Hendrix (2000)
From Amazon.com: Most television movies about real-life rock & roll heroes are a deadening mix of biographical bullet-points and sensational recreations of outré behavior. Rarely does the essence of a pop artist, great or otherwise, come into [... more]
CDN$11.98
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Remixed and Early Greats
1 star is 3/4 of a star too much: This cd is an inexcusable rip-off. Donna's voice has been ineffectually brought forward from deep in the background. The writing and musical performance is decicedly amateuristic . If you love her music as I do,please [... more]
CDN$8.99
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Hum Along and Dance-Best
Amazon.com essential recording: Listening to one of the Temptations' prestardom singles, "I Want a Love I Can See," on Hum Along and Dance, it's not hard to understand why it took a while for the group to find its breakthrough record: " [... more]
CDN$14.99
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Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
From Amazon.com: A lovely recording, yet another reminder of the magnificent Indian summer in which Bruno Walter came out of his retirement in California to make stereo recordings of some of his favorite pieces for the last time. The orchestra consisted [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
From Amazon.com: Bruno Walter recorded the Beethoven symphonies in stereo for Columbia in 1958-59, taping No. 9 in New York and Nos. 1-8 in Los Angeles with orchestras of freelance and studio musicians who rose magnificently to the occasion. Walter was [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Music From Dark Shadowselux
Dark Shadows Music -- Back From the Dead: The soap opera that every kid had to run home from school to watch from 1966 to 1971. As one reviewer wrote, it is like coming home. Despite syndication around the world, the show had quickly been forgotten after [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Verklarte Nacht/Str Qnt
Vigorous Schubert: This is an enthusiastic and vigorously played version. The Hollywood players obviously lived with this piece for some time before recording it--they capture all the nuances of Schubert's writing. The Schubert is complemented with a [... more]
CDN$21.99
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Double Bill
too slick for its own good: When I sampled a few cuts on Amazon.com I was impressed by the musicanship. But having purchased the CD I'm a bit disappointed. As one reviewer here wrote, it is a good CD to have on while going about one's business. I agree. [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Love Goes on
Love Goes On: How can I put it in words? She has the singing voice of an angel. I saw her sing, "In My Own Backyard" live with Vince Gill singing harmony and it truly touched my heart and everyone elses at the concert. I highly recommend this [... more]
CDN$20.99
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Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
From Amazon.com: After achieving stardom by taking over the lead vocals of Genesis from Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins released his first solo album, Face Value, in 1980. This installment of the Classic Albums series explores the making of this album in a [... more]
CDN$15.98
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Jimmy Smiths Finest Hour
From Amazon.co.uk: Here's another fine compilation of Smith's music, this one topped off with two of his greatest hits, "A Walk on the Wild Side" and "Organ Grinder's Swing". There's no doubt that, while he was on pole position when [... more]
CDN$14.99
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So Long So Wrong
From Amazon.com: Many bluegrass musicians have incorporated contemporary elements into their work, Jim & Jesse, the Osborne Brothers, and Mac Wiseman among them., but Krauss's contemporary bluegrass contains particularly heavy doses of pop, folk, and [... more]
CDN$17.99
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