First time on CD for this hard to find album, originally issued by Trojan Records on their High Note subsidiary in early 1969. The album comprised twelve classic slices of late Rock Steady / early Reggae. The album is supplemented by thirteen tracks that were originally issued on High Note singles around the same time period. In total we have 25 classic and scarce tracks, all produced by female pioneer producer, the late Sonia Pottinger.

You'd need a pretty fat wallet to buy original copies of these on original vinyl. Excellent sound quality throughout. Great cover, and extensive notes in the inlay, but I can't really comment on them.

This is the fourth release on the reactivated Doctor Bird label, and this set certainly doesn't let the side down.

Superb.

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Pleasant acoustic folky style with a philosophical approach to love songs

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Track 13, not shown on the rear cover, has 2 minutes of silence leading into a minute of violin and cello duet

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I was reminded recently that "That's My Girl (Rotten To The Core)" has been on my 'wants' list since at least 1975 so when this album turned up I bought it assuming I'd get that track, but unfortunately it is not included.

What we get is several of the other singles tracks, and some more good material. In particular "Don't You Believe Them" backed by the Instrumental would have made another great single

Released on "Space Aged Colored Vinyl" my copy is dark translucent blue

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Although not normally a fan of sequels,this one's not bad,and although the plot is rather tenuous,it's made up for by the stunning visuals,which,have surely raised the bench-mark for any further sequels in this series,which director James Gunn alludes to there possibly being many more in "The Making Of....",unsurprising perhaps,as this had a working budget of $200,000,000 ,and has already grossed over $389,000,000 (to date)(according to IMDB),the merchandising opportunites seem to be endless,especially with the ultra-cute Groot (or "Twiglet" as i named him;),kids,and bigger kids alike,will snap it up.At least there is some tongue-in-cheek humour here,like in the first film,and it doesn't take itself to seriously,just sit back,and enjoy the ride :)
(PS Another good soundtrack btw,courtesy of an "Awesome Mix Vol.2" cassette left to Peter by his mum,the inspired opening sequence using ELO'S "Mr.Blue Sky" is worth the price of admission alone:)

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Apart from the fact that Kevin Costner appeared in all the films he has absolutely nothing more to do with this other than that very tenuous link. No artists are listed for the music and I'm not surprised, it is really really woeful. Very much in the style of a keyboard playing midi files from a floppy disc. One to avoid at all costs

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Photos from the gig here: Uriah Heep at the Lyceum
and here: Uriah Heep at the Lyceum

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A fun day out.

Great to see Ten Benson play for the first time in years delivering a bit of a greatest (should have been) hits set with original drummer Karl back in the fold too.

Almost as good was the Rock 'N' Roll Dog Show featuring rounds like 'Waggiest Tail'

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LOVE IS ALL (DVD)
A film by Kim Longinotto, with music by Richard Hawley

A hundred years of love and courtship on the silver screen, from the acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto with music by celebrated singer-songwriter-producer Richard Hawley

Love is All takes us on an exquisite journey through the twentieth century, exploring love and courtship in all of its shapes and sizes on the silver screen across decades of unprecedented social upheaval. From the first kisses caught on film, through the disruptions of war and on the birth of youth culture, free love and gay liberation we follow courting couples as they flirt at tea dances, kiss in the back row, shack up together and fight for their right to love whoever they choose.

This celluloid love letter is directed by Kim Longinotto (Divorce Iranian Style) and edited by Ollie Huddleston (From the Sea to the Land Beyond) using a selection of spellbinding footage from British archives, including the BFI National Archive and the Yorkshire Film Archive, all set to Richard Hawley's stunning soundtrack.

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At the end, the credits list the characters in order of appearance - even knowing who was in it, it was still a surprise to see the first name was one... Stan Collymore! :shocked:

Anyway - not a great film but enjoyable mush... :happy:

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Review of the gig here: Lucinda at the Fabrik
Actual setlist here: Setlist played

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Hmmm... Tastes like chicken.

