Unsung Vol.4 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

Advantages: Two maestros for price of one
Disadvantages: None

...Bala murali krishna, what can be said of him, every word in the music dictionary will fall short when i try to describe him in his own field. He has decades of practise that singing is breathing for him. Perhaps, quitely , there is a hum when he breaths in and out. He is a pious man and with a blend of divinity and expertise in music, his renderings are as Divine as it can get. Clarity in expressing difficult words in Sanskrit, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil makes his songs heart-throbbing. The vibrations really oscillate the listener into a different world. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, a singer with a difference, his rugged voice may seem to be a wrong combination for the compositions he sings,but once he gets going, the melody gets the better of everythign and everyone... his single line rendering in a patriotic song... Read review

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Advantages: sees Sabbath beginning to experiment successfully with new textures
Disadvantages: lots of instrumental

...BLACK SABBATH VOL.4 1: Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener (8:14) 2: Tomorrow's Dream (3:12) 3: Changes (4:46) 4: FX (1:43) 5: Supernaut (4:45) 6: Snowblind (5:31) 7: Cornucopia (3:54) 8: Laguna Sunrise (2:52) 9: St. Vitus Dance (2:29) 10: Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes (5:50) Yet another groundbreaking powerhouse recording featuring some excellent guitar work. This includes great classics like Tomorrow's Dream, Changes, Supernaut, Snowblind, and Laguna Sunrise Black Sabbath VOL. 4 is a must have addition to any Black Sabbath collection released: early september 1972 the album features some of Sabbaths most memorble tracks and sees Sabbath beginning to experiment successfully with new textures such as strings, piano, orchestration and multi-part songs.. Yet the classic Sabbath sound is still very much in evidence... Read review

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Advantages: 2 cd's for the price of 1
Disadvantages: you may have 4+ song from the 2nd cd if you have forgotten freshness 1,2

...singles from europe halloween special given away at gig's or just remixes that were never used. Over all this series is very good I have both volumes 1,2,4, I currently dont have volume 3 as ive been told it is a little poor plus some of the track's I have already ON A SPECIAL EDITION release WHATS ON WHAT CD ' The first cd contain's 17 track which are either remixes or unused track's most of the tracks are hit's and misses but i think that why the name of the album is very fitting for the release(forgotten freshness) because i think some of these tracks should have been forgotten all about lol. The second cd is a hallowicked special and includes 13 halloween track's most of these track's have been release as single's or free on there internet-site at haloween... Read review

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