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Dennie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:40 GMT

From This Moment On CD

Diana Krall

2006 Verve Records

Amazon.com

This album appears in the footsteps of 2004's The Girl in the Other Room but doesn't sound like a follow-up. Whereas The Girl saw the pianist-singer abandon the Great American Songbook for more personal pastures, From This Moment On sees her working out on standards done in traditional arrangements. Although the tracks here are by the likes of Cole Porter, Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, and the Gershwins, Krall sounds more at ease than ever before; perhaps digging deep inside on The Girl loosened her up. Backed by the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on seven tracks, Krall sings off the big band with ease. On the title track, she keeps up with a galloping bass and explosive brass arrangements and even ventures into scatting toward the end of the song. Her voice has also acquired a wonderfully worn texture in the past few years, and it works wonders on the ballads (just listen to "Isn't This a Lovely Day" and "Little Girl Blue" for instance). When standards are done like this, there's just nothing like 'em. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

1.	It Could Happen to You	$0.99
2.	Isn't This a Lovely Day	$0.99
3.	How Insensitive	$0.99
4.	Exactly Like You	$0.99
5.	From This Moment On	$0.99
6.	I Was Doing Alright
7.	Little Girl Blue	$0.69
8.	Day in Day Out	$0.99
9.	Willow Weep For Me	$0.99
10.	Come Dance With Me	$0.99
11.	It Was A Beautiful Day In August / You Can Depend On Me	$0.99

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Dennie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:28:28 GMT

Bright Size Life CD

Pat Metheny

1976/2000 ECM Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Larger ensembles may have provided Pat Metheny with his most visible successes, but he's repeatedly fired up his most fluid and personal playing in leaner trio settings, starting with this, his 1976 debut as a leader. Bob Moses brings both delicacy and effortless dynamics to his drumming, but it's the late Jaco Pastorius's lyrical electric bass that clinches the guitarist's coming-out party: with Metheny already displaying the liquid tone and exquisite touch that define his sound, old friend Pastorius radiates a sympathetic lyricism and unerring sense of swing. Metheny would match, but not transcend, this level of interplay in justly celebrated troikas with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins (on Rejoicing) and Dave Holland and Roy Haynes (on Question and Answer). --Sam Sutherland.

1.	Bright Size Life	$0.99
2.	Sirabhorn	$0.99
3.	Unity Village	$0.99
4.	Missouri Uncompromised	$0.99
5.	Midwestern Nights Dream	$0.99
6.	Unquity Road	$0.99
7.	Omaha Celebration	$0.99
8.	Round Trip / Broadway Blues	$0.99

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blsamuel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:40 GMT

Various - Flashback! Rock Classics Of The '70's

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skonopa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:51 GMT

Just cracking the wrapper off of another CD that I've bought, but only finally getting around to listening to right now...

Six Minute Century - Time Capsules:

Product Description

Melodic Groove Heavy Rock with a distinctively progressive Metal edge. Six Minute Century is a power/prog metal band from Houston, Texas. Formed in the summer of 2004, the band has become one of the top power/prog metal bands in the area. Lead by guitarist Don LaFon (Krucible, Mystic Cross, Logan), the band, which also features John Sample on bass and Darren Davis (Outworld) on drums, fuses a mixture of power/prog metal with the groove of more southern style metal. Add to the band the soaring vocal melodies of Chuck Williams and you get a musical sound in the vein of Savatage / Dio / Kamelot, with the vocal style of Fates Warning / Dream Theater / TNT. While all members of Six Minute Century are technically proficient, the band does not fit the category of a band that tries to impress with how many notes they can play. Rather Six Minute Century prefers to write songs with melody, hooks, passion and groove that will appeal to a wider audience than many of today s progressive metal bands. Chuck Williams writes many lyrics about historical events to accompany Don LaFon s musical orchestrations. Six Minute Century s debut release, Time Capsules , brings the listener into such events as The Iraq War, The Oklahoma City bombing, and the life of the legendary Martin Luther King Jr., as well as other non historical stories. Time Capsules is set for a Spring release on Nightmare Records. (SSK - This is somewhat dated, as this album has been out for over a year now)

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blsamuel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:58:57 GMT

Various - Now 17

Alea's choice while we were playing Wii

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gnatnoop — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:52:45 GMT

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Dennie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:44:45 GMT

The Living Room Tour - Live 2 CD Set

Carole King

2005 Rockingale Records

Amazon.com

The Living Room Tour, a live double disc named for its spare instrumentation, arrives so well coated in the Hall of Famer's particular brand of populist, listener-loving pixie dust you half expect it to leave a glowing, sticky residue on your fingers. Radiating the maternal warmth and honesty that translated Tapestry into a 25-million seller, King sprawls comfortably (aided, probably, by the couches and coffee tables hauled onstage for these shows) into favorites like "Jazzman," "So Far Away," and "I Feel the Earth Move." Older songs made famous by other artists, including "Take Good Care of My Baby," "One Fine Day," and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," get an unfortunate, yet effective, slice-and-dice medley treatment. Carole King devotees won't find a lot of reviews that overlook the minor vocal flaws on this latest outing, but a barrel of bum notes couldn't keep the 63-year-old legend from connecting with an audience. The intimacy-to-the-masses approach of this tour suits the early-'70s earth mother material best, and intermingled with a few recent songs, the mix soothes, reassures, and satisfies. If you haven't listened to King in a while, it's not too late, baby. --Tammy La Gorce

