|
|
|
Platinum: A Life in Music
: :The four-CD box-set Platinum was released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Elvis's death. While much of the material here is made up of familiar hits, there are also 77 unreleased performances spread over the set. Of course, unreleased doesn't necessarily mean better. The original versions of 'Heartbreak Hotel,' 'Rip It Up,' and 'That's All Right' are so firmly embedded as the foundations of rock & roll that the new versions here add little luster. But what makes Platinum a real treasure-trove is hearing Elvis off mic, whether off-duty or working ...
|
|
|
Just for the Record...
: :The four-CD box-set Platinum was released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Elvis's death. While much of the material here is made up of familiar hits, there are also 77 unreleased performances spread over the set. Of course, unreleased doesn't necessarily mean better. The original versions of 'Heartbreak Hotel,' 'Rip It Up,' and 'That's All Right' are so firmly embedded as the foundations of rock & roll that the new versions here add little luster. But what makes Platinum a real treasure-trove is hearing Elvis off mic, whether off-duty or working ...
|
|
|
The Lady Sings
:Album Description:UK box-set featuring 99 tracks that highlight the late jazz icon's career between 1935-49. Backed by small All Star bands under Teddy Wilson's & her own leadership & the more formal studio bands during her Decca days, Billie turns every song into poetry. Includes 56 page booklet with rare pictures, discography & story. Four standard jewel cases housed in a box. 2001.
|
|
|
Yes Indeed
:Album Description:UK budget-price box-set from one of the best pop singers of her generation. 99 tracks including a 40 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.
|
|
|
Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story
: :Onstage, nobody could match the wham of Sammy Davis Jr. Best known now as arguably the coolest member of the Rat Pack, Sammy Davis Jr. was one of the world's great entertainers, a guy capable of funny impersonations, heartwarming ballads, and lively jazz-inspired songs--usually in the same set. Granted, Sinatra's vocal skills overshadowed Davis on record, but what other musician has found such success as a writer, Broadway star, vocalist, dancer, and comedian (all the while helping to break down racial barriers)? With Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story, ...
|
|
|
Billie Holiday: The Complete Decca Recordings
: essential recording:Holiday recorded for Decca between 1944 and 1950, a period in which she was at the heights of both her popularity and her vocal powers. The music is less jazz-oriented in its backing than were the earlier Columbia and Commodore or later Verve recordings, but these are superb vocal performances, including matchless renderings of 'Lover Man,' 'Don't Explain,' and 'Solitude.' Holiday achieved the highest level that torch singing has ever known, creating consummately expressive, almost etched renditions that are richly nuanced, often enhanced by tasteful string arrangements. Holiday's deepest ...
|
|
|
Trilogy
: :At age 64, Sinatra recorded this three-LP (now two-CD) epic, a grandiloquent statement which attempted to sum up his career, as well as pay tribute to his status as America's greatest living singer. The result is at turns sublime, awful, and just plain bizarre; 'Reflections on the Future in Three Tenses,' Gordon Jenkins's bombastic suite that covers the last third of the set, almost gets over on camp value alone. Covers of such contemporary hits as Billy Joel's 'Just the Way You Are' and Neil Diamond's 'Song Sung Blue' don't really ...
|
|
|
The Complete Johnny Mercer Songbook
: :At age 64, Sinatra recorded this three-LP (now two-CD) epic, a grandiloquent statement which attempted to sum up his career, as well as pay tribute to his status as America's greatest living singer. The result is at turns sublime, awful, and just plain bizarre; 'Reflections on the Future in Three Tenses,' Gordon Jenkins's bombastic suite that covers the last third of the set, almost gets over on camp value alone. Covers of such contemporary hits as Billy Joel's 'Just the Way You Are' and Neil Diamond's 'Song Sung Blue' don't really ...
|
|
|
Verve Story 1944-1994
: :At age 64, Sinatra recorded this three-LP (now two-CD) epic, a grandiloquent statement which attempted to sum up his career, as well as pay tribute to his status as America's greatest living singer. The result is at turns sublime, awful, and just plain bizarre; 'Reflections on the Future in Three Tenses,' Gordon Jenkins's bombastic suite that covers the last third of the set, almost gets over on camp value alone. Covers of such contemporary hits as Billy Joel's 'Just the Way You Are' and Neil Diamond's 'Song Sung Blue' don't really ...
|
|
|
Club Verboten
: :At age 64, Sinatra recorded this three-LP (now two-CD) epic, a grandiloquent statement which attempted to sum up his career, as well as pay tribute to his status as America's greatest living singer. The result is at turns sublime, awful, and just plain bizarre; 'Reflections on the Future in Three Tenses,' Gordon Jenkins's bombastic suite that covers the last third of the set, almost gets over on camp value alone. Covers of such contemporary hits as Billy Joel's 'Just the Way You Are' and Neil Diamond's 'Song Sung Blue' don't really ...
|
|
