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[Dennie]

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The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield -- CD

Curtis Mayfield

1997 Rhino Records

Timeless and perfect., June 29, 2002
By Gracejoy "gracejoy7" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Very Best of (Curtis Mayfield) (Audio CD)

Curtis Mayfield was a musical genius and this CD is a testament to his amazing ability to create powerful, engaging, funky, soulful, moving music. Mayfield is clearly the master of funk and his falsetto vocals are the baddest of bad. I have too many favorite tracks to pick just one, but I will say that "Freddie's Dead" and "Kung Fu" are alone worth the price of this CD. Most of the songs address some kind of moral or social issue and the lyrics are genuinely thought-provoking, not cliched. Some of the songs beg you to get up and dance, while others are meant for closing your eyes and just soaking it in. All of it is GREAT.

This is one of my favorite CDs of all time. If you are even remotely curious about Curtis Mayfield or funk music in general, you have to have this CD. It doesn't get any better than this.

“(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go”
“The Makings of You”
“Move on Up”
“Get Down”
“We Got to Have Peace”
“Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)”
“Superfly”
“Pusherman”
“Future Shock”
“Can't Say Nothin'”
“Kung Fu”
“So In Love”
“Only You Babe”
“Do Do Wap is Strong in Here”
“Between You Baby and Me”
“Do Be Down”

 

[Dennie]

Whoa, college flashback! My roommate had that album, can't remember what it sounded like at all.

It made me think of the "Bee Gees", the cover art that is.

I've never heard them, that I know of! :confusion-shrug:



Dennie :eusa-whistle:

 

[Dennie]

The Very Best of Otis Redding -- CD

Otis Redding

1992 Elektra Records
OTIS REDDING, OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED., January 10, 2011
By CCINPA (PHILADELPHIA, PA USA) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Very Best of Otis Redding (Audio CD)

When I get the blues, Otis Redding speaks to me. "These Arms of Mine" alone were worth the price of the CD. Otis Redding: Often imitated but never duplicated.

Track listing

1. These Arms of Mine
2. Pain in My Heart
3. That's How Strong My Love Is - (bonus track)
4. Mr. Pitiful
5. I've Been Loving You Too Long
6. Respect
7. I Can't Turn You Loose
8. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
9. My Lover's Prayer - (bonus track)
10. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
11. Try a Little Tenderness
12. Shake
13. Happy Song, The (Dum-Dum)
14. Tramp
15. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
16. I've Got Dreams to Remember - (bonus track)

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music...

Dusty In Memphis -- Deluxe Edition CD

Dusty Springfield

1969/1999 Atlantic/Rhino Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Dusty Springfield never claimed to be a soul singer, but Dusty in Memphis effects a unique and deeply moving synthesis of her brand of stylish pop and the Southern R&B of the late '60s. Her soft tones and hushed, confessional readings make for definitive versions of everything from "Son of a Preacher Man" (a later version by Aretha Franklin is good but less thrillingly sensual than this one) to Randy Newman's ballads "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" and "Just One Smile" to a swirling take on "The Windmills of Your Mind." The soul obscurity "Breakfast in Bed" even gives a knowing spin to a line from an earlier Springfield classic: "You don't have to say you love me." This expanded edition features vastly improved sound and a number of bonus tracks not on the earlier CD. --Rickey Wright

Side A

"Just a Little Lovin'" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:18
"So Much Love" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:31
"Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) – 2:29
"I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" (Randy Newman) – 3:11
"Don't Forget About Me" (Goffin, King) – 2:52
"Breakfast in Bed" (Eddie Hinton, Donnie Fritts) – 2:57

Side B

"Just One Smile" (Randy Newman) – 2:42
"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:51
"In the Land of Make Believe" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:32
"No Easy Way Down" (Goffin, King) – 3:11
"I Can't Make It Alone" (Goffin, King) – 3:57


