Great to have the Mighty Clouds Dave Crawford ABC albums back in print on CD but.......
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Long out of print, this is the second album from their association with ABC and Dave Crawford at his peak- recorded in Atlanta and mixed at Sigma Sound to capture the disco sound of the 70s. Two standout tracks on the CD - "Mighty High" and "Touch My Soul". If you like these tracks this CD is a must - however. This a low budget production - remastering is minimal - certainly not up to 2015 standards from RGM, Ace, Bear Family - and no real sleeve notes - no writer info etc. Safety Zone - based on the copyright info - appears to be out of Poland. The accompanying release, "It's Time" that contains the hit "Time" could easily have been accommodated on the same CD as a twofer.
While it's great to have the Dave Crawford-Produced Mighty Clouds back in print as CDs, it's a shame that Safety Zone - whoever they are could not have gone the extra mile to improve the sound. Five for the music 1-2 for the cheap presentation.
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I had to rewrite this due to the review I first wrote was for another of Dave's sorry senior moment. ok now I have the right one. I did not have this concert in my collection so this was a real threat to find. I live in up state New York and it is such a shame that a great American form of music is so hard to find. Even Barnes &Nobles has almost cut jazz from their racks, thank God for Amazon you guys have become my music store. With tht said I'm finding all kinds of goodies to fill in holes and finding gems like this one here. I have another Amsterdam concert but not this one which is great concert which opens with Wonderful Copenhagan I didn't have this song what follows is the only recording of Dave's tune My One Bad Habit Is Falling In Love. The notes tell us that this was Eugege's first time out with the group he sounds like he has been there forever. I just love this vetsion of Dave's band the inner play between Paul and Dave is just priceless. It is sad that now both man are gone but thank God for recorded music. Tangerine is a treat to hear Paul just loved those standards. Now I was thrilled just to have the Copenhagen show but there are bonus tracks of a live set from the earlier version of the group from New York which is an added threat. I want through and listened to my whole collection a private tribute to Dave it take me a week but in the process I found some gems I didn't have and this was one of them. It is hard to think that Dave is gone his music has been a part of my life for almost my whole life I've been listening since the early 60s . Dave has played hete in Syracuse a number of times at our Jazz fest. A wonderful album by one of the greatest.
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You probably know whether you are a Sam & Dave fan or not, so I'll spare the musicological review.  The important thing is that these were the ORIGINAL Atlantic records hit versions released Ca. 1966-1970, not the inferior re-recordings the duo made later, when they were presumably hard-up for cash.  Unfortunately, those later re-recordings are all over Amazon and easy to purchase by mistake.
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I purchased these superb sounding Dan Fogelberg 2CD reissues by Beat Goes On Records of England way back and have been meaning to review them ever since. I've covered Volume 1 "Home Free" (1972) / "Souvenirs" (1974) and Volume 2 "Captured Angel" (1975) / "Nether Lands" (1977) in separate reviews. Here are the details for Volume 3...

Disc 1 (34:44 minutes):
Tracks 1 to 10 are his 5th album "Twin Sons Of Different Mothers" [credited with Jazz Flautist TIM WEISBERG] first issued September 1978 in the USA on Full Moon JE 35339 and in the UK on Epic EPC 82774.

Disc 2 (42:52 minutes):
Tracks 1 to 10 are his 6th LP first issued December 1979 in the USA on Full Moon Records PE 35634 and in the UK on Epic EPC 83317.

Like the other reissues in this superb series - the 16-page booklet is excellent - all artwork reproduced, lyrics to both albums, full credits and liner notes in this case by noted writer JOHN O'REGAN. With the outer card wrap - it's a classy presentation. But the big news for fans is the fabulous remasters. ANDREW THOMPSON at Sound Mastering in London has done the deed (he's handled large numbers of BGO's reissues) and his transfers on this 2CD set are beautifully handled. On to the music...

I can still recall the shock of "Twin Sons..." Having done 4 albums of Eagles-type singer-songwriter fare - Fogelberg went Instrumental and probably scared the crap out of his loyal fans. Excluding an acoustic/string ditty here and there - most of the 7 instrumentals on the 10-track LP are Flute Driven Jazz Fusion of sorts - a little like Jeff Beck's "Blow By Blow" or "Wired" but without the lead guitars. One of the three vocal performances "The Power Of Gold" even became a minor US 7" single hit (features Don Henley on barely perceptible backing vocals). Beautifully produced - it was given a Half Speed Mastered Vinyl LP reissue in the Eighties. So it's not surprising that the CD remaster here is breathtaking. I only wish I could say that the album warrants it because for me "Twin Sons..." has always been a failed curio. Some of the tracks are interesting for sure (like "Intimidation") - but there are no real songs on here. But if "Twin Sons" is three stars then Fogelberg more than made up for it when he returned in 1979 with what is easily his most accomplished all-rounder album - the five-star "Phoenix"...

Opening with a fantastic double-whammy of the pretty acoustic instrumental "Tullamore Dew" - it launches into the long rocking "Phoenix" (lyrics above). The trio of gorgeous soft ballads "Gypsy Wind", "Heart Hotel" and especially "Longer" were tailor-made for Radio and not surprisingly "Longer" became a hit single for him in January 1980 (reached Number 2 on the Pop charts). But I've always felt that the album finisher "Along The Road" is a true Dan Fogelberg masterpiece - haunting to this day. And having lived with the crappy Eighties American CD all these years - I can't stress enough how good this 2011 remaster has made the album sound. Wonderful...

