Advantages: Good Songs, Nice Music, Clear Sound Disadvantages: None
The CD 'RoughGuideto Bollywood Gold' is an audio CD produced by the RoughGuide Ltd, a Company based at London, UK owned by Pearson PLC .This is a company which initially started to publish books on travel and it has added publication of books on Music and production of CDs in the recent past. The company does have worldwide distribution and this helps in procurement of either the books or CDs produced by hem at any place in the World.
The CD 'RoughGuideto Bollywood Gold' seems to be basically produced for those Indians and other people staying out side India. This becomes evident from the Commentary given in the CD about the performers and their career details. This CD is produced by the company under the guidance of Ritu a famous DJ in UK. She has handpicked the numbers of this sound track in enhanced format to make it complete CD ...
Advantages: great selection, good variety Disadvantages: somehow mistitled, mostly traditional stuff
RoughGuide, best known for their budget travel guides, has been steadily expanding in other areas, and has been responsible for quite a few musical "guides" over the years.
This 1998 album, marketed as "RoughGuideto the Music of Eastern Europe", does pretty much exactly what is says on the package: provides quite a wide ranging overview of folk and (occasionally) folk-inspired music of Eastern Europe. This is an album that pretty much started my liking for "world music" coming from my part of the world, and despite its age it remains a good compilation which really does showcase the variety of what's on offer quite well.
One thing that this "RoughGuide" album needs is perhaps a better definition of what is considered Eastern Europe: this is a surprisingly woolly category (I always remember somebody commenting than Poland ...
Advantages: Chatty, friendly style. Informative Disadvantages: Not a technical 'manual'
terms of disadvantages, if you want an all-singing, all-dancing 'technical manual' with photos and diagrams, this isn't for you.
I'd recommend The RoughGuideto Pregnancy and Birth highly and if you're about to join the Kid Club you'd be well served in picking up a copy.
NB - I have reviewed the 2nd Edition, 2006. ...