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The Best of Chicago - 40th Anniversary Limited Edition -- 2 CD Set
Chicago
2007 Rhino Records
Product Description
Formed in its namesake city in 1967, Chicago is the first American band ever to chart albums in Billboard®’s Pop Top 40 in five consecutive decades. In 2002, Rhino entered into a long-term partnership with this extraordinary group to restore their extensive, genre-defying catalogue as well as develop new projects (such as 2006’s XXX, their first new studio album in a decade). Now Rhino adds to Chicago’s legacy and salutes their 40th anniversary with a newly compiled 2-CD collection that spans their entire recording history, from the stellar 1969 debut LP Chicago Transit Authority to Chicago XXX. With a career encompassing five consecutive #1 albums, 13 platinum albums, 21 Top 10 singles, and many other laurels, Chicago is among the most successfully charting American groups of all time.
Disc One
1. "Questions 67 & 68" (Robert Lamm) - 3:26
2. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) - 2:53
3. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) - 2:46
4. "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) - 3:00
5. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) - 2:49
6. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) - 3:03
7. "Saturday in the Park" (Robert Lamm) - 3:56
8. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (James Pankow/Peter Cetera) - 4:15
9. "Just You 'n' Me" (James Pankow) - 3:43
10. "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (James Pankow) - 4:18
11. "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) - 4:02
12. "Wishing You Were Here" (Peter Cetera) - 3:01
13. "Old Days" (James Pankow) - 3:31
14. "Another Rainy Day in New York City" (Robert Lamm) - 3:01
15. "If You Leave Me Now" (Peter Cetera) - 3:56
Disc Two
1. "Baby, What a Big Surprise" (Peter Cetera) - 3:07
2. "No Tell Lover" (Lee Loughnane/Danny Seraphine/Peter Cetera) - 3:51
3. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (Peter Cetera/David Foster) - 3:41
4. "Love Me Tomorrow" (Peter Cetera/David Foster) - 3:58
5. "Hard Habit to Break" (Peter Cetera/David Foster) - 4:46
6. "You're the Inspiration" (Peter Cetera/David Foster) - 3:49
7. "Will You Still Love Me?" (David Foster/Tom Keane/Richard Baskin) - 4:13
8. "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." (Steve Kipner/Randy Goodrum) - 3:51
9. "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" (Albert Hammond/Diane Warren) - 3:55
10. "Look Away" (Diane Warren) - 4:00
11. "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" (Jason Scheff, Chas Sandford, Bobby Caldwell) - 4:20
12. "You're Not Alone" (Jim Scott) - 4:00
13. "Here in My Heart" (Glen Ballard/James Newton Howard) - 4:20
14. "Feel (W/Horns)" (Danny Orton/Blair Daly) - 4:31
15. "Love Will Come Back" (Jason Scheff/Jay DeMarcus/Chas Sandford) - 3:43
LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Best-Chicago-...=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298733513&sr=1-2
It took many, many months.
It took many dollars.
It took paying off my house before I was comfortable paying $125 for a used SACD of an album I already owned.
It took ordering from three different vendors before I actually got it.
I decided to splurge and get the order "Overnight Delivery". Everything in the order came overnight except this disk.
The mailman slid it between my front screen and main door, a door I rarely use.
I went thru that door this morning with my camera/tripod, watching carefully so I didn't bump my camera, hence stepping on the package!! :scared-yipes: :scared-yipes: :scared-yipes: The gods do not want me to have/hear this disk!
Fortunately, no damage done. I finally have it:
:banana-dance: :banana-rock: :bow-blue: :banana-dance: :banana-rock: :bow-blue: :music-rockout: :text-bravo: :bow-blue: :banana-dance: :banana-rock: :music-rockout: :happy-smileygiantred: :happy-smileygiantred: :happy-smileygiantred: :handgestures-thumbup:
bscene-drinkingcheers: bscene-drinkingcheers: bscene-birdiedoublered: :teasing-neener: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :bow-blue: :banana-rock: :banana-dance:
I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm gonna pull the drapes, unplug the phone, light some candles, assume the lotus position, naked, and give her a spin.