...Well, that's what people tend to say when presented with some new mystery meat that has no real distinguishing taste of it's own, and asked what it tastes like...

And this is essentially ambient musical chicken.

It could be anyone (Brian Eno?), probably everyone (possessed of a synthesiser or two), but it's most definitely someone!

Attempting to review this, or anything on it is difficult as there's nothing really to latch on to... it's great swells and washes of synths that sometimes build to a kind of punctuation, sometimes just drift, and sometimes seem to dissipate altogether.

But that's not to say I don't like this kind of thing, in fact, it's just the ticket if you want to tune out for half an hour or descend into a dribbling trance like state with some musical wallpaper.. - which I frequently do - ... it's just kind of.......... there. really.

But that would lead me to my only criticism.... it's not really long enough.

If you want to get that way, you want to stay in that space for a good long while, but the limitations of he vinyl of the day probably kept this at this length.

Great stuff... but need more!

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Double CD featuring four classic LPs by Lee Perry and The Upsetters (and friends), issued between 1971 and 1973. 'Rhythm Shower' was originally issued in Jamaica in a limited press, and in the UK on Trojan as a white label promo only. The other three albums were issued in the UK by Trojan Records.

The set comprises mostly tracks by Perry's house band, The Upsetters, although there are some vocal and DJ tracks along the way, by legendary Reggae performers including Delroy Wilson, Junior Byles, Little Roy, Stranger Cole, Dave Barker, U Roy, I Roy, Dillinger and Sir Lord Comic.

If you like your vintage Reggae a little on the eclectic side, then this CD is for you.

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I had great hopes for this documentary whenever I read about it, I have to say I was bitterly disappointed with it. I had hoped it would've been in the same vein as "From Scotland With Love", "Faces Of Scotland" or "From The Sea To The Land Beyond" but it wasn't even close. I found it to be a load of pretentious nonsense, some of it was actually embarrassing. The creator makes great play of the symbiotic relationship between the music and the footage and all I can say is he hasn't watched enough documentaries such as another BFI disc I have called "Love Is All" which has a soundtrack by Richard Hawley and the aforementioned "From Scotland With Love". I was surprised to read in the booklet that this film has been deposited in the BFI. Maybe I missed something (I don't think so) but I'll maybe give it another go sometime and see if I change my mind, but after the first viewing my inclination is to deposit it in the bin

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Excellent remake - what potential Lindsay Lohan had... :sad:

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Another one on my "To be investigated" list...

... In that it's one (band too) that I'd always been aware of, and seen the cover and heard the reputation of the band and this album over the years, but never got around to hearing.

I think the impression I had that it was "punk" tended to push it down my list of priorities, but I think that the term doesn't really apply that much, as this is much better than that.

More subtle, understated, tuneful, and melodic... more thoughtfully constructed too, this actually sounds less dated, fresher, and free from it's time than anything else of it's era... In fact it sounds like it could have been released almost anytime in the last ten to twenty years, which may be a signal of it's accumulated influence on modern music, and that many more recent bands have been influenced by this than other bands of the time, in reality; Albeit they get more credit.

The drums which open the one of these tracks bears more than a passing resemblance to the those which open "Stupid Girl", by Garbage... and the vocal style must surely have influenced the lead singer of Clap You Hands, Say Yeah!

If you like indie or rock from these last ten and twenty years, chances are, you'll love this.

One you'll want to spend more time with than just a passing listen.

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A favourite band of mine at the time, and great to see live. With a single as well received, remembered and frequently covered as the album opener, why weren't the Passions more successful? Why wasn't that song itself more successful at the time?

Some answers may be found on the biography page of the band's web presence, specifically the second page.

