single listen (As Long As I (Can Be With You), Lucky Girl and even Rumble Doll). However it took me more sittings to get to appreciate other precious songs like Valerie, Spanish Dancer or Talk to Me. Jeff Lynn's production shows clearly: especially Lucky Girl reminded me a lot of his production work in Tom Petty's Into the Great Wide Open.

Yet from a purely musical perspective (english is not my mother tongue and I still haven't had the chance to listen to and read carefully the lyrics), I think I like 23rd Street Lullaby most. So I'd recommend her second album if you are thinking about buying a first record by Patti.

5 out of 5 stars Cant stop listening to it amazing album........2007-05-07

Bought this yesterday and must have listened to it 30 times.
Most albums you have to listen to a few times before you get the tunes in your head this one is instant,each song is good in my opinion the only downside there is only 12 I want more of the same, have ordered 23rd street lullaby hope I won't be disappointed.

4 out of 5 stars Pleasant Surprise.......2007-04-15

I first heard the song 'Rumble Doll', or at least a portion of it, on Bruce Springsteen's CD 'Live in New York City'. Ms. Scialfa sang the first verse right before she is introduced as part of the E Street Band. This sparked my curiosity and so I bought her CD. Talk about a good decision. I knew I was buying a CD of a talented musician with a distinctive voice but the surprise was her ability as a lyricist. These are songs that after you hear them once, you feel this need to listen again. Now you want to look up the words and then you know you need to listen to them again. After each time you find you enjoy the songs even more than the previous time. To me that's the sign of an artist with something to say who has put together a work with a lasting quality.

If you're looking for Springsteen you are missing the point. Ms. Scialfa is a talented artist in her own right who just happens to married to The Boss. Her sound is definitely her own with similar influences as her husband.

I definitely recommend this CD.

5 out of 5 stars As good a songwriter as there is...........2006-11-04

....and this was among the best albums released by ANYONE in the 1990's.

5 out of 5 stars A new favorite.......2006-10-14

I first noticed Patti Scialfa's fabulous, but unique, voice during Springsteen's The Rising tour. Recently, I finally bought 23rd Street Lullaby. It became an instant favorite and is seldom out of my CD player. I then bought Rumble Doll and would be hard pressed to say which is my favorite of the two. Don't expect it to sound anything like a Springsteen album. Her music is absolutely unique and independent of him. In fact, I think her light is being hidden under his bushel. "Spanish Dancer" is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I've ever heard, and I listen to A LOT of music.
Rockabilly Rumble
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Rock-A-Billy Rowdy
  • Phenomenal CD! Great Rockabilly!!
  • I really wanted to like this cd but.........
  • Really Happy About Buying This CD
  • Fantastic Rockabilly
 Rockabilly Rumble
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Manufacturer: Golly Gee
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000068D5V
Release Date: 2002-05-01

Tracks:

  1. Bop Party (Bill Fadden & The Silvertone Fliers - Bop Party)
  2. Rock n' Roll Boogie (Peter and The Wolves - Trouble With Girls)
  3. Hello Baby (Blue Flames - Memphis to Chicago)
  4. Misunderstood (The Long Island Hornets - Roadkill)
  5. Pink n' Black Cadillac (The Wildkatz - Pink n' Black)
  6. Red T Bird (The Rebel Rockers - Red T Bird)
  7. Soda Shop Rock (Jive Romeros - Bim Bam!)
  8. Set 'em Up Joe (Ralph Rebel - Big Town Boogie)
  9. Steamhammer Jones (The Slingshots - Feels So Right)
  10. Mean Little Mama (The Spinouts - Cruisin At Night)
  11. Ace of Spades (Union Avenue - Ace of Spades)
  12. Two Tone Shoes (The Long Island Hornets - Roadkill)
  13. Blackberry Boogie (The Accelerators - Right Behind You Baby)
  14. '51 Chevy (Ralph Rebel - Rockabilly Vampire)
  15. Starlight (The Preachers - Rock You Sinners)
  16. Girl of My Dreams (Peter and The Wolves - Trouble With Girls)
  17. Track Down Baby (Tennessee Trio - Track Down Baby)
  18. Rockabilly Vampire (Ralph Rebel - Rockabilly Vampire)
  19. Honky Tonkin (The Dagmars - We are The Dagmars...)
  20. Rock n Roll Zombie (The Rebel Rockers - Red T Bird)
  21. Surfin Crow (The Arousers - Princes of Penetration)
  22. Rebel Rouser (Ralph Rebel - Surfin & Rockin)
  23. Dopey Frutti (Riverside Trio - Gotta Keep Movin)
  24. Red Hot and Real Gone (The Spinouts - Cruisin At Night)

Album Description

A red-hot 24-track Rockabilly joint sampler of the best of Golly Gee Records and Raucous Records. It's THE Rockabilly disc to buy, with over an hour of music from more than 15 of the US and UK's hottest Rockabilly bands. All killer - no filler!

