"Rare" May Not Be Great?

It's totally up to you on this one!

It’s a 1999 compilation. Interesting, but not inspiring.

01 - Toussaint L'Overture (Live) - Santana - 1971

02 - Tell Mama (Live) - Janis Joplin - 1970

03 - Big Eyes (Live) - Cheap Trick - 1977

04 - Cakewalk Into Town (Live) - Taj Mahal - 1973

05 - M'Lady (Live) - Sly & The Family Stone - 1968

06 - Great White Buffalo (Live) - Ted Nugent - 1979

07 - Shake N' Bake (Outtake) - Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1985

08 - Baby Hold On (Live) - Eddie Money - 1977

09 - In The Stone (Live) - Earth, Wind & Fire - 1980

10 - Tell The Truth (Live) - Johnny & Edgar Winter - 1969

11 - Cold Irons Bound - Bob Dylan – 1997

Rare Rock Tracks

Maybe you can tell me what's so exciting?  See you Thursday.

  

I Don't Get the Big Deal

For some folks, I think this guy is a thrill. I don't understand why.

01. Jeepers Creepers (3:16)

02. Jeepers Creepers (3:16)

03. Swing 39 (3:21)

04. Japanese Sandman (2:42)

05. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (3:05)

06. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (3:10)

07. Tea for Two (2:53)

08. Tea for Two (2:55)

09. My Melancholy Baby (3:24)

10. Time on My Hands (2:44)

11. Twelfth Year (2:41)

12. Twelfth Year (2:43)

13. My Melancholy Baby (2:51)

14. Japanese Sandman (3:10)

15. Tea for Two (3:16)

16. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (2:48)

17. Hungaria (2:47)

Maybe you can tell me?

Swing 39

I do not see the big deal.  It’s well played but why on Earth we need to hear two or three versions of the same song ... yawn.

Maybe you'll be thrilled!  In any case, see you Monday.

  

I Only Listen for the Pictures

You might say the same. It's a 1978 album by Giorgio Moroder.  One guy says he thinks the space babe was modeled after Lynda Carter.  What do you think?  

01. Theme from Battlestar Galactica (2:39)

02. Destruction of Peace (2:41)

03. Transmitter - Part I (1:28)

04. Adama’s Theme (1:25)

05. It’s Love, Love, Love (3:56)

06. Transmitter - Part II (0:55)

07. Exploration (2:34)

08. Theme from Battlestar Galactica (0:42)

09. Evolution (15:18)

The first eight tracks were arranged as a kind of disco suite, running into each other.  Track 9 is the equivalent of Side Two, and it ain't based on Stu Phillip's great BG music.  It's "just" a disco rumination by Moroder ... I suspect to fill in the aforementioned Side Two.

Moroder - Battlestar Galactica

But I bet you can forgive him after taking another gander at our Space Babe.

See you Thursday with something perhaps more down-to-Earth!

  

Insert "Get Bach" Joke Here

Yes, it's an interesting version of Bach's intellectual Goldberg Variations.

01. Aria (3:49)

02. Variation 1 (1:54)

03. Variation 2 (1:07)

04. Variation 3 Canone all'Unisuono (1:42)

05. Variation 4 (0:56)

06. Variation 5 (1:14)

07. Variation 6 Canone alla Seconda (1:06)

08. Variation 7 al tempo di Giga (1:02)

09. Variation 8 (1:36)

10. Variation 9 Canone alla Terza (1:04)

11. Variation 10 Fughetta (1:31)

12. Variation 11 (1:05)

13. Variation 12 canone alla Quarta (1:08)

14. Variation 13 (2:58)

15. Variation 14 (2:05)

16. Variation 15 Canone all Quinta: Andante (3:34)

17. Variation 16 Ouverture (3:12)

18. Variation 17 (0:56)

19. Variation 18 Canone alla Sesta (1:32)

20. Variation 19 (2:01)

21. Variation 20 (2:11)

22. Variation 21 Canone alla Settima (1:32)

23. Variation 22 Alla Breve (1:11)

24. Variation 23 (2:11)

25. Variation 24 Canone all'Ottava (1:54)

26. Variation 25 adagio (5:45)

27. Variation 26 (1:05)

28. Variation 27 Canone alla None (0:57)

29. Variation 28 (1:55)

30. Variation 29 (1:48)

31. Variation 30 Quodlibet (2:01)

32. Aria da capo (2:21)

Goldberg Variations - (Sitkovetsky transcription for strings)

The music is great, only you can decide if this is a successful transcription.  See you Monday!

  

Come On, the Water's Safe to Drink!

On this tour, you can stay at home!

You'll likely find the range of music interesting.