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Review (in german language) and some images here: G3 im Stadtpark

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Review (in german lanuage) and a photo here: Dickey Betts at the Blues Garage

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Review (in german language) and some images here: Mule at the Blues Garage

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Completely unwatchable. I must be more vigilant when buying DVD's as I have been caught once before with a disc that was equally as bad as this one. I don't know who this company AG Plate are but they definitely produce some of the worst quality DVD's ever. This particular one got precisely 10 seconds before it was ejected and shredded. Complete and utter rubbish

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A lovingly researched book which should appeal to all 45catters! Brian's enthusiasm for the hidden treasures on budget labels comes across clearly and he has unearthed the entrepreneurs and artists behind many of the best examples.

Brian continues to research his subject and welcomes contributions from other knowledgeable collectors, which promises a symbiotic alliance with 45cat and its Worlds. I look forward to his forthcoming book on R&B budget albums.

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- review in german Paper: Tom Petty in Hamburg
- another review in german Paper: Tom Petty in Hamburg

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A WWII bomber is discovered in the desert decades after it was lost in flight. The sole survivor travels out there intending to return home with the remains of the ex-crew members to give them a proper burial but has trouble in locating the bodies. Meanwhile the ghosts of the crew look on, play baseball and ponder the situation.

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"Most books on the subject of film noir cover only well-known movies in their filmographies, such as The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and so on. But these were all A productions. What Mr. Lyons has done is dust off those B films that have been sitting on studio shelves, those which rarely, if ever, appear on television, even at three in the morning, and has some fun doing it. Thankfully, the terms 'mise-en-scene,' 'aesthetic reversals,' and 'rhetorical form' do not appear in his text."

-- Gerald Petievich, author of the books To Live and Die in L.A. and Shakedown

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A superb new CD on the revived legendary Doctor Bird label. It comprises two popular Trojan label LPs from 1969 and 1970, featuring 24 tracks produced by producer Harry J (Johnson), many recorded at Coxsone Dodd's Studio 1 studio. First time on CD for both albums.

A must for all lovers of early ('Skinhead') Reggae. Unusually for a compilation of Harry J productions, there is no 'Liquidator' here.

Extensive notes in the inlay, but as yours truly wrote the sleeve notes, I can't really comment on them.

Inlay images courtesy of some website named 45cat!

A great way to start a new reissue programme on a classic label.

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The theme tune for the intro and outro for The Adventure Game is the Norwegian Dance No.2 from 4 Norwegian Dances,Op.35 by Edvard Grieg,originally for 1 or 2 pianos,as well as the orchestral version arranged by Hans Sitt.

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Fantastically over-wrought power-ballad-speed metal.

I saw this in one of the racks at a charity shop, and seeing the Japanese writing, thought: "Ooh... what's that?!"...

... Thinking it would likely turn out to be either an audiobook or a computer game (I frequently get caught out by this), I looked closer, and saw the sci-fi glam type band presented on the actual cover, inside the Norse mythological style illustration on the slipcase and the name which seemed evocative of this last impression too, and so thought it was either going to be some Japanese progressive rock or a sci-fi pop band.

I was not really disappointed!

...For while it is largely metal (speed metal, played insanely, and possibly inhumanly fast), it is very melodic, and tuneful at the same time. The singer is aiming for a kind of Bruce Dickinson power yell, and under which, it's like Yes (band) decided to try their hand at metal.

And into this mix, there are thrown random synth elements that sound like they could be from the soundtrack to Rocky IV.

Overall the only word that describes this whole album is: Epic!

...But if you want some other words, Grandiose, over-the-top, sky-scraping, melodic power speed metal will also be applicable.

... or, surprisingly good, nutty brilliance.

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This is right up my alley!

(...Hence the grimace)

...I'd like to add my usual exclamation of: "How did this evade me first time round?!"...

.....But, in truth, I know the answer to that one:

I had a friend who was into metal at the time, so when she recommended this to me, I simply dismissed it as being another unlistenable piece of heavy metal, and so Stone Temple Pilots were neatly filed away from then on, in the section: "Not my thing", in my brain, and so never had cause to revisit.

But this is, if I may still use the term in polite company: "Grunge".