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Rock-A-Billy Rowdy.......2007-02-07

If you like the newer Punk/Rebel Rock-A-Billy you'll like this disc.

I play a few of the cuts off it on the rock-a-billy review radio show from time to time.

The Mean Eyed Cat
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5 out of 5 stars Phenomenal CD! Great Rockabilly!!.......2006-04-16

I picked up this CD recently together with Rockabilly Rumble Deuce. Golly Gee Records and Raucous Records have put together a winner here. Fantastic modern rockabilly music that has high quality production but with a vintage feel. 24 tracks and an hour's worth of great rockabilly music - this is a deal! There wasn't one bad cut on the record. Purchase with confidence and get ready to bop and jive!

2 out of 5 stars I really wanted to like this cd but................2005-10-15

I eagerly awaited the arrival of this cd wanting to hear some new rockabilly bands I was not familiar with, but I was severly dissapointed. The quality of the tracks on this cd are mediocre at best and some are just downright bad, the two standout tracks are red hot and real gone by the spinouts(great tune, good hook, excellent slap bass, guitar interplay)The other standout is girl of my dreams,by peter and the wolves very Elvis, Maries the Name era early sixties sounding. The majority of the other tunes are just dowright pitiful.If you are new to the rockabilly scene, a few helpful suggestions, The Stray Cats, The Blasters, Robert Gordon, The Planet Rockers, Sun era and 56-59 Elvis, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, the list goes on and on of better spent dollars on QUALITY rockabilly music, apologies to these artists, but if this is the current state of rockabilly, please somebody help us!!!!!!

5 out of 5 stars Really Happy About Buying This CD.......2005-08-22

If you are a Rockabilly fan and just want to have a few CD's in your collection, then this is definitely a great place to start. I love rockabilly, but aside from one Stray Cats CD I didn't own a rockabilly CD until I found this one. It has a little bit of everything and it never gets tiresome. An awsome CD.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Rockabilly.......2004-01-10

My comments mirror exactly what Jack Barry said in his review. I I have always loved rockabilly music, but I have found that most of the modern bands do not quite get it right. They seem to over-do it a bit, and get too wild. But this is not the case with Rockabilly Rumble CD. This is the best compilation album of modern rockabilly music that I have ever heard.

It is a sampler of the various artists on the Golly Gee and Raucous Labels. Every track is great - some are terrific. My favorite bands are the Slingshots, Spinouts, Ralph Rebel, Peter & The Wolves, Riverside Trio, Rebel Rockers, and Jive Romeros.

The liner notes identify the particular album each track was taken from. I then went back onto the Amazon website to see if my favorite items were available. I ended up placing an order today for 5 additional CDs (2 of them are by Ralph Rebel). So this can serve as a warning that this experience can get expensive. However it is well worth the price for this terrific rockabilly music. I am now looking forward to receiving the individual CDs by these great artists.
Rumble/Guitar Trouble
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Conwell Rocks!
 Rumble/Guitar Trouble
Tommy Conwell , and The Young Rumblers
Manufacturer: American Beat
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ASIN: B000MM0KW4
Release Date: 2007-02-27

Tracks:

  1. I'm Not Your Man
  2. Half a Heart
  3. If We Never Meet Again - Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers,
  4. Love's on Fire
  5. Workout
  6. I Wanna Make You Happy
  7. Everything They Say Is True
  8. Gonna Breakdown
  9. Tell Me What You Want Me to Be - Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers,
  10. Walkin' on the Water
  11. Guitar Trouble
  12. She's Got It All
  13. Let Me Love You Too
  14. I'm Seventeen
  15. Nice 'N Naughty
  16. Didin't Want to Sing the Blues
  17. Rock with You
  18. Do Right
  19. Hard as Rock
  20. Good Love Bad
  21. What Once Was
  22. I'm Seventeen, Pt. 2

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Conwell Rocks!.......2007-05-24

Two releases from Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers - Rumble and Guitar Trouble, issued in 1988 and 1991, respectively - are available now on ONE fantastic CD re-release. That's double the guitar trouble for your listening pleasure! Courtesy of American Beat Records, these classic TCYR standards are now re-issued in all their digital glory! I have owned both since the first day they were on the market. Back then I was a teeny-bopper in a small West Texas town when I discovered Tommy Conwell and his Young Rumblers. Whatever Tommy puts out musically, I am rarely disappointed. He's awesome! He's amazing! He's the awesome and amazingly talented guitarist/singer/songwriter/performer Tommy Conwell!
Rumble in Brixton
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Setlist & Great Sound
  • Stray Cats Strut
  • Back Together
  • Man, am I glad they did this!
  • A Rockin' Good Time Glorious Evening!
Rumble in Brixton
Stray Cats
Manufacturer: Surfdog Records Ada
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ASIN: B00064HQXE
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Rumble In Brighton
  3. Double Talkin' Baby
  4. Something's Wrong With My Radio
  5. Ubangi Stomp
  6. Stray Cat Strut
  7. Gene & Eddie
  8. Too Hip Gotta Go
  9. Sleepwalk
  10. I Won't Stand In Your Way
  11. My Baby Left Me
  12. Blast Off

Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. 18 Miles To Memphis
  3. Bring It Back Again
  4. Fishnet Stockings
  5. Runaway Boys
  6. Rock This Town
  7. That's All Right
  8. Good Rockin' Tonight
  9. Twenty Flight Rock
  10. Sexy & 17, (She's)
  11. Please Don't Touch
  12. Mystery Train Kept A Rollin' - (studio, new studio recording)

Album Description

Their first ever official live release is a double disc containing three never before released songs, a brand new studio track (their first since 1991) called "Mystery Train Kept A Rollin'", and a 24-page deluxe booklet containing rare vintage photos of the band's early years.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Setlist & Great Sound.......2007-05-09

I mostly listen to live music and these guys definitely perform it well

5 out of 5 stars Stray Cats Strut.......2006-03-04

This album blew me away. I hadn't heard any Stray Cats for some time, but I sure remember the exitment this New York trio generates when they play live. This live double album was recorded in 2004 at London's Brixton Academy and is somewhat a comeback/reunion effort after 25 years in the business with a hiatus in between. This trio is just awesome, the unbelievable guitar playing of Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker's impeccable timing and the ultimate stand up man on bass Slim Jim Phantom make this comeback album a testament to their choice of musical genre I.e 'rockabilly'. These guys were born to play live and I for one will make it a personal quest to see them play one more time. I would like to sum up with some hip or eloquent phrase but really there is no need, the proof is in the pudding.

5 out of 5 stars Back Together.......2006-01-21

The Stray Cats got back together to tour for their 25th Anniversary and Thank God they did.
This album is full of great music and hot guitar licks from the very first song to the very last.
The Highlights are, Rumble in Brixton, which sets the pace.
Their classic, Stray Cat Strut is another great entry.
Sleepwalk is my personal favorite, with some of the hottest guitar licks you will ever hear.
Over the course of the album he does several early Elvis songs including, My Baby Left Me, That's Alright Mama, Good Rockin Tonight.
You also hear his classic, Rock this town, Sexy and 17, and the Eddie Cochoran classic, 20 Flight Rock.
Fishnet Stockings and Runaway Boys also appear on this CD.
Brian Setzer has become the Jimi Hendrix of Rockabilly.
Setzer has established himself as one of the finest guitarists on the planet. It is really nice to hear Rockabilly with a guitar player of this magnitude, treating us to sizzling hot licks.......If you dont buy this you are missing out.

5 out of 5 stars Man, am I glad they did this!.......2005-02-26

Did it really take this long to get a new release from the Stray Cats? Man it is great to here them together again. I hope this starts them back to doing the Stray Cats thing more often because I miss them when they are not playing together. They sound just as good on this as they did when they started, in fact I think they are even better with age. The selection of songs is outstanding, and the quality is excellent. Now, when are we ever going to get a box set with the complete recordings of one of the greatest bands of all time?

5 out of 5 stars A Rockin' Good Time Glorious Evening! .......2004-12-26

I have been waiting for this since the night it was recorded - I havent been disappointed. It arrived on Wednesday and I haven't listened to anything else since then.

Stray Cats were truly glorious that night - from the opening shots of "Rumble In Brighton" (with the obvious but still too good an oppurtunity to be missed final chorus of "Rumble In Brixton") thru a few well selected covers & a number of Stray Cat's originals - Its just a MUST have.

If you compare the songs here to the original recordings (Brighton, Radio, Strut, Rock This Town, Runaway Boys etc etc) the sound on the night - and subsequently this disc - is really raw and ballsy.

I personally was never potty on "Something's Wrong With My Radio" - but on the night I thought it was fantastic, and listening again to this CD hasnt done a thing to change my mind.

"Please Dont Touch" (probably most famous for the version by Motorhead & Girlschool) was another standout point. But the standout points are everywhere. Couple of other great Covers "Good Rocking Tonight" - "20 Flight Rock" are well worth a mention.

The playing is exceptional - guitar bass & drums only, and yet at times they were making more racket than Iron Maiden (and thats remotely intended as an insult to either band). Lee Rocker was better than ever, Slim Jim standing on the Bass and pounding at the snare as if his life depended on it (yet still cooler than ice) & Mr Setzer, well!

This disc also contains a solitary single new recording which is great, but there's no doubt you are just tempted to go back and randomly select any of the live tracks). Its a double disc, without the 1 studio it would have fit onto a single disc.