01. Gastoldi - Amor Vittorioso (0:43)

02. Mantovano - Lirum Bililirum (1:38)

03. Arcadelt - Il Bianco E Dolce Cigno (2:05)

04. Anon - La Bella Francheschina (2:21)

05. Verdelot - Ultimi Miei Sospiri (3:21)

06. Anon - Anon: Alla Cazza (1:16)

07. Wert - Or Si Rallegri Il Cielo (1:44)

08. Dowland - Fine Knacks for Ladies (2:27)

09. Byrd - Who Made Thee, Hob, Forsake the Plough (1:22)

10. Bartlet: - Of all the Birds That I Do Know (2:16)

11. Tomkins - Too Much I Once Lamented (3:31)

12. Farmer - Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone (1:18)

13. Gibbons - The Silver Swanne (1:24)

14. Morley - Now Is the Month of Maying (2:25)

15. Janequin - Escoutez Tous Gentilz, "La Bataille De Marignan" (6:08)

16. Certon - La, La, La, Je Ne L'Ose Dire (0:46)

17. Lassus - Bon Jour Et Puis Quelles Nouvelles (1:11)

18. Anon - Anon: Mignonne, Allons Voir Si La Rose (2:31)

19. Passereau - Il Est Bel Et Bon (1:25)

20. Arcadelt - Margot Labourez Les Vignes (1:08)

21. Le Jeune - Un Gentil Amoureux (2:33)

22. Willaert - Fault D'Argent (2:00)

23. Anon - Anon: La Tricotea (1:35)

24. Mudarra - Triste Estava El Rey David (2:09)

25. Encina - Cucu, Cucu, Cucucu (0:58)

26. Flecha - Tres Morillas M'Enamoran (2:27)

27. Encina - Encina: Fatal La Parte (0:54)

28. Flecha - Flecha: La Bomba (8:56)

29. Hassler - Tanzen Und Springen (1:44)

30. Anon - Anon: Vitrum Nostrum Gloriosum (1:30)

31. Senfl - Ach Elslein, Liebes Elselein (2:52)

32. Hassler - Hassler: Ach Weh Des Leiden (3:05)

33. Senfl - Senfl: As G'Laeut Zu Speyer (1:07)

34. Hofhaimer - Herzliebstes Bild (1:37)

Madrigal History Tour

However, I must say that for me the interest is more intellectual than pleasure-related.

See you Thursday!

  

In Russia, Music Hears YOU!

Maybe not, but that's the best smart-off comment I could come up with.

It's a 1988 CD, but only a teeny-weeny bit of some o' that great music from some Russkis who probably WOULDN'T want to invade a sovereign neighbor.

01. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (14:31)

02. Tchaikovsky - Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" (4:36)

03. Khatchaturian - Sabre Dance from "Gayaneh" (2:52)

04. Borodin - Polovtsian Dances 8 & 17 from "Prince Igor" (13:50)

05. Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia (6:59)

06. Moussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain (11:27)

07. Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee (1:37)

08. Rimsky-Korsakov - Pavane (5:37)

Great Russian Music

Take a trip to somebody's Old Country.  Not the same as the New Country.

See you on Monday!

  

Go Ahead, I Dare Ya!

It's a 1978 cassette produced by Warner Bros' "France" division, whatever that means!

The correct track list is:

01. Sound from Krypto (0:56)

02. Theme from Superman (5:07)

03. Action Speaks Louder than Word (3:44)

04. You're a Wonder (3:21)

05. Gotham City (2:20)

06. Movin' Me On (3:39)

07. We Must Believe in Superman (1:43)

08. Wonder Woman (3:03)

09. So Long Ago So Clear (4:07)

10. Superfriends (2:47)

11. Justice League (3:02)

12. Superfly (5:29)

13. Shazam the Magic Word (2:35)

I mention this because the seventh track (last on side 1) didn't mention Shazam, despite the cassette label -- and the vocals in this track say ... YOU figure it out!

If you listen all the way through this, you deserve a pat on the back.  To me the male vocal sounds like Robin Williams doing a schtick.  Who knows ... maybe it was!

Dance, Super Friends!

See you Thursday.

Come with Me to Mars!

That is, listen to some tunes courtesy of the Mars Production Library!

01. Insects (0:27)

02. Self Service Laundry (0:34)

03. Car Sales (0:31)

04. Money Loans (0:31)

05. Phonograph Records (1:00)

06. Car Service (0:18)

07. Beauty Salon (1:01)

08. Body & Fender Shop (0:23)

09. Boating (0:32)

10. Barber Shop (1:01)

11. Bottled Gas (0:31)

12. Drag Races (0:31)

13. Butane Gas (0:31)

14. Men's Clothing (0:29)

15. Candy (0:32)

16. Ride the Bus (0:30)

17. Ride the Bus 2 (0:30)

18. Moving Trucks (0:30)

19. Moving Trucks 2 (0:30)

20. Loans (0:57)

21. Furniture (0:59)

22. Portraits (1:02)

23. Tire Company (0:31)

24. Tire Company 2 (0:31)

25. New Homes (0:29)

26. New Homes 2 (0:31)

27. Gardens (0:31)

28. Gardens 2 (0:30)

29. Auto Road Service (0:59)

30. Pizza (0:56)

When you get done, you may join me in finding it pretty hard to believe that this stuff was sold and supposedly was thought to motivate somebody to buy something.

Take Me to Mars

Maybe you'll buy earplugs!  See you Monday.

  

You Can Be Healed

... And this music may or may not help!

The liner notes go on about how music and sound can help you out.  True dat, but I didn't feel any better after hearing this.  No worse, mind you, but my sciatica didn't go away.  Try it yourself!

1. Spohr: Fantasia in C minor, Op.35 8:36 

2. Rosetti: Sonata No. 2 in E flat - 1. Allegro assai 5:11 

3. Rosetti: Sonata No. 2 In E Flat - 2. Romance (adagio non tanto) 2:21 

4. Rosetti: Sonata No. 2 in E flat - 3. Rondeau (Allegretto) 1:57 

5. Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75 - 3. Clair de lune 5:39 

6. Prokofiev: Prélude Op. 12, No. 7 in C major 2:33 

7. Casella: Sonata per arpa, Op. 68 - 1. Allegro vivace 6:46 

8. Casella: Sonata per arpa, Op. 68 - 2. Sarabanda (Grave, solenne) 6:59 

9. Casella: Sonata per arpa, Op. 68 - 3. Finale (Tempo di marcia, vivo e festoso) 3:52 

10. Damase: Sicilienne variée 7:21 

11. Renié: Contemplation - Andante religioso 4:29 

12. Tournier: Jazz-Band - Fougueusement 4:06 

13. Fauré: Impromptu, Op. 86 - Allegro molto moderato - Allegro molto 8:04 

The Healing Harp

Stay healthy until Thursday!