	Living Room Tour CD DISC 1:
1.	Welcome to My Living Room
2.	Peace in the Valley	$0.99
3.	Love Makes the World
4.	Now and Forever
5.	Where You Lead I Will Follow - (with Louise Goffin)
6.	Lay Down My Life
7.	Jazzman	$0.99
8.	Smackwater Jack	$0.99
9.	Wishful Thinking
10.	Take Good Care Of My Baby / It Might As Well Rain Until September / Go Away Little Girl / I'm Int...
	Living Room Tour Songs DISC 2:
1.	Loving You Forever - (with Gary Burr)
2.	It's Too Late	$0.99
3.	So Far Away	$0.99
4.	Sweet Seasons	$0.99
5.	Chains
6.	Pleasant Valley Sunday
7.	Being at War With Each Other	$0.99
8.	I Feel the Earth Move	$0.99
9.	(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
10.	You've Got a Friend	$0.99
11.	Locomotion

Re: Right This Minute

Dennie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:41:32 GMT

adamcreedmiller:
Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkeley 5-30-70. Track 5 "Stone Free"

Welcome Adamcreedmiller! We're glad your here!

Dennie

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gnatnoop — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:01:30 GMT

Ohio-born singer-songwriter Chrissie Hynde moved to London in the mid 70s, where she found employment at the NME and later in Malcolm McClaren's famed clothing store Sex (ground zero for the UK punk rock movement). On their chart-topping self-titled debut, the Pretenders unfurled a wiry sound that combined the fast pace and dramatic delivery of new wave with a radio-friendly pop sound that harkened back to the classic rock of the late 60s and early 70s. In the group's 20 year history -- which weathered several drug-related deaths -- Hynde's sexy vocals and dramatic story-driven tunes increasingly became the group's focal point, though they never recaptured the success of their earliest work.

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adamcreedmiller — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:59:33 GMT

Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkeley 5-30-70. Track 5 "Stone Free"

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Dennie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:59:02 GMT

The Best Of The Staple Singers CD

The Staple Singers

1986 Fantasy Records

Amazon.com essential recording

After making their mark in the early '60s with gospel, folk, and social-protest songs, the Staples joined the Stax label in 1968. These 16 cuts find the Staples straddling the sacred and secular worlds, offering positive-message songs that aren't explicitly religious. Backed by the rock-solid grooves of Stax's urgent soul, the Staples produce a series of buoyant, infectious numbers. With Mavis's gritty, emotionally charged lead vocals in command, they roll through horn-driven celebrations such as "I'll Take You There" and "We'll Get Over" plus superb covers of "Dock of the Bay" and "The Weight." Pops's warm lead vocals grace earthy self-affirmations including "Respect Yourself" and "Be What You Are." These "secular spirituals" deftly combine socially conscious lyrics with joyous melodies. --Marc Greilsamer

1.	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)	$0.99
2.	You've Got to Earn It	$0.99
3.	Love Is Plentiful	$0.99
4.	This World	$0.99
5.	Dock of the Bay, (Sittin' on the)
6.	Weight, The	$0.99
7.	Respect Yourself	$0.99
8.	We'll Get Over	$0.99
9.	I'll Take You There	$0.99
10.	Oh la de Da	$0.99
11.	Be What You Are	$0.99
12.	This Old Town (People in This Town)	$0.99
13.	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)	$0.99
14.	Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)	$0.99
15.	My Main Man	$0.99
16.	City in the Sky	$0.99

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skonopa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:54:35 GMT

Finally found my copy of this album (it was in my brief case of all things!)

Illusion Suite - Final Hour:

Product Description

Final Hour will please all the people who have been wandering around in musical limbo since Dream Theater's album A Change Of Season, looking for an adequate replacement. Illusion Suite puts an end to the wandering, the multifaceted songs of Final Hour leaves no doubt about it. The musical quality is immense, the song structures are deeply embedded without being too demanding, the balance between ass-kicking riffs and unforgettable multi-part vocals is pleasant and compatible to a mass audience without bowing to commercialism.

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pmsummer — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:48:03 GMT

REMINISCING
Chet Atkins and Hank Snow

RCA Victor

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skonopa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:24:41 GMT

Listening to this again. This is turning out to be a really good album:

Sons of Seaons - Gods of Vermin:

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pmsummer — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:30:36 GMT

FIRST CIRCLE
Pat Metheny

ECM