It was a brilliant night - and this double disc captures it perfectly. No Stray Cats fan will be disappointed.

Congotronics 2: Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urb 'n' Jungle
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • WOW-IF YOU LIKE TO SMILE...
  • music that makes people want to dance and sway and move, eyes closed, getting lost in the mesmerizing repetition
 Congotronics 2: Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urb 'n' Jungle
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Crammed Disc Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000E6EJK2
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

  1. Wa Muluendu - Kasai Allstars
  2. Koyile/Nyeka Nyeka - Kasai Allstars
  3. Kiwembo - Sobanza Mimanisa
  4. Kabuangoyi - Kasai Allstars
  5. Soif Conjugale - Kisanzi Congo
  6. Le Laboureur - Masanka Sankayi
  7. Bosamba Ndeke - Bolia We Ndenge
  8. Mulume - Basokin
  9. T.P. Couleur Cafe - Konono N.1

Amazon.com

The follow up to Konono No. 1's fantastic Congotronics, Congotronics 2, has the same heavily distorted thumb pianos, chattering hand percussion, gritty homemade amplification, and driving rhythms. This amazing sound clash was an unlikely hit in 2005 that captured the imagination of musical thrill seekers, world music enthusiasts, and hipsters into dance and electronic music. Now five other Congo bands join Konono on this two-disc set that offers nine audio tracks on CD and six videos on an accompanying DVD. While the video serves as a reminder that this music is generally meant for dancing and drinking, the audio proves that this unique approach and sound can have many more mutations than the one hit upon by Konono. The sound ranges from Kasai Allstars' warm African high-life feel to Sobanza Mimanisa's hard metallic shuffle. This is a must for those who fell under the spell of Konono's hypnotic grooves and want to hear more. ­ --Tad Hendrickson

Album Description

Hot on the heels of Konono N°1, Congotronics 2 - Buzz 'N' Rumble From The Urb 'N' Jungle offers a fresh selection of even more remarkable sounds, courtesy of seven electro-traditional bands from Kinshasa, Congo. These bands draw on traditional trance music to which they've incorporated heavily distorted sounds generated by do-it-yourself amplification...much like, except that these musicians come from various regions (Kasai, Lake Mai Ndombe, Bacongo province), they use diverse rhythms, timbres and instrumentation. The trademark electrified thumb pianos and megaphones are joined by an array of buzzing drums, swirling guitars and hypnotic balafons.

Includes a 41-minute bonus DVD of material filmed in Kinshasa!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars WOW-IF YOU LIKE TO SMILE..........2006-03-19

Great CD. Traditional sounds with an edge of basic electronic processing. Like the thumb piano that sounds like an electric guitar. The DVD takes this package over the top. Have a look at the African communities, performers and dancers. Don't hesitate to get this one Siamak, and everyone else.

5 out of 5 stars music that makes people want to dance and sway and move, eyes closed, getting lost in the mesmerizing repetition.......2006-03-05

You'd have to have been living under a rock for the last year to not know about Konono No. 1, but for those of you who have been, let's recap shall we? Konono No. 1 formed over 20 years ago in Kinshasa (the capital of Zaire) and have been performing their own version of Bazombo trance music, incoporating into their sound, more out of necessity than any avant garde aspirations, home built amps and microphones, hand made instruments, all assembled from old car parts and batteries, pieces of wood and various found bits of scrap material. Performing in the city and thus forced to compete with the din of cars and people and city sound, they built their own PA and speaker system, making their sound much louder but also lending it a buzzing distorted sound that became as much a part of the music as the insturments themselves.

The main instrument though, and the one which defines their sound, is an amplified likembe, a sort of thumb piano, which when run through the homemade pickups and ramshackle PA speakers buzz and distort and the melodies end up sounding like some strange sixties psych fuzz guitar. So those distorted melodies atop a wild festive bed of tribal percussion, hand drums, whistles, call and response vocals, it's like African highlife music but infused with all manner of, well like the title suggests BUZZ and RUMBLE.
But it would be naive to think a band like Konono No.1 developed in a complete vacuum. And one would assume that the music scene in Kinshasa would at least in some ways be like any place else, with loads of bands, all playing together, swapping members, that sort of thing, and this record demonstrates that for sure. While Konono No.1 ended up being the worldwide ambassadors for the Kinshasa sound, they are most definitely just one of many groups creating an amazingly vibrant scene. In fact some of the groups on Congotronics 2 take some of my favorite parts of Konono's sound and take them even further!