...And very good grunge it is too!

Better in fact, than most everything else from the time, and even (whisper it)... better than Nirvana's Nevermind album (Gasp! - the sound of crockery breaking on the floor - etc.), which I find to be, other than two or three tracks, hard work to listen too all the way through these days. I know we are supposed to bow our heads and speak with veneration of that album, but it bores the dooin's out of me now, and I remain firmly in the Pearl Jam: Ten camp, for it is more tuneful, and engaging in many more ways.

...And this, I would argue, is even stronger than that album!

Only Soundgarden's: Superunknown album has had more of my ear-time in recent years than Ten, but this is going to get played to death!

Nevermind Nirvana, this Pearly Jam is a Ten+

(There's a fantastic, if extremely odd, secret track at the end of this, whih is a kind of jazzy Vegas lounge tune... and a good one at that :)

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Take away the hype surrounding the bare chested Turner, which the majority of the media initially focused on, this is a historical romp on par with anything broadcast in recent years.

I myself am not always a great fan of this type of drama however with its violence, raunchiness, romance, intrigue and humour set against the magnificent backdrop of the Cornish coast this series draws you in and before you know it you are hooked. The characters are well cast and like all good dramas there are heroes, villains, fools and beauties.

A well written and well filmed BBC period drama that I enjoyed more than I thought I would. I would recommend that you should give this one a look, I think like me you may be surprised at how good it is.

Roll on season 4 in 2018!

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His best slide guitar solo on 'Jordan 191'.

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Ai Qin Lin is one of the survivors of this terrible true life event she was a illegal immigrant cockle picker at the dangerous Morecambe Bay and who paid a Gangmaster to bring her into the UK. She came to the UK to help her family but was deported back to China not long after. In all 23 illegal workers lost their lives whilst cockle-picking on Morecambe Bay.

The film also show how cruel the Gangmasters are to illegal immigrant showing how they get from China to the UK in terrible conditions, living in awful crowded houses and making them work in conditions in a area which they knew known was a death trap.

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This series is created by Monty Berman and Dennis Spooner and made in 1967 for ITC,and screened a year later and only 30 episodes were made,and I remember the first 15 episodes used to be screened on Saturday mornings for LWT at 11:30 a.m. in 1985,and the second 15 episodes screened on Wednesday afternoons for Thames at 1:30 p.m in 1986 before BBC 2 screened again on Friday nights at 6:25 p.m. in the 1990`s. This series also launched the careers of well known stars such as the late Kate O`Mara [who look so beautiful at the time],Burt Kwouk,and not to mention Donald Sutherland [known him better as a film actor,not only in the Champions episode entitled `Shadow of the Panther`,when he played the villain called David Crayley,as well as appearing in The Saint,The Avengers and Man in a Suitcase.But my favourite actor in this series is none other is Peter Wyngarde who played a villain Dr.Sumner in the episode `The Invisible Man`before landing to play Jason King in the 1968 series called `Department S`,as well as the 1971 series of the same character,and not to mention playing Klytus in the 1980 movie ``Flash Gordon`.And now,I`ve got the complete series on DVD and distributed by Carlton,and what a great series for me.

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A game of two halves this one.

Side 1 is a feast of foreboding synths, electro drum machine and demonic choirs. Really excellent stuff.

Side 2 is an 80s pop cheese fest. On first listen I hated it compared to the first side but taken on it's own merits it's actually quite good fun.

The original CD release of this soundtrack alternated between the Stefano Mainetti and Clue In The Crew tracks but I much prefer it done this way.

Also a mention has to be made of the artwork etc. Another great reissue from W.R.W.T.F.W.W. which totally captures the 80s Horror/VHS style.

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I first saw this when I was very young and the slow, inexorable creeping of the flowery menace was quite intimidating at the time! I watched it again last night.