FINALLY!!!! :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock:
It took many dollars.
It took paying off my house before I was comfortable paying $125 for a used SACD of an album I already owned.
It took ordering from three different vendors before I actually got it.
I decided to splurge and get the order "Overnight Delivery". Everything in the order came overnight except this disk.
The mailman slid it between my front screen and main door, a door I rarely use.
I went thru that door this morning with my camera/tripod, watching carefully so I didn't bump my camera, hence stepping on the package!! :scared-yipes: :scared-yipes: :scared-yipes: The gods do not want me to have/hear this disk!
Fortunately, no damage done. I finally have it:
:banana-dance: :banana-rock: :bow-blue: :banana-dance: :banana-rock: :bow-blue: :music-rockout: :text-bravo: :bow-blue: :banana-dance: :banana-rock: :music-rockout: :happy-smileygiantred: :happy-smileygiantred: :happy-smileygiantred: :handgestures-thumbup:
bscene-drinkingcheers: bscene-drinkingcheers: bscene-birdiedoublered: :teasing-neener: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :text-thankyoublue: :bow-blue: :banana-rock: :banana-dance: I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm gonna pull the drapes, unplug the phone, light some candles, assume the lotus position, naked, and give her a spin.
FINALLY!!!! :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock:
Dennie
Well-Known Member
'Botch said:It took many, many months.
It took many dollars.
It took paying off my house before I was comfortable paying $125 for a used SACD of an album I already owned.
It took ordering from three different vendors before I actually got it.
I decided to splurge and get the order "Overnight Delivery". Everything in the order came overnight except this disk.
The mailman slid it between my front screen and main door, a door I rarely use.
I went thru that door this morning with my camera/tripod, watching carefully so I didn't bump my camera, hence stepping on the package!! :scared-yipes: :scared-yipes: :scared-yipes: The gods do not want me to have/hear this disk!
Fortunately, no damage done. I finally have it:
:banana-dance: :banana-rock: :bow-blue: :banana-dance: :banana-rock: :bow-blue: :music-rockout: :text-bravo: :bow-blue: :banana-dance: :banana-rock: :music-rockout: :happy-smileygiantred: :happy-smileygiantred: :happy-smileygiantred: :handgestures-thumbup:
I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm gonna pull the drapes, unplug the phone, light some candles, assume the lotus position, naked, and give her a spin.
FINALLY!!!! :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock: :banana-rock:
Congratulations Botch!
Every now and then it is good to "treat" ourselves to something special! :handgestures-thumbup:
Well? How does it sound?
I hope it sounds like $200~! :bow-blue:
Dennie
Nice, I may to check it out, though in a somewhat less expensive format. If were going to treat myself, it'd probably be to the Bill Evans complete Fantasy (label) recordings, a 9 CD set that goes for ~ $90. Maybe when I get my tax return...
If were going to treat myself, it'd probably be to the Bill Evans complete Fantasy (label) recordings, a 9 CD set that goes for ~ $90. Maybe when I get my tax return...
Dennie
Well-Known Member
I've always wanted Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat" on remastered Vinyl, but it goes for $100 and I just can't bring myself to spend $100 on a Record. It is actually a 3 record set, but still....$100?!PaulyT said:Nice, I may to check it out, though in a somewhat less expensive format.
I'll keep waiting for a "Deal"!
I actually had a "Klipsch" forum member offer to sell me one for $90, but I think if I were going to spend $90 on a used copy, I would go ahead and spend the extra $10 and get it new.