All of the bands on Congotronics 2 sound at least similar, employing the same basic song structure and same basic instrumentation. Cyclical repetitive rhythms, bells and hand drums locked in dense pulsing frameworks, loose but definitely the backbone of the music, the vocals are festive and wild, a single voice joined by a chorus. Each track is typically one part, maybe two, repeated and repeated with subtle variations, being as that it is an offspring of trance music, this hypnotic quality definitely defining all of these bands, a buzzing looped joyful noise, the sort of music that makes people want to dance and sway and move, eyes closed, getting lost in the mesmerizing repetition.

All of the bands also seem to employ the electric likembe as well to different effect. Sobanza Mimanisia up the distortion, their thumb pianos practically growl, super percussive and blown-out, definitely the heaviest band of the bunch. Whereas the Kasai Allstars employ their likembes as a swirling delicate percussive background, not at all distorted, gentle, lilting and pretty, sounding the most like traditional high life music. The one way in which many of the bands differ from Konono is their use of guitars, the interplay between a distorted thumb piano and a distorted guitar can be beautifully dizzying.

While all the bands are different, those differences are subtle enough that this could very well be a record by a single, albeit quite varied band, almost as if Konono No.1 decided to expand and explore a little for record number two. If you loved Congotronics, then this will for sure hit the spot, and actually the more I listen the more I think this might be even better than the first one.

Konono No.1 have a SOUND, and that sound is amazing and beautiful and practically perfect, but they truly traffic in trance music, every song a subtle variation of the song before, almost like they have ONE hour long song that just happens to be split into parts, which I love, like most droning repetitive music, if there was a way to have each track last for six hours I would, but by the same token, one has to be in the right frame of mind to bliss out and trance out. So while this collection is still most definitely trancey, it's a bit more varied, with more instrumentation (one group even incorporates accordion!) and thus ends up being a bit more engaging, especially to the casual listener.

And as if another disc of buzzing rumbling joyful trance music wasn't enough, there is also a DVD featuring live footage of 6 of the bands, including Konono (so for those of you who missed their recent visit to the US, here's your chance to see what you missed). Each band performs live, surrounded by throngs of families and children, often performing in houses, on street corners, people dancing, smiling, embracing, this is truly happy joyful music. And the footage is amazing, allowing us a glimpse not only of these amazing bands, their individually customized instrumentation, sardine cans, milk crates, springs, lengths of PVC pipe, hubcaps, film canisters, wooden boards, tin cans, thier costumed and face painted dancers, their dramatic introductions to performances, but also a look at the people, and the city, and the houses, and the streets of Kinshasa, and the culture that inspired such an amazing music.
Rockabilly Rumble Deuce
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Amazing sound! Fantastic CD!!
  • Bad Sample Rate! Horrible....
  • Glad to add this to my collection!
 Rockabilly Rumble Deuce
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Golly Gee Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00024DOUW
Release Date: 2004-04-25

Tracks:

  1. Get On or Get Off (Rockin' Ryan and The Real Goners - Caged Heat)
  2. Ready To Rock (69Beavershot - Beavershot)
  3. Wild Wild Party (Ralph Rebel - Rockabilly Vampire)
  4. Alabama Shake (King Drapes - King Drapes Stomp)
  5. This Joint's Gonna Rock Tonight (Peter and The Wolves - Trouble With Girls)
  6. Cadillac Style (Honeydippers - Honeydipper Stomp)
  7. Cause Of It All (Rip Carson - Unreleased Track)
  8. Top Down Mama (Young Savages - Untamed)
  9. Run On (The Found Cats - Full Gospel Rockabilly)
  10. Teaching My Baby To Drive (Jeff Potter - Rhythm Riot)
  11. Trapped Love (The Spinouts - Unreleased Track)
  12. Swing This Cat (The Cat Pack - Everybody Wants To Be A Cat)
  13. Flirty Mae (Rockin' Ryan and The Real Goners - Live and Lowdown)
  14. Better Not Go (Ramshackle Daddies - Ramshackle Daddies)
  15. Singin' Along With The Jukebox ('52 Pickup - Unreleased Track)
  16. Love Crazy Baby (Blue J's - Red Light Girl)
  17. Come On (Rip Carson - Box Set: The Singles Collection)
  18. Game Over (Drugstore Cowboys - Crash and Burn)
  19. Waitin' For You (Rory Justice featuring Ken "Crash" Justice - The Rockabilly Kid)
  20. Tornado (Big Boy Pete - London American Boy)
  21. Better Than Yesterday (The Found Cats - Full Gospel Rockabilly)
  22. Lorraine (The Accelerators - Go Baby Go)
  23. Born To Love You (Rhythm Bound! - Born To Love You)
  24. Rockin' Daddy (Pete Hodgson & The Fireballs - Rockin' Daddy!)
  25. Caged Heat (Rockin' Ryan and The Real Goners - Caged Heat)
  26. Breakin Out of Here (Farrell Bros - Curbstomp Boogie)
  27. Special Bonus Track