Bonus tracks 1999 Deluxe Edition, Rhino Records US

"What Do You Do When Love Dies" (with orchestral overdubs) (Mary Unobsky, Donna Weiss) – 2:42
"Willie & Laura Mae Jones" (Tony Joe White) – 2:49
"That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:59
"Cherished" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) – 2:38
"Goodbye" (Roland Chambers, Leonard Pakula) – 2:33
First UK release: compilation Classics And Collectables, 2007
"Make It With You" (David Gates) – 3:12
First UK release: 4 CD boxed set Simply Dusty, 2000
"Love Shine Down" (not credited) – 2:22
First UK release: compilation Classics And Collectables, 2007
"Live Here With You" (Gilbert Slavin, Michael F. Soles) – 2:44
First UK release: 4 CD boxed set Simply Dusty, 2000
"Natchez Trace" (Neil Brian Goldberg, Gilbert Slavin) – 2:58
First UK release: compilation Classics And Collectables, 2007
"All the King's Horses" (not credited) – 3:10
"I'll Be Faithful" (Stereo) (Ned W. Albright, Michael F. Soles, Steven Soles) – 3:01
First release (mono): Rhino's 1992 re-issue of A Brand New Me. First UK release: compilation Classics And Collectables, 2007
"Have a Good Life Baby" (not credited) – 3:09
First UK release: 2002 re-issue of See All Her Faces
"You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) – 5:28
First UK release: 4 CD boxed set Simply Dusty, 2000
"I Found My Way" a.k.a. "I Found My Way Through The Darkness" (Gilbert Slavin, Michael F. Soles) – 3:12
First UK release: compilation Classics And Collectables, 2007

Tracks 15-16: originally unissued. Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, February 1970. Producers: Gamble-Huff Productions. Arranged by Thom Bell.
Tracks 17-25: originally unissued. Recorded at Century Sound Studio, New York, January–June 1971. Producer: Jeff Barry.

 

[heeman]

 

[Dennie]

The Red Album 1962 - 1966 -- 2 CD Box Set

The Beatles

1973/1993 Capitol Records

Amazon.com

The closest the Beatles came to a greatest hits package, this document of the early part of their career features hit singles (in chronological order) and selected album tracks, running from "Love Me Do" through the groundbreaking Rubber Soul and Revolver albums. While this may be an excellent intro for beginners, real fans will never be content with only selections, especially when you're dealing with those aforementioned albums. Capitol packages the collection on two discs, copying the original vinyl version--but, of course, CDs hold more music than records did. Still, you do get 26 bona fide classics, so there's no real need to complain. --Bill Holdship

Disc 1

Side 1

"Love Me Do" – 2:23
"Please Please Me" – 2:03
"From Me to You" – 1:57
"She Loves You" – 2:22
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 2:26
"All My Loving" – 2:08
"Can't Buy Me Love" – 2:13

Side 2

"A Hard Day's Night" – 2:34
"And I Love Her" – 2:31
"Eight Days a Week" – 2:45
"I Feel Fine" – 2:19
"Ticket to Ride" – 3:10
"Yesterday" – 2:05

Disc 2

Side 1

"Help!" – 2:19
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" – 2:11
"We Can Work It Out" – 2:16
"Day Tripper" – 2:49
"Drive My Car" – 2:27
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" – 2:05

Side 2

"Nowhere Man" – 2:44
"Michelle" – 2:42
"In My Life" – 2:27
"Girl" – 2:31
"Paperback Writer" – 2:31
"Eleanor Rigby" – 2:08
"Yellow Submarine" – 2:37

 

[Dennie]

The Blue Album 1967 - 1970 -- 2 CD Box Set

The Beatles

1973/1993 Capitol Records

Amazon.com

Even as the Beatles began heading toward an inevitable breakup, their prolific ways continued; this two-disc look back only skims the surface of their later achievements. Excerpts from Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, the white album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be compete for space with classic singles that do as much or more to prove their eclecticism: the epic ballad "Hey Jude," the plaintive "Strawberry Fields Forever," straight rock & roll of all stripes from the plainspoken "Revolution" and "Get Back" to the surreal "Come Together." Decades after the split, this (and its companion set of 1962-1966 cuts) remains a favored introduction for young listeners and a key sampler for veteran fans. --Rickey Wright

