High Priest Of Reggae, The - Laurel Aitken

Advantages: An amazing CD
Disadvantages: Sorry there arent any!

...Sony BMG wanted to record some memorable music to commemorate Christmas 2008, so with the help of producer Mike Hedges and arranger Sally Herbert some of the more traditional and well known pieces of music written by wonderful composers such as Schubert, Bach and Vivaldi have been recorded onto this CD. The Choir of the Philharmonic Academy of Rome, the Irish Film Orchestra and three Irish Priests gathered together in St Peter`s Basilica in the Vatican City to make this recording. Tracks 1-14 as follows: **Ave Maria.** Ave Maria, interpreted as `Hail Mary`were words used to address the Virgin Mary. Franz Schubert wrote this highly emotional piece sometime during in 1825 when he was just 28 years old. Ave Maria opens to the sound of string , gently and lovingly touched they create a magical setting giving out a sense... Read review

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Advantages: great fun
Disadvantages: avoid 3pm to 5pm

...bright sun with the temperature around 30°C. A WHITE minibus approaches, then another, and another! Invitations are issued to climb aboard. But what did the rep have to say? Dire warnings as we recalled?.about safety, speed, overcrowding et alia. We boarded the fourth bus! What an experience! These are the 'reggae (mini) buses'! Otherwise known as ZR's (license plate letters!) the buses are WHITE some with a maroon stripe down the side. It transpired we were on Route 11. There were loads of them about ? the service was more frequent, more regular, and ran later at night. Any trip on a reggae bus is nothing if not memorable. Our driver was an extremely relaxed fellow, smoking a thin cigarette throughout, sporting beard, dreadlocks, and a colourful knitted wooly rasta hat. Our fellow passengers, all locals, generated a great atmosphere... Read review

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Advantages: Funny, clean humour that stands the test of time.
Disadvantages: Absolutely none!

...How do you define the funniest double act of all time? It's easy really, what you have here is good old fashioned humour that doesn't involve sex, swearing or phoning an old man to boast about having sex with his grand-daughter. You can keep all you modern "so called" humour and flush it where it belongs. Laurel & Hardy despite their lack of the above mentioned "humour" have managed to do something that only modern comedians can dream about. They kept the world laughing consistently for years and have continued to do so 60 years after their deaths. I don't know any modern "great" that I'd remember and still be talking about in a year if he disappeared today. There is one exception and I just did a review on that yesterday, but even so, it's still worlds apart. The box set is presented in a nice box with the Laurel & Hardy... Read review

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