Album Description

The white-hot follow-up to the best-selling "Rockabilly Rumble". We've added three more tracks on this one for a whopping 27-tracks of the best rockabilly in the US and UK on Golly Gee Records and Raucous Records. It's THE Rockabilly disc to buy this year, with over an hour of music from more than 20 of the US and UK's hottest Rockabilly bands. Still all killer - no filler! Thousands of rockabilly fans purchased the first comp and this one is even better!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Amazing sound! Fantastic CD!!.......2006-04-16

I recently picked up this CD together with Rockabilly Rumble - these CDs rock! I'm a huge fan of 50s rockabilly and rock n' roll and these CDs deliver the goods. The sound quality is excellent and the songs are great. If I had to choose I'd say I prefer the more vintage sounding tunes on the CD - Rockin'Ryan and The Real Goners, Rip Carson, '52 Pickup, Peter and The Wolves and the Long Island Hornets. But all the songs are great. Golly Gee and Raucous when are we going to get Volume 3? I can't wait!

1 out of 5 stars Bad Sample Rate! Horrible...........2005-11-04

The sample rate sounds like telephone quality....like a bad mp3. I wouldn't reccomend this CD.
I am sure the songs are great, but you can't tell...

5 out of 5 stars Glad to add this to my collection!.......2005-08-22

I bought the first volume and this one, too. It's fun to hear people play like they mean it.
The Original Rumble Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Link Wray guitar genius
  • In The Vanguard Yesterday, So Basic Today
  • Link Wray influenced Pete Townshend & Many More!
  • Guitar Never Sounded So Cool
 The Original Rumble Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals
Link Wray
Manufacturer: Ace Records UK
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000009L2
Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

  1. Rumble
  2. The Swag
  3. Batman (Theme)
  4. Ace Of Spades
  5. Jack The Ripper
  6. I'm Branded
  7. Fat Back
  8. Run Chicken Run
  9. Turnpike USA
  10. Deuces Wild
  11. Mustang
  12. Blueberry Hill
  13. Run Boy Run
  14. The Sweeper
  15. Hound Dog
  16. That'll Be The Day
  17. The Fuzz
  18. Rawhide
  19. Draggin'
  20. Aces Wild
  21. Bull Dawg
  22. The Rumble Man
  23. Copenhagen

Product Description

1. Rumble
2. The Swag
3. Batman Theme
4. Ace Of Spades
5. Jack The Ripper
6. I'm Branded
7. Fat Back
8. Run Chicken Run
9. Turnpike U.S.A.
10. Deuces Wild
11. Mustang
12. Blueberry Hill
13. Run Boy Run
14. The Sweeper
15. Hound Dog
16. That'll Be The Day
17. The Fuzz
18. Rawhide
19. Draggin'
20. Aces Wild
21. Bull Dawg
22. The Rumble Man
23. Copenhagen Boogie

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Link Wray guitar genius.......2005-11-30

Link Wray was the inventor or a style of music that is such a deep part of musical history that some people forget it was one mans genius that it's origens can be traced to one man - Link Wray.
We were blessed to live to shae atime in history with this man.

2 out of 5 stars In The Vanguard Yesterday, So Basic Today.......2005-03-05

Partisans of Link Wray are not going to like what I say, they may even damn this review without reading and considering it.
As much as I know about music, there is also a lot I don't know. I had never heard of Link Wray until last year when I was looking at a website that proclaimed Wray the "greatest guitarist ever" Since then, I have seen several other references to him and so decided to check him out by buying this CD. Well, maybe you have to be of a certain age and mired in the certainty that musicians that were hot when you were young are the greatest ever and everything else is either fogie music or noise, but there is no way I can say with a straight face that Wray is the greatest or even one of the greatest. A pioneer, yes. An influence, perhaps. But the greatest? You have to be kidding!
If I was a teenager when Wray came on the scene, I'd likely have considered him a groundbreaking phenomenon. But listening today, I find his music so basic and repetitious that even his most advanced tunes sound dated much like some of what was advanced for its time when I was a teenager sounds dated today.
I listened to the "Original Rumble Plus..." several times trying to find some reason to say that Wray is great, but I couldn't find any. Some songs were OK, but nothing overcame the cheesy stench of the Batman theme.
Some music stands the test of time, this CD does not. If this is an example of Wray's best, I don't need to hear more. There are lots better "surf guitar" musicians around including Gary Hoey and even alt-country shredder Junior Brown. In giving this CD two stars, I think I am being charitable. If you are a Link Wray fan, then you probably don't agree. But if you are just Wray-curious, I urge you not to start your Wray experience with this recording.