Disc 1

Side 1

"Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:10
"Penny Lane" – 3:03
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – 2:02
"With a Little Help from My Friends" – 2:44
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 3:28
"A Day in the Life" – 5:06
"All You Need Is Love" – 3:48

Side 2

"I Am the Walrus" – 4:37
"Hello, Goodbye" – 3:31
"The Fool on the Hill" – 3:00
"Magical Mystery Tour" – 2:51
"Lady Madonna" – 2:17
"Hey Jude" – 7:08
"Revolution" – 3:21

Disc 2

Side 1

"Back in the U.S.S.R." – 2:45
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 4:45
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" – 3:05
"Get Back" – 3:14
"Don't Let Me Down" – 3:33
"The Ballad of John and Yoko" – 2:59
"Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) – 3:18

Side 2

"Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison) – 3:05
"Come Together" – 4:20
"Something" (Harrison) – 3:03
"Octopus's Garden" (Starkey) – 2:51
"Let It Be" – 3:52
"Across the Universe" – 3:48
"The Long and Winding Road" – 3:38

 

[Dennie]

40 Greatest Hits -- 2 CD Box Set

Hank Williams

1978/1990 Mercury Records

Amazon.com essential recording

With a legend like Hank, than man who largely dragged country music into the modern age, the question is how do you pick just 40 of his songs? There were the immediately obvious biggies like "Hey Good Lookin'," "Jambalaya," and "Move It On Over," but almost everything was a gem in one way or another. Whether this collection is the greatest hits or not will depend on the listener, but for anyone with even the slightest curiosity about country music, it's essential listening. Hank was a landmark of the genre, and to hear him is to understand how country could change from rural to urban. Essential listening for everyone. --Chris Nickson

Disc one

"Move It on Over"
"A Mansion on the Hill" (Fred Rose/Hank Williams)
"Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (*)
"Wedding Bells" (Claude Boone)
"Mind Your Own Business"
"You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) "
"Lost Highway" (Leon Payne)
"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
"I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living"
"Long Gone Lonesome Blues"
"My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" (Hank Williams/Jewell House)
"Why Don't You Love Me"
"Why Should We Try Anymore"
"They'll Never Take Her Love from Me" (Leon Payne)
"Moanin' the Blues"
"Nobody's Lonesome for Me"
"Cold, Cold Heart"
"Dear John" (Tex Ritter/Aubrie Gass)
"Howlin' at the Moon"

Disc two

"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"
"Hey, Good Lookin'"
"Crazy Heart" (Maurice Murray/Fred Rose)
"(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" (Jimmie Davis/Hank Williams)
"Baby, We're Really in Love"
"Ramblin' Man"
"Honky Tonk Blues"
"I'm Sorry for You My Friend"
"Half as Much" (Curley Williams)
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
"Window Shopping" (Marcel Joseph)
"Settin' the Woods on Fire" (Ed G. Nelson/Fred Rose)
"You Win Again"
"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (Hank Williams/Fred Rose)
"Kaw-Liga" (*)
"Your Cheatin' Heart"
"Take These Chains from My Heart" (Fred Rose/Hy Heath)
"I Won't Be Home No More"
"Weary Blues from Waitin'"
"I Saw the Light"


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[heeman]

Track listing

1."Let Me In"
2."You Can Have Me"
3."Loosen Up Your Grip"
4."Envy"
5."Comes A Woman"
6."Sailor"
7."Beyond The Universe"
8."Goodbye Again"

 

[heeman]

Track listingAll lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio, all music composed by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio, except where indicated..

