Best Irish Music
Pressed on 180 gram vinyl, original packaging.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The only bummer is the Blu-ray audio won't play audio through a DAC."
"I bought the 2-disc expanded version when it first came out, but finally got the 4-disc version and I’m thrilled with the Blu Ray 5.1 mix."
"Thanks so much to Rhino for finally giving this release the care it deserves."
"This is my very first blue ray audio disc and with the 5.1 mix it is superb!"
"The out-takes have some funny and interesting studio chatter from Van."
"It was my first Van CD and opened my eyes to a soulfulness the likes of which I had never witnessed."
"Didn't think any album would be as good as Astral Weeks and I was blown away by how good Moondance was."
"This is a classic album I have owned for many many years."
180 gram vinyl, original packaging.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Reminds me a bit of the earliest Tim Buckley albums (which I also discovered LATE in life... like in 2014!"
"Great acoustic arangements.A classic."
"Fantastic sounding remaster of an all-time classic album."
"This is the album that got me into Van Morrison."
"Van the Man at the top of his game."
"Have always loved this record, but the expanded and remastered release blew me away."
"We have listened to the live version of Astral Weeks many, many times, and enjoyed it thoroughly."
"The quality of this remastered LP surprised me with how good it is!"
The Very Best of Celtic Thunder features the most popular all-ensemble numbers- a selection of twenty fan-favorites and signature ensemble numbers chosen from Celtic Thunder shows down through the years.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love to hear Keith on that one and being a Keith Harkin fan I always look forward to "let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time" from Caledonia. Looking forward to what's in store in the future for this phenomenal group of lads with the phenomenal blend of their phenomenal voices!!!!"
"Seven songs were re-recorded in 2015 with newer cast members Colm Keegan and Emmett O'Hanlon: Heartland, Danny Boy, Caledonia, Galway Girl, Take Me Home, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, and Ireland's Call."
"Oh yeah---it is a blend of the old with the new singers."
"Super CD!!!"
"Irish music is among the best in the world if not the best; Celtic Thunder is the best at singing Ireland's & other's) music; this is a terrific collection of music from all their performances ... even if you have the DVDs &/or CDs from all their PBS performances, this CD contains some of their best ... its CELTIC THUNDER ... what's not to like ... just saying ..."
"BRILLIANT absolute brilliant CD."
"The songs were supposed to be fan favorites but I find it hard to believe that the fans like "She moved through the fair" better than "Turning Away"."
"I only recently started listening to Celtic Thunder after a friend introduced me to their music."
Best Irish Folk
FLOGGING MOLLY - DRUNKEN LULLABIES (WITH DOWNLOAD/GATEFOLD) - VINYL.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm really too old to be listening to this and enjoying it but I can't help it."
"Liked it a lot more than I expected."
"Even if you've never heard a single thing from Flogging Molly, I'm quite confident you will become very fond of this album and all of the band's music."
"Irish punk, legendary band, phenomenal country."
"good album with mostly great songs."
"You have to move if you can dance ornot."
"Great packaging, exactly as expected!"
Best Scottish Music
This Scottish band rocked hard on this 1975 LP, but it was Love Hurts -the original power ballad-that finally brought them stateside fame.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Genuing hard-rock classic of all times, just listen to "Miss Misery", "Hair of the Dog", Beggars Day", "Love Hurts", "Please Don't Judas Me"... and I am risking to name all the album's tracks."
"From Love Hurts to Hair of the Dog, Nazareth is one of those bands that can slow it down to a ballad or rock it like a god."
"The songs for each record are listed only on the B-side label, so you have to pay attention to play the album in the intended order."
"Get into Nazereth`s early tunes, soo many great songs and gotta love Dan`s raspy Scottish bagpipes...ahh, voice..."
"Probably the most famous of their catalog."
"I got this album for my 16th birthday, 1981."
"Deep Purple's Roger Glover had been the producer since that but when guitarist Manuel Charlton decided to take the job on 'Hair Of The Dog', he really hit that bit higher, by adding more power and giving it more punch while keeping the rawness required for this hard rock bonanza."
"Remastered sound is a clear improvement over old CD."
Best Classical Marches
TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS: From Elvis's I'll Be Home for Christmas to Bing Crosby's White Christmas...Pavarotti's O Holy Night to Alabama's Tennessee Christmas - this 2-CD set is the most recognized Christmas compilation ever.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a good collection of classic Christmas favorites that is good for background at any holiday gathering."
"I have a large collection of Christmas records and Cd's - This one you just put on and it brings back memories of he past."
"The songs I remember from my childhood."
"Has all the old songs from artists I listened to in my childhood."
"This is the ONLY Christmas collection."
Best Acoustic Blues
The album also topped many critics' "albums of the year" lists and gathered major music awards in the process, including eight Grammy Awards.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Her voice sounds even better than ever in this format. The combination of her voice and this music, along with the spaciousness of the sound, make for a great SACD."
"I highly recommend this CD if you love female vocalists - jazz, pop, country western - and to be introduced to a singer who will certainly make her mark on the music scene for years to come."
"Very talented, great voice and great songwriting as well."
"If I feel crappy, I put her on, and she can make me smile just about every time."
"This record is perfect for laying on the floor on a warm afternoon with the sun shing through the window."
"A must have SACD for every Jazz collection!"
"Listened to this CD 50 times minimum."
"I love the mix of tunes on this album -- and Nora sings every song from her heart."
Best Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music
The Most Relaxing Classical Music in The Universe, the 1st 2-CD set in the & Most Relaxing, series features some of the most well known classical pieces of all time, including Canon in D, Clair De Lune, Fur Elise, Ave Marie, Moonlight Sonata, Adagio for Strings, Greensleeves, and More!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Enjoyable and helps to unwind the day's events."
"Very good for relaxing."
"love this collection of classical music."
"Added this to my collection of relaxing music to fall asleep to."
"great music, very soothing."
Best Celtic New Age
Twenty years after her landmark. Watermark album, Enya's seventh. studio disc, 'And Winter Came' continues a phenomenally successful career that has included more than 70 million albums sold worldwide.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Enya is the queen of her genre."
"Along with "And Winter came...", I purchased two other holiday music CD's - those of Sarah Brightman ("A Winter Symphony") and Loreena McKennitt ("A midwinter's night dream"), and I must say Enya's is my favorite one. "And Winter came..." introduces this musical experience with a piece without lyrics, just tranquil "white" music. Songs that I find outstanding are the self-created "White is in the winter night", an up-tempo song that simply invites singing along its tune."
"Cd sounds incredible!"
"All Enya albums are great."
"Gorgeous seasonal sounds."
"Great CD."
Best British Music
The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"In fact, much of the album was written in India."
"I wrote this review in order to assist the general consumer make an informative decision when purchasing a product that they can't touch prior***."
"It's the Beatles' White Album - what else is there to say?"
"It has Bungalow Bill, Back in the USSR, Rocky Racoon, and Blackbird plus a lot more."
"A 2 CD "mini-box" with a picture book, and a small version of a collage poster that may have been part of the original album all those years ago."
"Awesome tunes written/performed by 4 awesome talented me."
"Album cover was slightly warped, but other than that it was sure nice to hear these old songs again."
"I could go in depth about this album in my review, but don't need to: This mono issue has different versions of many tracks that cannot be heard anywhere else, including the Anthology series."