5 out of 5 stars Link Wray influenced Pete Townshend & Many More!.......2004-08-17

I strongly disagree with George O'Leary (in the first review)
that Link was mediocre at best. He is the inventor of
the power chord that influenced a whole generation
of British & American guitarists. The Who, The Kinks
and many more took the power chord to another level
because of hearing Link DO IT FIRST! What about
Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and of course, The Beatles?
You don't think all these British bands played Rumble
(and possibly other) Link Wray song's in their set
at one point? You bet they did. They dug his sound
& his style. He may not have been as technical as
Lonnie Mack (another huge favorite of mine), but he
has his own style and sound. Nobody sounds like LINK.
The first reviewer makes it sound like Link passed away,
but i am hear to tell you that he is ALIVE & WELL.
He still rocks the house at 74 years old.
Link is also a pioneer of "distortion" on guitar.
It is commonplace today, but imagine hearing
"Rumble" coming out of a jukebox for the first time
in the 50's? It scared alot of people. Any rock guitar player
worth his salt has at least dug on a little Link Wray.
Oh Yeah...American guitarist's influenced by Link?
Listen to Link and then listen to Hendrix
and you can hear the passing of the torch.
This is a great CD to start on your Link Wray Way!
Cheers,
Michael Louis Brooklyn, NY

4 out of 5 stars Guitar Never Sounded So Cool.......2001-10-04

I didn't realize I knew Link Wray's music until I saw the movie "Blow" (it's played in the scene where George and Tuna go to the beach). I couldn't get the song out of my head! I guess maybe that is the best indicator of good music: you can't stop thinking about it. This is probably the best album to buy because it has "Ace of Spades" and "Jack the Ripper"; two of his best songs. But if there is any reason to buy this album it's the first track: "Rumble". If you like the sound a guitar makes (blues, metal, pop, rock,etc.) then you must listen to this song on repeat because I've never heard a guitar played so expressively. It's the kind of song that makes you want to smoke a cigarette and go cruising in an old Chevy.
Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!
  • beautiful
  • Excellent!
  • It will bring about many gentle nights
  • Visualizing Beauty
 Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000478S3
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

  1. Mister Issac's Maggot, Chestnut (Dove's Vagary)
  2. Woodycock
  3. Death's Second Self
  4. Jack's Health, Vale Of Years, Jack's Health Reel
  5. Come, Gentile Night
  6. Departe, Departe, The Cobbler's Hornpipe, Third Act Tune
  7. But Let Them Go, Ladies, Sight No More
  8. In A Garden So Green, Childgrove
  9. Fire, Burn, and Cauldron Bubble
  10. The Asp
  11. Rumble Thy Bellyful
  12. Pastime With Good Company, O Lusty May
  13. Irish Lament
  14. Joy To THe Person Of My Love
  15. The Winter's Tale Set: Love's Winter Light, Apples In Winter, Drive The Cold Winter Away, Jenny Pluck Pears
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  17. The Scottich Play Set: Life Is But A Walking Shadow, Mill, Mill O', Pawky Adam Glen
  18. Heart's Ease, Now That The Spring, Gathering Peascods
  19. No Longer Mourn For Me

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!.......2002-11-29

With their soulful playing and artful, sometimes even ephemeral arrangements, the six women of Ensemble Galilei convey a rare depth of emotion. In the insert notes, gamba player Carolyn Ann Surrick describes their creative process: "[In making this recording, we engaged in]...a kind of work that is so focused and intense that years can go by in one afternoon... Extraordinary music-making requires trust... [We] live for the times when the only thing that exists right then is the music--when the instruments are speaking as if we don't exist, and they are having their own conversation." Thank you, Ensemble Galilei, for allowing the rest of us the privilege of coming along for the ride! It's simply delectable. This chamber ensemble, featuring fiddle, harp, gamba, oboe, pipes and percussion, can also be heard on their other Telarc release, "From the Isles to the Courts", and "The Mystic and the Muse: Celebrating 600 Years of Women in Music", on the Dorian label.

5 out of 5 stars beautiful.......2001-01-22

Sheer beauty, as a lover of English music I found this to be one of the most beautiful of all Shakespearean albums. Such harmony, such subtlety, one wishes that the gentle night will never stop.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2001-01-04

Ensemble Galilei provide some excellent arrangements of English renaissance compositions. I believe that John Playford (English Dancing Master) fans will be particularly satisfied with the renditions presented here. It is very unfortunate that E.G. did not provide more arrangements from such early music sources. Some of E.G.'s own compositions seem very weak and not in the renaissance spirit of the rest of the CD. Nonetheless, this CD is highly recommmended.

5 out of 5 stars It will bring about many gentle nights.......2000-11-22

I found this album to be solid. Very sweet, but not afraid to use percussion which makes it livelier and more fun. I adore the quiet, peacefulness of the music and the flawless execution of these renaissance songs.