The effects have not worn well - the muppet-like plants and frankly terrible matte filming almost detract from what is an innovative story (from the great John Wyndham) and Howard "Oh what a beautiful morrrrrniiiiing!" Keel makes an effective hero. Needless to say, Ron Goodwin's score is immaculate.

What I also like about this is that there are two only tenuously linked threads going on: one with said Keel, guiding two damsels in distress to safety; the other with a dysfunctional married couple, pulling together to try to use science against the foe.

Finally, it was good to see Moorfield's Eye Hospital in screen. I was there a year or two ago and will be back soon.

:happy:

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If you are Bobby Darin fan like I am you will find the OST tracks very nice - as u can see by my ratings.

Spacey does a very good job although, "If I Were A Carpenter" is forced & artificial (no pun intended).

Now, if you've seen the motion picture, it will detract (as it did for me) from the overall representation of Walden Robert Cassotto aka Bobby Darin short life's story.

Kevin found himself doing a project that he had dreamed about doing for many years and to put the cherry on top he found himself in the 'most famous recording studio in the world' with professional musicians and people behind the recording/mixing board who were some of the best in the recording industry.

The result was self-indulgent and more about Spacey then Bobby.

Again, kudo's to Mr. Spacey however, the bitter-sweet story of one of the greatest entertainer's of a generation would have been better served with a more objective Exec. Producer/director and screenwriter(s).

As I mentioned earlier if you haven't seen the film - you will have no problems what's so ever enjoying this OST.

P.S. I still miss Bobby Darin.

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Although the previous album: Funeral, had their two strongest tunes: Wake Up, and Rebellion (Lies),this is a much stronger album as a whole, and is more consistent throughout.

The production smells of more money, if you know what I mean, in that a much greater emphasis has been placed on making the vocals clearer and the overall feeling is more spacious and better staged...

(In a way, it's a shame, as Funeral maintained that ramshackle, low budget, riotous party feel)

... and odd to say, but at times you could easily mistake this for a Bruce Springsteen album.

Dashes of churchy organ, and a much more "serious" atmosphere make it a slightly more gothic version of the previous one.

Better?

...on the whole, I'm not so sure, as those two tunes on the other the best they've done, but this goes all the way through in one play, without hitting the skip button on the CD player...

...So maybe not better, just slightly different.

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This nifty little collection is the first of an intended four Double-CD series that chronicles the releases on Warner Brothers' Mid-60s Loma label and covers the period from the label's first release in September 1964 ("I Never Want To Dream Again" by Billy Storm) up to the final release of 1965 ("Just Can't Get Enough Of You" by The Apollas),

Loma has subsequently become known as Warner Brothers "60Ts Soul" label, though as Alec Paleo points out in his booklet notes, it was never specifically meant to be an outlet for "Soul". It was just that the label manager when Loma was set up was Bob Krasnow ... he was heavily involved with R&B and was able to pick up masters reasonably cheaply to release on the label.

Musically the material seldom strays too far from standard 1964/5 R&B/Soul and your typical 21st Century Mid-60s-Soul Fan should find a lot of goodies in here ... tracks like "Somebody Somewhere" by Ike & Tina Turner and The Apollas "Lock Me In Your Heart" should be familiar to most "Northern Soul" followers and a few other tracks on here have "that sound". About half the tracks here have previously been issued on CD, most notably on the 1995 "Best Of Loma Records" collection 9362-45711-2 but there is still plenty of interesting stuff that is new to CD, and it is great to have everything in one place and in chronological order.

Highlights for me include "The Big Jerk" by Clyde & The Blue Jays (a "Monkey-Time" soundalike), Baby Lloyd's James Brown produced "Something On Your Mind", "Baby I'm Yours" by The Olympics (not The Shirelles song but a very dramatic ballad in the style of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling") and Kell Osborne's "You Can't Outsmart A Woman" (which sounds to me very inspired by Otis Redding's version of "Respect")

The least "Soulful" offerings are probably Billy Storm's version of "Goldfinger" (where he tries to out-Bassey Ms Bassey), some of the "throwaway" instrumental "B" sides (obviously Loma were following the lead of Phil Spector), and two mainstream "pop" tracks by The Young Lions ("We Better Get Along" sounds to me like a hybrid of The Jelly Beans "You Don't Mean Me No Good" and "I Should Have Known Better" by The Beatles!!).
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Roll on Volumes 2, 3 and 4!!

