Golden Era, The - Tommy Dorsey

Advantages: a milestone in musical history
Disadvantages: Kieth Moon sings

...The CD revolutionised the music industry, but there was a downside. Millions of great records were lost because they were only on vinyl. Once my wife threw out my crackly old record deck I lost access to lots of quality music. Thankfully the back catalogues of many great names are being reissued in CD form. And as a bonus they usually cost less then you paid for them first time around! Such is the case with the seminal rock record Tommy. Originally released at the very end of the 60s Tommy encapsulates the mood of the time. To quote the sleeve notes, it is an everyday story of murder, trauma, bullying, child molesting, sex, drugs, illusion, delusion, altered conciousness, spiritual awakening, religion, charlatanism, succes, superstardom, faith, betrayal, rejection and pinball. Not bad in 70 minutes, eh? The storyline... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful, romantic voice and songs
Disadvantages: None that I have found

...on TV, I decided to check on Amazon to see if they had any CD’s of his. I was actually surprised by the amount, but decided that I would treat myself to this 4 CD set: The Golden Years of Dick Haymes (Let the Rest of the World Go By). The ‘Golden Years’ for Haymes have to be the 1940’s and, although that seems a lifetime away, most of the songs on these discs will be very familiar. Now, I will start by saying that I have absolutely NO intention of listing the hundred and one songs here, but you will have to forgive me for mentioning a few of my favourites – not easy as I love so many of them! Disc One: This starts with “I’ll Get By” – quite well known? A lot of his records were from his days in Hollywood where he starred in many films and on some tracks he is accompanied by Helen Forrest who co-starred with him. One... Read review

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Advantages: hear an Acoustic guitar genius!
Disadvantages: some of the tracks become a little 'samey'

...As a guitarist myself i consider Tommy emmanuel to be one of, if not the greatest acoustic guitar player around at the moment. He has the extrodinary ability of playing a guitar and producing the sound of 4 people playing! The cd has a range of styles from jazz to blues to ragtime! For me the downfall is that there is no vocals or even any other instruments on the cd to keep things fresh and interesting, just one man and his guitar. My advice is to 100% buy this album if you are a guitar player yourself because you will be absolutely blown away by this guys ability. However if you do not play guitar the album will probably become extremely old and tired (and dusty!) after a few listens to it.... Read review

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