Dennie
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Bringing It All Back Home -- CD
Bob Dylan
1990 Columbia Records
Amazon.com essential recording
"You sound like you're having a good old time," a purist Dylan fan is spotted telling the artist in the documentary Don't Look Back just after the release of this, his first (half-) electric album. He certainly does. Updating Chicago blues forms with hilarious, tough lyrics--in fact, all but stealing the meter of Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business" for "Subterranean Homesick Blues"--on one side, dropping some of his most devastating solo acoustic science ("It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," "Mr. Tambourine Man") on the other, the first of Dylan's two 1965 long-players broke it right down with style, substance, and elegance. --Rickey Wright
All songs written by Bob Dylan.
Side one
1. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" – 2:21
2. "She Belongs to Me" – 2:47
3. "Maggie's Farm" – 3:54
4. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" – 2:51
5. "Outlaw Blues" – 3:05
6. "On the Road Again"– 2:35
7. "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"– 6:30
Side two
1. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:30
2. "Gates of Eden" – 5:40
3. "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" – 7:29
4. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 4:12
LINKY ----> http://www.amazon.com/Bringing-All-...24SD/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1298754070&sr=1-2
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Hits/Greatest & Others -- CD
Joan Baez
1973/1986 Vanguard Records
Hits: Greatest and Others was a 1973 compilation Vanguard put together at the end of Joan Baez' association with their label. In addition to her hit cover of The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", songs by the Beatles and Kris Kristofferson were also included. Unlike previous compilations, this one skipped over most of Baez' earlier traditional material almost entirely, in favor of her more recent singer-songwriter material and covers.
1. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robbie Robertson)
2. "Dangling Conversation" (Paul Simon)
3. "Help Me Make It Through The Night" (Kris Kristofferson)
4. "Blessed Are..." (Joan Baez)
5. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
6. "Let It Be" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
7. "There But For Fortune" (Phil Ochs)
8. "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" (Jesse Winchester)
9. "I Pity The Poor Immigrant" (Bob Dylan)
10. "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" (Bob Dylan)
11. "Heaven Help Us All" (Roger Miller)
LINKY -----> http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Baez-Hit...=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298755990&sr=1-2
Dennie
Well-Known Member
A once in a lifetime gathering of world class talent...Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Rick Danko, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Hawkins, Garth Judson, Dr. John, Richard Manuel, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Robbie Robertson, Ringo Star, Steven Stils, Ron Wood, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Emmylou Harris, The Staples, Levon Helm, all showed up for "A Historic Rock & Roll Event"..... The Last Waltz.
The Last Waltz -- 2 CD Box Set
The Band
1978/ 1990 Warner Bros. Records
Amazon.com
"As you might have heard, we got a couple of friends joining in with us tonight," mutters Robbie Robertson dryly. Recorded at San Francisco's Winterland on Thanksgiving Day 1976, the Band's swan song is a rousing celebration, not a bittersweet eulogy. The friends in question: Ronnie Hawkins, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Paul Butterfield, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ron Wood, Ringo Starr. Add studio sequences featuring the Staples and Emmylou Harris, and you have a pretty formidable supporting cast for the Band, who always did quite well on their own. All involved have done better work elsewhere, but that's far beside the point, which is that anyone who wasn't there should be very, very jealous. --Marc Greilsamer
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "Theme from The Last Waltz" Robertson 3:28
2. "Up On Cripple Creek" Robertson Levon Helm 4:44
3. "Who Do You Love" McDaniel Ronnie Hawkins 4:16
4. "Helpless" Young Neil Young 5:47
5. "Stage Fright" Robertson Rick Danko 4:25
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "Coyote" Mitchell Joni Mitchell 5:50