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On the "A" side of this 78, June Hutton and her then husband, the celebrated arranger / conductor Axel Stordahl (with "The Boys Next Door" vocal group) deliver a superb version of the romantic ballad "Say You're Mine Again." The song has a wonderful melody, and accomplished vocalist Hutton is supported to good effect by an appropriately subtle arrangement and low-key input from the male backing singers. The flip side of this disc, "The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)" is similar in style and equally as impressive. "Say You're Mine Again" was a no. 21 U.S. hit in 1953, and more successful in the U.K. where it rose to no. 6 (her only hit there). "The Song From Moulin Rouge" did not chart separately for Hutton, but the original version by Percy Faith & His Orchestra (with vocalist Felicia Sanders) was a no. 1 U.S. hit.

June Hutton was born on 11 August 1919 in Illinois, U.S. During the 1940s "swing" era, she was a very popular band vocalist, and from 1941-'44 she was a member of Charlie Spivak's vocal group "The Stardusters," appearing with the band in the 1944 film "The Pin-Up Girl." Later that year, she replaced Jo Stafford in Tommy Dorsey's renowned "Pied Pipers" vocal group, and then in 1950 she went solo. From 1953-'54, she had three minor U.S. hits (the above-mentioned "Say You're Mine Again" ; "No Stone Unturned", no. 24 ; and finally "For The First Time", no. 26). All three were recorded with Axel Stordahl, but subsequent releases failed to even enter the Hot 100, and with the impact of rock 'n' roll from the mid-'50s onwards Hutton's singing career waned (like that of many other solo performers).

A few years later, June Hutton retired from showbusiness and disappeared off the radar. Finally , she died on 2 May 1973, aged just 53 (reportedly of lung cancer) in Encino, California.

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Although i enjoy most of Jackie's films,in this one,i didn't believe either his,or any other of the actors characters,and so,just ended up watching it for the fighting (which was alright),so,despite all the money that must have been spent here,only 5 out of 10 for me.

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From such a visually rich film the art department of Kabel Eins must have worked really hard to create box art this horrid.

And then they stick that cool photo in the middle to show you what might have been had it not been 'designed' to death!

Beautiful film - Ugly DVD!

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This is their second album from Apple Records,includes their original song `Without You`,before Harry Nilsson in 1972 and Mariah Carey in 1994,both released as no.1 hit singles,and what a great love song from Badfinger.

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Fun for all the family? There is some tension in this film but really it's all about watching Marianne Faithful ride a motorbike in skin tight black leather. Nothing wrong with that of course but does it really deserve the cult following it has? I'm sure some of you will say yes but it is a no from me. The movie is easy on the eyes but there is little else in it of any substance here to keep the viewer entertained.

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Wow! They don't make them like this anymore. Although perhaps post-Brexit they will and we can return to this amazing simultaneously kinky and yet utterly repressed England which surely even at 1973 must have seemed unreal?!

I really enjoyed this film, it's dreadful, BUT it's so unashamedly dreadful that if you go with the flow then you can enjoy it. A good cast hamming it up with an unrelentingly cringey script - Beaver (the mammal) and Tit (the bird) jokes feature heavily.

It's basically a carry on film with a mere smidge of nipple.


That's progress! Or was it........

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I remember this series very well and made in 1980,and used to be on at 4:15 p.m.every weekday as part of Watch It or ITV logo,and ran for lasting 6 minutes approx and there are 39 cartoons in one series.This cartoon series is produced and directed by Derek Phillips for D.P.Films,and the animators were Martin Chatfield,Andy Wagner,Rose Welsh and Joanne Gooding,and also released on DVD with only 6 episodes.Also,I do like the music from the intro and outro especially.