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Man on the Silver Mountain" 4:42
2. "Self Portrait" 3:17
3. "Black Sheep of the Family" Steve Hammond 3:22
4. "Catch the Rainbow" 6:27

Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Snake Charmer" 4:33
2. "The Temple of the King" 4:45
3. "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll" 2:38
4. "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" 3:31
5. "Still I'm Sad" Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty 3:51

 

[Dennie]

Track listing

1."Let Me In"
2."You Can Have Me"
3."Loosen Up Your Grip"
4."Envy"
5."Comes A Woman"
6."Sailor"
7."Beyond The Universe"
8."Goodbye Again"

Nice! Are you spinnin' Vinyl Heeman?


Dennie

 

[heeman]

15th Studio Album

Magical!


Track listing

1."Let There Be Light/Spirits Dancing In The Flesh" (Santana, Thompson) - 7:30
2."Gypsy Woman" (Mayfield) - 4:30
3."It's a Jungle out There" (Santana) - 4:32
4."Soweto (Africa libre)" (Santana, Thompson, Johnson) - 5:07
5."Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Ligertwood) - 4:13
6."Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix) - 4:23
7."Full Moon" (Rustichelli) - 4:33
8."Who's that Lady" (Isley, Isley, Isley, Isley, Isley, Jasper) - 4:13
9."Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) - 4:52
10."Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) - 4:32

 

[heeman]

Track listing

1."Let Me In"
2."You Can Have Me"
3."Loosen Up Your Grip"
4."Envy"
5."Comes A Woman"
6."Sailor"
7."Beyond The Universe"
8."Goodbye Again"

Nice! Are you spinnin' Vinyl Heeman?


Dennie

Sorry Dennie, The vinyl collection got destoryed back in the 90's while in storage in a basement in Cape Cod, MA.

This is the picture of the album I found on Wikipedia. Actualy listening on cassete in the garage working on the boat!!

 

[Dennie]

Track listing

1."Let Me In"
2."You Can Have Me"
3."Loosen Up Your Grip"
4."Envy"
5."Comes A Woman"
6."Sailor"
7."Beyond The Universe"
8."Goodbye Again"

Nice! Are you spinnin' Vinyl Heeman?


Dennie

Sorry Dennie, The vinyl collection got destoryed back in the 90's while in storage in a basement in Cape Cod, MA.

This is the picture of the album I found on Wikipedia. Actualy listening on cassete in the garage working on the boat!!

Nice! Cassettes can sound very good. Sorry to hear about the vinyl collection..... :scared-eek: I hate it when that happens!


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Kind Of Blue -- Remastered CD

Miles Davis

1959/1997 Columbia Legacy

Amazon.com essential recording

This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny. --John Szwed

"So What" – 9:22
"Freddie Freeloader" – 9:46
"Blue in Green" – 5:37
"All Blues" – 11:33
"Flamenco Sketches" – 9:26

Reissue bonus track

"Flamenco Sketches" (Alternate take) – 9:32

 

[Dennie]

My Favorite Things -- CD

John Coltrane

1961/1990 Atlantic Records

Amazon.com essential recording

This 1960 recording was a landmark album in John Coltrane's career, the first to introduce his quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones and the first release on which he played soprano saxophone. It also provided him with a signature hit, as his new group conception came together wonderfully on the title track. It's an extended modal reworking in 6/4 time that brought the hypnotic pulsating quality of Indian music into jazz for the first time, with Coltrane's soprano wailing over the oscillating piano chords and pulsing drums. The unusual up-tempo version of Gershwin's "Summertime" is a heated example of Coltrane's "sheets of sound" approach to conventional changes, while "But Not for Me" receives a radical harmonic makeover. This is an excellent introduction to Coltrane's work. --Stuart Broomer

"My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers) – 13:41
"Everytime We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 5:39
"Summertime" (George Gershwin) – 11:31
"But Not for Me" (Gershwin) – 9:34


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[Dennie]

My last one for the evening...

Migration -- CD

Dave Grusin

1989 GRP Records

The album cover reflects music on this album, January 31, 2003
By scotthew "bigmbooks" (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Migration (Audio CD)

This album provides a serene escape with its melodic poetry. I have owned this album for 10 years, and return to it frequently to be put in a trance. The album is worth owning solely for the Milagro Beanfield suite.