2. "Dry Your Eyes" Diamond, Robertson Neil Diamond 3:57
3. "It Makes No Difference" Robertson Rick Danko 6:48
4. "Such A Night" Rebennack Dr. John 4:00
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Robertson Levon Helm 4:34
2. "Mystery Train" Parker, Phillips Paul Butterfield, Levon Helm 4:59
3. "Mannish Boy" London, McDaniel, Morganfield Muddy Waters 6:54
4. "Further On Up the Road" Robey, Veasey Eric Clapton 5:08
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "The Shape I'm In" Robertson Richard Manuel 4:06
2. "Down South in New Orleans" J. Wright, J. Anglin Bobby Charles, Dr. John 3:06
3. "Ophelia" Robertson Levon Helm 3:53
4. "Tura Lura Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby)" Shannon Van Morrison, Richard Manuel 4:15
5. "Caravan" Morrison Van Morrison 6:02
Side five
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "Life Is A Carnival" Danko, Helm, Robertson Levon Helm, Rick Danko 4:32
2. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" Davis, von Schmidt Bob Dylan 3:00
3. "I Don't Believe You" Dylan Bob Dylan 3:23
4. "Forever Young" Dylan Bob Dylan 4:42
5. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (reprise)" Davis, von Schmidt Bob Dylan 2:46
6. "I Shall Be Released" Dylan Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel 6:22
Side six
The Last Waltz Suite written by Robbie Robertson
No. Title Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "The Well" Richard Manuel 3:27
2. "Evangeline" Rick Danko, Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm 3:17
3. "Out of the Blue" Robbie Robertson 3:03
4. "The Weight" Levon Helm, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples, Rick Danko 4:38
5. "The Last Waltz Refrain" Richard Manuel 1:28
6. "Theme from The Last Waltz" 3:22
(Warning Zing, you have to flip each CeeDee three times. This is much more complicated than the 2 Sided CD's, that's fore-sure! :doh: )
LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Last-Waltz-Band/dp/B000002KIC/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298756994&sr=1-7
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The Last Waltz -- 2 CD Box Set
The Band
1978/ 1990 Warner Bros. Records
Amazon.com
"As you might have heard, we got a couple of friends joining in with us tonight," mutters Robbie Robertson dryly. Recorded at San Francisco's Winterland on Thanksgiving Day 1976, the Band's swan song is a rousing celebration, not a bittersweet eulogy. The friends in question: Ronnie Hawkins, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Paul Butterfield, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ron Wood, Ringo Starr. Add studio sequences featuring the Staples and Emmylou Harris, and you have a pretty formidable supporting cast for the Band, who always did quite well on their own. All involved have done better work elsewhere, but that's far beside the point, which is that anyone who wasn't there should be very, very jealous. --Marc Greilsamer
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "Theme from The Last Waltz" Robertson 3:28
2. "Up On Cripple Creek" Robertson Levon Helm 4:44
3. "Who Do You Love" McDaniel Ronnie Hawkins 4:16
4. "Helpless" Young Neil Young 5:47
5. "Stage Fright" Robertson Rick Danko 4:25
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "Coyote" Mitchell Joni Mitchell 5:50
2. "Dry Your Eyes" Diamond, Robertson Neil Diamond 3:57
3. "It Makes No Difference" Robertson Rick Danko 6:48
4. "Such A Night" Rebennack Dr. John 4:00
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Robertson Levon Helm 4:34
2. "Mystery Train" Parker, Phillips Paul Butterfield, Levon Helm 4:59
3. "Mannish Boy" London, McDaniel, Morganfield Muddy Waters 6:54
4. "Further On Up the Road" Robey, Veasey Eric Clapton 5:08
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "The Shape I'm In" Robertson Richard Manuel 4:06
2. "Down South in New Orleans" J. Wright, J. Anglin Bobby Charles, Dr. John 3:06
3. "Ophelia" Robertson Levon Helm 3:53
4. "Tura Lura Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby)" Shannon Van Morrison, Richard Manuel 4:15
5. "Caravan" Morrison Van Morrison 6:02
Side five
No. Title Writer(s) Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "Life Is A Carnival" Danko, Helm, Robertson Levon Helm, Rick Danko 4:32
2. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" Davis, von Schmidt Bob Dylan 3:00
3. "I Don't Believe You" Dylan Bob Dylan 3:23
4. "Forever Young" Dylan Bob Dylan 4:42
5. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (reprise)" Davis, von Schmidt Bob Dylan 2:46
