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Release Date: 2009-02-19, Audio CD, Twin Sisters Productions

Celebrate the Jewish holidays and Shabbat with theodore Bik ... Read more

Celebrate the Jewish holidays and Shabbat with theodore Bikel, star of theatre, television, film and concerts, as he takes you on a musical tour of the festival calendar. This rare, recorded solo performance is as delightfully entertaining as it is instructive. Bikel, accompanying himself on guitar, sings 23 classic Jewish holiday and Shabbat tunes in English, Hebrew and Yiddish. Theodore Bikel fans around the world will welcome this album from one of the premiere Jewish recording artists. Young and old will be delighted with this collection of Jewish holiday and Shabbat classics, all on one album. Classic Jewish Holiday & Shabbat Songs, presented with Theodore Bikel's characteristic verve and insight, will illuminate the holiday and Shabbat spirit and are in themselves a cause for celebration. Music directed by Michael Isaacson. Full lyrics included. Minimize

Whether you’re sitting by a warm fire, reading your favorit ... Read more

Whether you’re sitting by a warm fire, reading your favorite book, making dinner for guests or entertaining friends and family, this is the perfect Christmas CD for the holidays. This disc contains all of your favorite classical Christmas pieces, including Joy to the World, What Child is This, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, Angels We have Heard on High and Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring. Beautifully played by the Lumiere String Quartet with special guests Eileen Bedlington (Trumpet), Sato Moughalian (Flute) and Kristina Musser (Violin), this ultra-warm-sounding recording is sure to be a hit during the Holiday Season. Minimize

THIS GIFT was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Po ... Read more

THIS GIFT was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.Gary Chapman's holiday album This Gift may suffer from overly slick production, but it remains a fine contemporary country Christmas album. Most of the record is comprised of classics and modern standards -- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," "The Christmas Song," "O Holy Night," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Silent Night," "I'll Be Home for Christmas" -- with a couple of new songs and lesser-known tunes added for good measure. The record meanders a little, but overall, it's an entertaining listen, especially for dedicated Chapman fans. ~ Thom Owens Minimize

Celebrate the Jewish holidays and Shabbat with theodore Bik ... Read more

Celebrate the Jewish holidays and Shabbat with theodore Bikel, star of theatre, television, film and concerts, as he takes you on a musical tour of the festival calendar. This rare, recorded solo performance is as delightfully entertaining as it is instructive. Bikel, accompanying himself on guitar, sings 23 classic Jewish holiday and Shabbat tunes in English, Hebrew and Yiddish. Theodore Bikel fans around the world will welcome this album from one of the premiere Jewish recording artists. Young and old will be delighted with this collection of Jewish holiday and Shabbat classics, all on one album. Classic Jewish Holiday & Shabbat Songs, presented with Theodore Bikel's characteristic verve and insight, will illuminate the holiday and Shabbat spirit and are in themselves a cause for celebration. Music directed by Michael Isaacson. Full lyrics included. Minimize

Recorded between 1936 and 1992. Includes liner notes by Sar ... Read more

Recorded between 1936 and 1992. Includes liner notes by Sarah Lilley.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Helen Ward, Lena Horne, Ray Eberle, Billie Holiday, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone).Recording information: Hollywood, CA (11/05/1936-12/??/1992); New York, NY (11/05/1936-12/??/1992); Salle Pleyel, Paris, France (11/05/1936-12/??/1992); Sausalito, CA (11/05/1936-12/??/1992); Webster Hall, New York, NY (11/05/1936-12/??/1992).Love Songs: Greatest Hits contains 16 romantic songs culled from RCA Victor's traditional pop and jazz vaults. Nearly every song on this collection is wonderful, and few samplers of this kind are quite as consistently entertaining as this. Among the featured artists on the disc are Lena Horne ("I'm Confessin' That I Love You"), Louis Armstrong ("My One and Only Love"), Coleman Hawkins ("There Will Never Be Another You"), Hoagy Carmichael ("Stardust"), Ella Fitzg Minimize

This CD contains Robin's beautiful renditions of traditiona ... Read more

This CD contains Robin's beautiful renditions of traditional Christmas Carols. Perfect for holiday entertaining as well as close listening, The Christmas Collection is sure to become a holiday favorite for conjuring up images of cherished Christmas' past, and for creating a delicate and delightful atmosphere for Christmas seasons to come. Minimize

Whether you’re sitting by a warm fire, reading your favorit ... Read more

Whether you’re sitting by a warm fire, reading your favorite book, making dinner for guests or entertaining friends and family, this is the perfect Christmas CD for the holidays. This disc contains all of your favorite classical Christmas pieces, including Joy to the World, What Child is This, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, Angels We have Heard on High and Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring. Beautifully played by the Lumiere String Quartet with special guests Eileen Bedlington (Trumpet), Sato Moughalian (Flute) and Kristina Musser (Violin), this ultra-warm-sounding recording is sure to be a hit during the Holiday Season. Minimize