1. Punta del Sol
2. Southwest Passage
3. First-Time Love
4. Western Women
5. Dancing in the Township
6. Old Bones
7. In the Middle of the Night
8. T. K. O.
9. Polina
10. Lupita
11. Coyote Angel
12. Pistolero
13. Milagro
14. Fiesta

Personnel includes: Dave Grusin (keyboards); Branford Marsalis (soprano saxophone); Hugh Masekela (flugelhorn); Carlos Rios (guitar); Marcus Miller, Abraham Laboriel (bass); Omar Hakim, Harvey Mason (drums); Mike Fisher (percussion); Don Grusin (programming).

 

[Dennie]

I'm enjoying "Migration" so much, I'm going to add one more.....

Harlequin -- CD

Dave Grusin - Lee Ritenour

1985 GRP Records

Grusin and Ritenour at their best! A Must Have Jazz album!, July 9, 2001
By Lawrence Chow (walnut, ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Harlequin (Audio CD)

Romantic, exotic, intoxicating jazz fusion, quite a few tracks with Brazillian overtones courtesy of engineer turn musician/composer/vocalist Ivan Lins. This is not Antonio Carlos Jobim type breezy, wonderful jazz. But more passionate. Lins married a famous Brazillian beauty and she broke his heart! He turned to song writing and became a respected and popular musician. Here, he collaborates with Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour and their regulars like harvey Mason, Don Grusin(Dave's Brother) etc. Digitally recorded and mastered at Dave's GRP studio, it sounds good, off course, like ALL GRP recordings. Early AM attitude is the most popular track on this disc. Composed by Grusin, you might have heard it before on radio etc. But the Entire disc is excellant. Ritenour also wrote a few tarck. Lins wrote 3 and sings as well(in Brazillian, though he does sing in English in his subsequent albums). This CD is worth every penny and is a MUST have!

TRACK LISTING:
Harlequin (Arlequim Desconhecido) (4:42)
Early A.M. Attitude (4.59)
San Ysidro (4:59)
Before It's Too Late (Antes Que Seja Tarde) (5:18)
Cats Of Rio (5:18)
Grid-Lock (4:03)
Silent Message (6:09)
The Bird 5:49)

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music...

Complete Greatest Hits -- CD

Foreigner

2002 Atlantic Records

Amazon.com

On the cover of Foreigner's newest collection, the letters that spell out Complete Greatest Hits are cut out from world currency. For example, there's an A from Antarctica, a T from Trinidad, an M from Mongolia, and so on. At least the drive behind this third greatest-hits compilation (fourth, if you count The Best of Foreigner Live) is clearly admitted. Still, if anyone deserves your money, an argument can be made for guitarist Mick Jones and singer Lou Gramm. They've been through it all, and along the way, they've written a slew of songs you know well enough to perform at karaoke (but never as well, admittedly--Lou has a hell of a voice). Whether you liked them when they rocked ("Cold as Ice," "Hot Blooded," "Juke Box Hero") or preferred the power ballads they were credited with inventing ("Waiting for a Girl Like You," "I Want to Know What Love Is"), this album makes it feel like the very first time again. --Laura Etling

"Feels Like the First Time"
"Cold as Ice"
"Long, Long Way from Home"
"Headknocker"
"Hot Blooded"
"Double Vision"
"Blue Morning, Blue Day"
"Dirty White Boy"
"Head Games"
"Women"
"Girl on the Moon"
"Urgent"
"Waiting for a Girl Like You"
"Juke Box Hero"
"I Want to Know What Love Is"
"That Was Yesterday"
"Heart Turns to Stone"
"I Don't Want to Live Without You"
"Say You Will"
"Soul Doctor"

 

[Mag]

Closed my office door a bit earlier and listened to this while having my lunch today.

Good way to get in the mood to kick some ass in the afternoon.