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Issued as part of the American Epic series which accompanies the TV series.

On the plus side these are original 78 recordings, restored and remastered using a mixture of analog and digital technology, therefor sounding fantastic. Pressed on 180g vinyl, housed in a heavy stock, soft touch sleeve they are a delight to hold (and listen to).

On the down side, no liner notes, incorrect listing on the label (corrected with a printed apology as an insert). Although recording dates and locations are given simple facts such as composer credits are missing. Personally, with a record of such historical importance as these recordings are I would like to know more details about the original 78s such as what were the original cat#, ideally scans of those 78 labels and details of who the personnel at the recordings were. It would also have been nice for some liner notes explaining to the uninitiated the importance of the recordings and where they fit in with the evolution of american music (and why).

Worth buying - yes. This is classic american music that helped shape the music we listen to today.

I just think its a shame that not more information regarding the recordings was not made available even as a single page printed insert and really Third Man, how did you miss the track listing error on the sleeve prior to printing? Hope someone got a slap on the wrist for that one!

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This documentary highlights Elton John's historic, and groundbreaking visit to (the former) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in May 1979.
Accompanied by percussionist Ray Cooper, they performed a series of eight shows; four in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), and four in Moscow.
The concert footage was filmed 25-28 May at the (now demolished) Rossiya Hotel Concert Hall.

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Often cited as one of the best, and most important albums of the 90s...

(I'm begining to lose count of the number of albums that have that kind of claim attached to them - got to be approaching a meaningless statement now (?))

... and it is certainly very good.

I missed it first time around, as any artist with "DJ" this, or "DJ" that was always a bad buy in my experience... lots of crappy scratching and other highly unoriginal posturing overlaying very poor "songwiriting", much like the rubbish Jay-Zed and Kanye believe this guy still has a job West shovel out on an almost daily basis, except when pausing only to inform us of how fabulously wealthy and awesome their lives are... compared to yours, of course....

... But this is best described, I think, as Ambient Hip-Hop.

The kind of album that makes you want to roll a nice fat carrot and contemplate the ceiling in the wee small hours from the comfort of your sofa.

Noted for being constructed almost entirely from samples from Mr Shadow's record collection, you might add the description: "deep-funk" to it too, on occasion (a curious mix, I'll grant). It sounds very organic as opposed to an artificial, "produced" affair.

The "Transmissions" are just that, little radio like transmission interludes at the end of their respective tracks, that these tunes dissolve into, and one highlight, that made me laugh, is the 45 second track: "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96", where the only lyric is:

"....It's The Money".

Perhaps this album's influence through the intervening years has lessened the originality to our ears, as, having been copied multiple times in the work of others, it's very familiar, but it's still one of, if not the best.

If only I'd known!

Well worth getting, and may get repeated plays over time, when the mood strikes.

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Real Gone Music scores again with the first-ever CD issue of the mono versions of Laura Nyro's first two albums. More Than a New Discovery appears in the dedicated mono mix and original running order. Eli and the Thirteenth Confession appears in the fold-down mix only released in the US as a promo. As bonus tracks, we get the "alternate" single version of "Stoney End" (actually recorded before the LP version), the single edit of "Eli's Comin'," and the uptempo Bones Howe-produced single version of "Save the Country." Very good sound.Highly recommended.

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Over 110 minutes of Light Orchestral meanderings through these mostly classic themes. Usually the renditions are too light, almost jocular. Impact and menace is absent. The Orchestra really struggle with the more electronic led themes as well.
Think more like a BBC Radio 2 'Friday Night Is Music Night' concert, than The John Williams Prom!

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Saw this for the first time(!) last night and thoroughly enjoyed it!

OK, Ray Harryhausen's special effects have not exactly stood the test of time and the dialogue was creakier than the wooden sets but, taken with a (large!) pinch of salt, it was rather fun! :happy:

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