6. "I Shall Be Released" Dylan Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel 6:22
Side six
The Last Waltz Suite written by Robbie Robertson
No. Title Singer/Guest Performer Length
1. "The Well" Richard Manuel 3:27
2. "Evangeline" Rick Danko, Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm 3:17
3. "Out of the Blue" Robbie Robertson 3:03
4. "The Weight" Levon Helm, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples, Rick Danko 4:38
5. "The Last Waltz Refrain" Richard Manuel 1:28
6. "Theme from The Last Waltz" 3:22
(Warning Zing, you have to flip each CeeDee three times. This is much more complicated than the 2 Sided CD's, that's fore-sure! :doh: )
LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Last-Waltz-Band/dp/B000002KIC/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298756994&sr=1-7
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Dennie
Well-Known Member
Greatest Hits -- CD
Alice Cooper
1974/1990 Warner Bros. Records
Amazon.com
If it weren't for Alice Cooper's onstage antics, Kiss, Marilyn Manson and Glen Danzig might have evolved into summery pop artists suitable for family picnics. Yet as Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits record attests, the grandfather of shock rock brought much more to the rock arena than boa constrictors and simulated decapitations. In addition to classic hard rock anthems like "I'm Eighteen," "No More Mr. Nice Guy," and "School's Out," Cooper unleashed rollicking barroom rockers like "Under My Wheels" and tugged at the heartstrings with cuts like "Desperado" and "Hello Hooray." In retrospect, his songs have more in common with the Who and the Faces than with Black Sabbath or Judas Priest. But his songs were filled with soaring choruses and grandiose horn embellishes that proved he could be larger than life both on and off the stage. --Jon Wiederhorn
1. "I'm Eighteen" (Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 2:58
* Original version on Love It to Death
2. "Is It My Body" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 2:41
* Original version on Love It to Death
3. "Desperado" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:29
* Original version on Killer
4. "Under My Wheels" (Bruce, Dunaway, Bob Ezrin) – 2:46
* Original version on Killer
5. "Be My Lover" (Bruce) – 3:22
* Original version on Killer
6. "School's Out" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 3:30
* Original version on School's Out
7. "Hello, Hooray" (Rolf Kempf) – 4:18
* Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
8. "Elected" (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith) – 4:08
* Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
9. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:07
* Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
10. "Billion Dollar Babies" (Cooper, Bruce, Smith) – 3:43
* Original version on Billion Dollar Babies
11. "Teenage Lament '74" (Cooper, Smith) – 3:54
* Original version on Muscle of Love
12. "Muscle of Love" (Cooper, Bruce) – 3:45
* Original version on Muscle of Love
LINKY ----> http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits...=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298766110&sr=1-2
Worth Every Penny!!!!
Ah, life is good! Bob Clearmountain and Rhett Davies were both called back to do the 5.1 remix, and they didn't f*ck it up. There are a few tom hits that aren't on the stereo recording, and I'm hearing things I haven't before (as is usually the case with a new SACD); what's even cooler is there is a somewhat cheesy organ part that occurs twice in Take a Chance, my favorite Roxy cut ever. Well, they took it out the first occurrence (but it popped back in in the second :x ). One instrumental track, "India" they couldn't find the original multitrack, only the final stereo master, so they started it as a normal stereo playback (possible some additional ambience in the surrounds) but then it started sliding to the right, so soon the left channel was in the right speaker, and the right speaker is in the right surround; it continues that way, rotating around you, and surprisingly it works (the piece is less than two minutes long).
The mix in the surrounds is not always just ambience, you can sometimes have the sax coming from behind your right shoulder and the sax echo over your left, but with this kind of music it works; it's all about the "atmosphere"...
There is also an additional track, which fits right in with the album (some unusual chord progressions). They could've easily included it on the original album, which was only 37 minutes long iirc, good to hear something new from the same period.