Personnel: David Clayton-Thomas (vocals); Bernie Labarge (e ... Read more

Personnel: David Clayton-Thomas (vocals); Bernie Labarge (electric guitar); Michael Stuart (flute); Vernon Dorge (alto saxophone); Jason Logue, Bruce Cassidy (trumpet); Gord Myers (trombone); Douglas Gibson (bass trombone); Doug Riley (keyboards); George Koller (acoustic bass); Paul DeLong (drums); Waleed Abdulhamid (percussion); Joel Feeney, Neil Donell (background vocals).The former Blood, Sweat & Tears singer is in fine voice on this live 2005 retrospective of his notable successes with the jazz-rock group and solo. Well-known musical memorabilia, such as his version of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child," and the BS&T originals "And When I Die," "Spinning Wheel," and "(You've Made Me) So Very Happy," make this set an entertaining jaunt down memory lane, while a sensitive reading of Holiday's "God Bless the Child" puts the bombast of "Lucretia MacEvil" into perspective. Minimize

This CD contains Robin's beautiful renditions of traditiona ... Read more

This CD contains Robin's beautiful renditions of traditional Christmas Carols. Perfect for holiday entertaining as well as close listening, The Christmas Collection is sure to become a holiday favorite for conjuring up images of cherished Christmas' past, and for creating a delicate and delightful atmosphere for Christmas seasons to come. Minimize

Snow Day! is not a holiday album, and it's not a 'wintertim ... Read more

Snow Day! is not a holiday album, and it's not a 'wintertime' album... Snow Day! is just the next great CD of super huge kids' music by Eric Herman and the Invisible Band. The album embodies the thrill and fun of anything that is an unexpected break from the normal routine, much like the snow days Eric grew up with in Buffalo, NY. Eric Herman now lives in the Northwest and performs cool tunes for kids in creatively entertaining shows around the country. Eric's music has been heard on PBS Kids and his second CD, Monkey Business, was called "one of the best kids records ever" by Victory Music magazine. John Wood of Kidzmusic.com called Monkey Business "inspired, clever and nicely-produced" and The Buffalo News calls Eric "an all-around entertainer" with "the genuineness of John Lennon and Randy Newman." Snow Day! picks up where Monkey Business left off with 12 amazing tracks of upbeat and fun songs, including the disco-rock cooker "Dance Like an Animal", the surf anthem "I Can't Wait for Summer", the reggae howler "Hot Sand", and "Cowboy Bergaleoukaleopaleous", a country fried tale about the most unsung hero of the Old West. Snow Day! also has two bonafide toe-tappers in "No Big Deal" and "When I Grow Up", as well as a unique and compelling version of "This Little Light of Mine", which is a duet between Eric and inspirational vocal powerhouse Jen Marco Handy. Throughout Snow Day!, Eric demonstrates why he is becoming one of the top artists in the genre, with his tremendous sense of humor, his remarkable vocal and guitar ability and his talent for writing and arranging sophisticated but also very accessible songs that kids and families really love and want to hear again and again. Minimize

In Italy in the summers of the 1960's in night clubs all ar ... Read more

In Italy in the summers of the 1960's in night clubs all around the peninsula, Italian singers would entertain holiday makers. They were big hits with their audiences, and it was decided to re-record their hits in the Italian language. Many other American and British artists sought to capitalize on this by also attempting to conquer this market. We have raided the dustiest of archives and salvaged many of these delightful efforts. Harkit Records. Minimize

America: Dan Peek, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley.America ful ... Read more

America: Dan Peek, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley.America fully recovered from Hat Trick's dismal results with 1974's Holiday, with producer George Martin's influence rubbing off on both of the album's Top Five singles. With "Tin Man"'s wonderfully polished soft pop ease and the wispiness of "Lonely People," the band was able to recapture the same formula that put early hits like "A Horse with No Name," "I Need You," and "Ventura Highway" in the Top Ten. The difference with "Holiday" is that their light and breezy melodies and attractive folk-rock sound filtered through more than just the two hit tracks on the album. "Another Try," "Old Man Took," "In the Country," and even the cliché-sounding "Baby It's Up to You" contain a sturdy enough mixture of guitar and harmony to rise them above inessential filler, at least as far as America's material is concerned. Cuts like "Mad Dog" and "Hollywood" suffer somewhat from trite lyrics and a seemingly hurried compositional formula, but this album as a whole ascertained t Minimize

Audio Mixer: Nathaniel Kunkel.Recording information: Cuttin ... Read more

Audio Mixer: Nathaniel Kunkel.Recording information: Cutting Cane Studios, Davie, FL; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA; Studio Without Walls, Encino, CA; The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Universe Of Soul, Pacific Palisades, CA; Xacca Sounds, Marina Del Rey, CA.Photographers: Elissa Kline; Eric Raptosh; Carole King.Carole King's first studio album in over ten years, Holiday Carole, opens on a familiar note with a light, jazzy take on Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things." King's daughter Louise Goffin produced the album and co-wrote the three original pieces, which include the Latin-tinged "Christmas Paradise," the free and easy "Christmas in the Air," and the lovely closing ballad "New Year's Day," and while they may not be as instantly familiar as "Carol of the Bells," "Sleigh Ride," or "Do You Hear What I Hear," they blend in well amidst the yuletide standards. Fueled by King's laid-back delivery and precise diction, Holiday Carole, which represents the first seasonal release from the pop legend, br Minimize