5 out of 5 stars Visualizing Beauty.......2000-08-20

I recently had the good fortune to direct a performance of King Lear--the ENTIRE five acts, in a community theatre, non-profit setting. I used twenty-four fully committed non-actors, who for the love of the ideas, participated in this performance. The first and main challenge that I faced was, how do I go "behind" the words, and invoke the right emotions, etc., to give these actors the range and tools needed for an effective, powerful performance? Critical to this performance was the beauty and brilliance of this recording, which I used throughout the various scenes of the play. This helped the performers tremendously, creating the different tapestries in the mind of the Bard. In short, this work is real genius, that I was so happy that I stumbled across. I am now putting in our performance programs, along with our most heart-felt thanks to E.G., the name of the recording and I have copies from Telarc to sell at each performance!
Star Crossed Lovers / Domingo, Fleming, Barenboim, Chicago SO
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Terrible
  • How Can You Give This Less Then Five Stars ???
  • This is really very nice!
  • Below Their Standards
 Star Crossed Lovers / Domingo, Fleming, Barenboim, Chicago SO
Leonard Bernstein , Giuseppe Verdi , Carlos Gardel , Federico Moreno Torroba , Charles Gounod , Edward Duke Ellington , Franz Lehar , Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Daniel Barenboim , Renée Fleming , Plácido Domingo , and Duke Ellington
Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I088
Release Date: 1999-02-02

Tracks:

  1. West Side Story: Prologue
  2. West Side Story: Tonight
  3. West Side Story: Rumble
  4. West Side Story: Somewhere
  5. Faust: Il se fait tard...O nuit d'amour!
  6. El dia que me quieras
  7. !Quisiera verte y no verte!
  8. Jota castellana
  9. Otello: Gia nella notte densa
  10. In a Sentimental Mood
  11. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
  12. Prelude to a Kiss
  13. Das Land des Lachelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
  14. Die lustige Witwe: Lippen schweigen

Amazon.com

Romeo and Juliet were the original star-crossed lovers; Shakespeare coined the phrase in his tragedy about their young love and tragic death. But the expression can be applied to doomed couples of all kinds: Faust and Marguerite, Othello and Desdemona, and of course Tony and Maria in West Side Story, which updates Romeo and Juliet to modern New York. This recording, taped at a gala concert in Chicago in 1998 and videotaped for a telecast on the PBS series Great Performances, presents music about doomed love composed by Leonard Bernstein, Charles Gounod, Franz Lehar, Duke Ellington, and others, including several Spanish songs that show Plácido Domingo in top form. After all the tragedy, there is a duet that signals one happy ending: the Merry Widow waltz. Domingo and Renée Fleming are two of today's greatest singers, and they live up to their reputations. The voices are too operatic for West Side Story, but Bernstein would have disagreed. For his definitive recording of the show, he chose similar voices: José Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa. --Joe McLellan

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Terrible.......2002-09-01

I must say that this album was not what I had hoped, and as it was my introduction to Renee Fleming, it was sometime before I bought another of her CDs. Domingo, I would hope, would have better judgement in his recordings, for I found this album nowhere near standard.

Please only purchase this item if you have enjoyed better works from both artists, for it was my introdution to them both, and I regret to say that I was most dissapointed! ~

5 out of 5 stars How Can You Give This Less Then Five Stars ???.......2002-08-16

This recording is just great. When I first saw it in the store, I was so affraid that this would be a live recording. Its not! Yay! The only thing I did not like about this recording was the West Side Store Prologue. Renée would make a really good Maria. Placdio would not make that great of a Tony. He really is limited to opera and art song. Renée, however, can do it all. I really love Renée's "Prelude to a Kiss". I have this song on a recording with Kathleen Battle and I have to say that I really prefer Renée's rendition much better. I say so because I think jazz should be for bigger voices. Renée shines on this recording and blows Placido out of the water. Get this for Renée but not for Placido.

4 out of 5 stars This is really very nice!.......2002-02-17

I loved this. I thought Renée was just wonderful. It's so wonderful when we have opera singers who grace our ears with doing something out of there element and doing it PHENOMINALLY!! So it's nice to have Renée singing the "Tonight" duet with Domingo in West Side Story. But I do agree with the reviewer below me, in that Domingo sounds a little operatic for this role. After all, it is a musical (not everyone's as versatile as our diva). Her "Somewhere" is just gorgeous, althought, my favorite "Somewhere" is sung by Jessye Norman (for all you West Side Story finatics out there). My personal favorites on this disc are the jazz songs by Renée. Who knew she had such a talent for jazz? I wish there were more Renée Fleming jazz recordings out there.

2 out of 5 stars Below Their Standards.......2000-02-22

While both Domingo and Fleming are among today's outstanding singers, this is a very dissappointing disc. Even in the Othello selection, which comes from their normal operatic repetoire, they are not engaging. The dramatic tension is suprisingly slack. Unless you need to have every disk they made, pass this one up.

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