I'm a happy camper! :music-listening: :music-listening: :music-listening:
Dennie
Well-Known Member
I really enjoy this album....
Feels So Good CD
Chuck Mangione
1977/1990 A&M Records
The man with the flugel horn sure can play!!, December 15, 2000
By Glenn "Glenn98" (Bergenfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Feels So Good (Audio CD)
The Grammy winning title cut "Feels so Good" is what turned me on to Chuck Mangione's music. But this CD goes much further than that. ALL of the recordings here are excellent. And they are arranged alternating the fast and slow pieces in a pleasing way. "Maui Waui" and "Last Dance" are nice and relaxing. "Theme from Side Street" is short but meaningful. "Hide and Seek" is a catchy piece that will have you tapping to it. And "The XIth Commandment" is a brilliant end to this great CD.
This is by far Chuck's best recording. If you're in a qundary about which Chuck Mangione CD to buy, THIS IS THE ONE!
1. Feels So Good - 9:42 (edit: #4 pop, #1 AC)
2. Maui-Waui - 10:13
3. Theme From 'Side Street' - 2:05
4. Hide & Seek (Ready Or Not Here I Come) - 6:25
5. Last Dance - 10:54
6. The XIth Commandment - 6:36
LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Feels-So-Good...=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298770823&sr=1-1
Feels So Good CD
Chuck Mangione
1977/1990 A&M Records
The man with the flugel horn sure can play!!, December 15, 2000
By Glenn "Glenn98" (Bergenfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Feels So Good (Audio CD)
The Grammy winning title cut "Feels so Good" is what turned me on to Chuck Mangione's music. But this CD goes much further than that. ALL of the recordings here are excellent. And they are arranged alternating the fast and slow pieces in a pleasing way. "Maui Waui" and "Last Dance" are nice and relaxing. "Theme from Side Street" is short but meaningful. "Hide and Seek" is a catchy piece that will have you tapping to it. And "The XIth Commandment" is a brilliant end to this great CD.
This is by far Chuck's best recording. If you're in a qundary about which Chuck Mangione CD to buy, THIS IS THE ONE!
1. Feels So Good - 9:42 (edit: #4 pop, #1 AC)
2. Maui-Waui - 10:13
3. Theme From 'Side Street' - 2:05
4. Hide & Seek (Ready Or Not Here I Come) - 6:25
5. Last Dance - 10:54
6. The XIth Commandment - 6:36
LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Feels-So-Good...=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298770823&sr=1-1
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the review Botch. I'm glad you are happy with your purchase. I think it is one of those that is going to sound better and better, each time you listen to it.Botch said:
Worth Every Penny!!!!
Ah, life is good! Bob Clearmountain and Rhett Davies were both called back to do the 5.1 remix, and they didn't f*ck it up. There are a few tom hits that aren't on the stereo recording, and I'm hearing things I haven't before (as is usually the case with a new SACD); what's even cooler is there is a somewhat cheesy organ part that occurs twice in Take a Chance, my favorite Roxy cut ever. Well, they took it out the first occurrence (but it popped back in in the second :x ). One instrumental track, "India" they couldn't find the original multitrack, only the final stereo master, so they started it as a normal stereo playback (possible some additional ambience in the surrounds) but then it started sliding to the right, so soon the left channel was in the right speaker, and the right speaker is in the right surround; it continues that way, rotating around you, and surprisingly it works (the piece is less than two minutes long).
The mix in the surrounds is not always just ambience, you can sometimes have the sax coming from behind your right shoulder and the sax echo over your left, but with kind of music it works; it's all about the "atmosphere"...
There is also an additional track, which fits right in with the album (some unusual chord progressions). They could've easily included it on the original album, which was only 37 minutes long iirc, good to hear something new from the same period.
I'm a happy camper! :music-listening: :music-listening: :music-listening:
But, we don't even get a photograph of this $125 SACD? Com'on Man, throw us a bone!! :banana-gotpics:
Dennie
