Honky Tonk Man Guitars Cadillacs Little Sister Little Ways Please Please Baby Streets of ... more
Bakersfield feat Buck Owens I Sang Dixie Long While Cadillac Turn It on Turn It Up Turn Me Loose You're the One Suspicious Minds It Only Hurts When I Cry Ain't That Lonely Yet Thousand Miles from Nowhere Fast as You Crazy Little Thing Called Love I Want You to Want Me Things Change Late Great Golden State Back of Your Hand
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Advantages: Fantasitc footage of the last days of steam Disadvantages: None
This is another in the eminently professionally produced DVD programmes on steam train released through Green Umbrella.
With the VeryBest of British Steam of Yesteryear, you are given a real feast for the eyes and also, for the memory, of course. Well, for those of us old enough to remember when steam trains regularly plied their business up and down the main lines of the United Kingdom.
The last regular steam runs in Britain came to a very sad halt in August 1968. That's slightly under a year before the first manned space flight to the moon, for those interested in transport trivia.
Without an unsung bunch of dedicated enthusiasts and professional and semi-professional film makers in the previous two decades, these wonderful steam trains would not be available to the general public. They would only exist as the personal ...
Advantages: The best of Blacksteet Disadvantages: Could have had a couple more?
Released in 2003, Blacksteet had already been around a number of years but only had released 3 albums, all with mixed reviews. The main stay of this group is Teddy Riley is also known for writing songs for various artists including Michael Jackson and New Kids On the Block! Throughout the years, we've seen the line up change here and there with original member Dave Hollister going solo and other guys coming and going.
The release of this album was in my eyes perfectly timed as a short while after this Teddy Riley went nuts, ok not actually mad, but his writing and musical style changed considerably to fit in with the Timbalands and Pharrells of thie world. His experimenting in production took a turn for the worst and this cd really does capture Blackstreet when they were at their best, r&b,coming out the end of the new jack swing era ...
Advantages: Great tracks, enjoyable listening, good value. Disadvantages: Contains live versions, you have to buy other albums for the original tracks
I bought this CD in 2007 of Amazon. I got it for £4 brand new. What an excellent album. It features most of the very famous and popular tracks dating from the 1960's to today. "Albatross" is an euphoric track, well ahead of it's time. "Little Lies", "Black Magic Woman", "Tusk", " Go Your Own Way" and "The Chain" which used to be on BBC Formula 1 in the 90's are excellent. I would advice not paying more than £6 or £7 for this album. The only down side is that "Big Love" is a live version. So to get the original you have to buy one of the other greatest hits version. (Marketing me thinks).
The sleeve is attractive and gives a lot of information on the band's rise to international fame. 21 tracks in total makes this a cracking buy if you can get it at the right price. Don't buy second-hand copies, these are made by the thousands.
Tracks ...
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Product details
Title
Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, The
Performer
Dwight Yoakam
Genre
Country
Sub Genre
Contemporary Country
Release Date
16/08/2004
Recomended Retail Price
15.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2004
Label / Distributor
Rhino / Cinram Logistics
Producer
Pete Anderson; James Austin; Jimmy
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
81227896423
Catalogue Number
8122789642
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Dwight Yoakam (vocals, guitar); Buck Owens (vocals). Producer: Pete Anderson Compilation Producers: James Austin; Jimmy Edwards. Liner Note Author: Holly George-Warren. Recording information: 1986 - 2003. It's no coincidence that maverick country star Dwight Yoakam rose to prominence in Los Angeles during the 1980s, playing clubs with the likes of Los Lobos, X, and the Blasters. Yoakam's roots revivalism, which borrows equally from the Bakersfield honky-tonk of Buck Owens and vintage Sun Studios-era rockabilly, has much in common with a punk-inspired, back-to-basics approach. THE VERY BEST OF proves that despite--or maybe because of--Yoakam's category defiance, his music is immensely appealing. Yoakam's willingness to bend the rules is evident in his choice of covers. Included here are a punchy version of "Suspicious Minds," a countrified take on Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me," and a swinging cover of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." To these and other tunes, Yoakam brings his country-rock flair and his truly beautiful baritone croon. But nothing matches his late-'80s cuts, particularly the rave-up barroom classic "Honky Tonk Man" and Yoakam's own "Guitars, Cadillacs," standouts on this excellent collection representing one of country's coolest and most distinctive stars.
Album Reviews
Uncut (p.138) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Spiritual heir to Gram Parsons, Yoakam was a similarly-transplanted southerner who fetched up on Los Angeles, riding the tip of the early-'80s new country swell."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Honky Tonk Man
2.
Guitars Cadillacs
3.
Little Sister
4.
Little Ways
5.
Please Please Baby
6.
Streets Of Bakersfield - Yoakam, Dwight & Buck Owens
7.
I Sang Dixie
8.
Long White Cadillac
9.
Turn It On Turn It Up Turn Me Loose
10.
You're The One
11.
Suspicious Minds
12.
It Only Hurts When I Cry
13.
Ain't That Lonely Yet
14.
Thousand Miles From Nowhere
15.
Fast As You
16.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
17.
I Want You To Want Me
18.
Things Change
19.
Late Great Golden State
20.
Back Of Your Hand
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