He would really open out with "The Innocent Age" double in 1981 (featuring a rare duet vocal appearance by Joni Mitchell on the track "Nexus").

I posted a note on Dan Fogelberg's website when he sadly succumbed to cancer in December 2007 - yet another teenage hero of mine gone to the great gig in the sky.

Luckily this beautiful-sounding 2CD reissue does his musical legacy proud.
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This seems to be Gordon Bok's earliest recording [with some added material] produced by Paul Stookey. A couple of songs are missing. It was released in 1965 on the Verve Records Folkways label. Can anyone confirm? It is an absolute classic, and I've bought several damaged LPs to try and digitize it. Happy day!
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Ever heard of the secondary market? used shops , thrift stores, people trade music all the time, almost half of my 3000 cd collection has been obtained through these means, yet because bluenote for instance lets a jackie mclean cd go put of print, they don't review it. i just don't understand the logic. ill just stick with google, then i can have more than enough info. if you can find this at your library , check it out before you buy.what about download only jazz reissues? verve does this as of this post.
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I am a solid fan of Rough Trade and Carole Pope. O'Temporas O'Mores is their hardest to find album. I am sad to report that the quality of the digital transfer here on Amazon is poor. This album has about half the volume of the other Rough Trade digital albums I have purchased from Amazon and the dynamic range is noticeably inferior. It almost sounds as if it was recorded off the LP using a microphone. I was excited to find this album available at all, I hope Amazon can locate a better digital transfer!
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I've been trying to locate a CD version of this album to no avail.
I used to have an 8 Track version but it has gone the way of like items due to constant moving around the world for 25 years in the military.
I loved listening to it on my many cross country trips during the 1970s.
Is there anyone that has a link to locating a CD as my vinyl player has gone the way of my 8 Track player.
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This originally was released around 1976 in the LP format.
Now i see it has finally come available in cd format however it is listed as two seperate cd purchases: Volume One and or Volume Two!
Can you please let us know what tracks are on each Cd.
This is a fantastic live recording capturing Carmen live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, which was one of her favorite places to perform and the audience loved her and she always returned the love!
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Years ago I bought the LP for Dock of the bay but all of the songs are great. Still have the LP but wanted clean recording for the car. Wonder what would of been next if he didn't die in the plane crash? Price was also to low to pass up.
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In 1977 i heard the lp "Night Journey" for the first time. I still have the lp, but would love to have it on cd. How 'bout it Doc , please release it again. Anybody else who has heard this album please help us out here.
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great music brings back a time when you could get a LP with all good songs.  the cd was retuned to amazon because of the poor sound quality of CD.  listened to CD on line and their sound quality was excellent. I will buy this CD from another seller on Amazon.com. The disc I returned was sold under the amazon prime seller.
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It's sad that this was snubbed in the US, but great to know it's available on CD!I hope they put out other RCA stuff he did.

David's version gives "Get it up for love" the real original rock groove.
The song was covered by someone else later. It was a Disco B-side single recorded by Motown/Gordy artist Tata Vaga ("Try my love" LP)in 1978. The A-side "Just keep thinkin'about you baby" was a Soul/Disco hit and charted in the US Billboard disco chart. Interesting where songs go...

 David's version of "I write the songs outshines Manilow's version (The Captain and Tenille and The Carpenters also recorded it). But Barry's cover makes sense now because he was also on Bell records (Partridge Family's U.S. record label). They needed a new teen idol that adults liked too. David Cassidy was the original artist who recorded it first!

Don't knock him, just the pop teen machine he had to go through before the TV series ended. He can finally let go musically.
 I highly recommend this LP. Very Rare and Very good.
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I owned this LP in the 1970s. The Mighty Clouds were good then and they still are.
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have been a fan of Don Shirley's recordings for many years and have purchased most of his albums available at Amazon and I recommend them all, however these is some duplication of sone of the performances on the various disks.  I am happy with all of them, however.  Before these CD's were available I only had the Water Boy LP available.  This was probably the best of Don Shirley's recordings and it is available on these re-releases.  If you only get one, be sure to get Water Boy.
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Here they are again.......each year the same songs are released over and over again. It is about time that recordcompanies should open up their files and give the fans what they really need... new and unreleased songs.... I am a fan of Roy since Only the Lonely was a big hit in 1960 and since then I have bought those compilations. Now it is time for something new....I hope this letter will ring a bell..... But of course, the songs of this cd are beautiful..all Roy's songs are ..although I see that Blue angel and Falling are not included this time... for new fans a must....for old fans nothing special... All the best,ab roos
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Wonderful stuff this

Rare stuff from off the BBC that no one has ever heard before - nice to hear "Bryter Layter" stripped down (so to speak!)

now if only the material left to Beverley Martyn sees release (Nick left a tape to her of him playing that she tried to put on auction)

Perhaps at some point a live tape or footage of Nick on tv will surface of young Nick, from when he was opening for Fotheringay or Fairport, but this seems to be the last drop of Nick Drake vintage!

The tracks are wonderful - from Bryter Layer and Five Leaves Left - if there are any more tapes of Nick on the radio then perhaps the BBC wiped them when changing house in the early 70s?

Unless there are outtakes from the 3 albums that surface at some point (I'm  assuming that's what Plaisir d'amour was!) this is the last new Nick Drake. Cherish it. Yes, lets.