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."
Some album highlights: the McCartney popularized #1 single, Mull of Kintyre, Amazing Grace 2007, a reworking of Rod Stewarts `Sailing,' and film themes Dances with Wolves & The Last of the Mohicans.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Also, this was the first time that I've ever heard the Pachelbel CANON done with bagpipes, and I think that it is very impressive. I first heard Highland Cathedral while watching the televised farewell ceremonies of the 1997 Hong Kong Handover."
"Beautiful spirit of the Royal Scotts Dragoon Guards player."
"I bought this CD for one song but I found the entire album to be very enjoyable."
"Very enjoyable."
"One of the most beautiful albums I've ever bought."
Recorded at Knopfler's award-winning British Grove Studios in West London, Get Lucky was co-produced with longtime collaborators, engineer Chuck Ainlay and keyboardist Guy Fletcher and featured Richard Bennett, Danny Cummings, John McCusker, Matt Rollings and Glenn Worf.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The album as a whole is a disappointment as I was expecting stronger songs like those from my favourite releases "Golden Heart" or "Sailing To Philadelphia"."
""Border Reiver", "Before Gas and TV", "Cleaning My Gun", "Get Lucky" and my favorite song on the album "So Far From Clyde"."
"Hard to beat guitar work like this."
"He writes like Dylan, plays guitar like Clapton (different style, but you get the idea), and his compositions keep getting better and better, especially in the good company of the likes of Guy Fletcher and Richard Bennett. The orchestration sets this album apart for me. I think that Guy Fletcher had a lot to do with that aspect of this album, and I hope that there will be STRINGS that accompany the band on their spring North American tour."
"This album is, in my estimation, better than either Kill to Get Crimson or Shangri La, both of which I love. It subsumes what Knopfler did on those albums, pulls in what was transcendent about The Ragpicker's Dream, as well as pointing backward to other Knopfler gems, like the soundtrack to Local Hero and to Golden Heart, which doesn't get the airplay it deserves, even from Knopfler fans. If you dug The Scaffolder's Wife, Hard Shoulder (my favorite on this album) is going to give you shivers -- and make you think, interestingly enough, about Elvis Costello's best lyrics, despite the musical differences, and (I'll bet) Burt Bacharach."
"I have it on my Ipod and when I put it on shuffle, the songs would come up from time-to-time and they began to really grab me. The songs have great stories and are told in music that is amazing. With each new album Mark becomes more and more content allow the other musicians to step forward."
Best Scottish Folk
Fiddle virtuoso Bonnie Rideout celebratesChristmas with this enthusiastic holiday performance that she takes on the road each year, playing at performing arts centers and large theaters nationwide in November and December. Rideout performs along with the Scottish Christmas Ensemble - a group of internationally renowned musicians including the City of Washington Pipe Band and dancers from the Scottish Highlands!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Beautiful, calming, seasonal music that is not overly familiar."
"excellent solid instrumental."
"I'm married to a Scotsman."
"It's a nice break from the same Christmas songs you hear every year."
"A truly amazing album."
"awesome,, Scotland and Christmas, what more could a person ask for, well maybe to be there."
"I love this one."
"The CD was fine, as was the packaging, but the CD case was cracked."
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 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 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.
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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."
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."