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Originally titled RANDY NEWMAN CREATES SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN and released with a hopelessly unhip album cover, Randy Newman's heavily-orchestrated debut album has more in common with Van Dyke Parks's SONG CYCLE or Harpers Bizarre's ANYTHING GOES than the stripped-down sound of Newman's better-known '70s albums. (Uncoincidentally, both the latter were also produced by Newman's childhood friend Lenny Waronker; Newman was involved in both songwriting and arrangement.)
The album is best known for early examples of Newman's satiric gifts such as "Davy the Fat Boy," the middle-America-mocking "The Beehive State," and "So Long, Dad." But more serious and emotional songs like "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad" and the majestic "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" (impressively covered by the likes of Judy Collins and Dusty Springfield) reveal a deeper side to Newman's songwriting that's sometimes overshadowed by the more overtly funny songs.
Live Recording
Includes original release liner notes by Stan Cornyn.
Personnel includes: Randy Newman (vocals, piano); Anthony Terran (trumpet); Herb Ellis, Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Larry Knechtel, Carol Kaye, Al Casey, Milton Bernhardt.
Rolling Stone (8/10/95, p.60) - "...Newman's drawling, bluesy vocals cut against the lush conventionality of the settings like a squirt of lemon juice in milk....One of the most deliciously unsettling albums ever made."
Q (4/00, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Cynical, ironic and venomous, it sets the stage for 30 years of nasty songs..."
Mojo (Publisher) (7/95, p.113) - "...Everything that's great about Randy Newman can be found [here]...the benign condescension towards Middle America ('The Beehive State'), the effortlessly modulated melancholy ('Living Without You')...and the elaborate orchestrations betraying the influence of his movie-scoring uncles..."
NME (Magazine) (2/14/00, p.42) - 7 out of 10 - "...an oddball hybrid of burlesque show tunes and sardonic singer-songwriting....makes for edifying listening..." Randy Newman Music Review Purchase Randy Newman CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Best Of Ernest Ashworth CD (1991)
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| | Randy Newman Little Criminals CD (1977)
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Newman's most commercially successful album opens with his misunderstood masterpiece, "Short People." Of course he is not being derogatory towards people of restricted growth, that's just the way it seems. Those who understand Mr. Newman's brilliant pathos and irony know he has a heart of gold. After all, what heart of stone could write evocative material such as "Baltimore" and "I'll Be Home." It is widely known that Newman is one of America's greatest ever songwriters--if only his music could be more widely known and appreciated, and not have to rely on "helping hands" of the Eagles to escalate its US sales and chart position.
Randy Newman's most commercially successful album opens with his misunderstood masterpiece "Short People." Of course he is not being derogatory towards people of restricted growth, that's just the way it seems, according to his dark, twisted worldview. Those who understand Mr. Newman's brilliant pathos and irony know he has a heart of gold--after all, no heart of stone could write evocative material such as "Baltimore" and "I'll Be Home." Newman is widely regarded as one of America's greatest songwriters, ...
| | Randy Newman Born Again CD (1979)
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By the late-'70s, Newman had begun to take the contributions of his L.A. session musician buddies a little too seriously, allowing their smooth sound to dominate his records instead of providing a foil to his unconventional compositions. Here and on subsequent albums, Newman's songs fight a tug-of-war with the arrangements. Fortunately, the songs on BORN AGAIN are strong enough to stand up to anything this side of Arif Mardin. Newman is in rare ironic form from the get-go, with the unapologetic capitalist anthem "It's Money That I Love." The ominous "Pretty Boy" unsentimentally examines xenophobia and bully psychology (and is the obvious role model ...
| | Randy Newman 12 Songs CD (1970)
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Newman began his career as a contract songwriter, before embarking on a recording career renowned for sardonic wit. On this, ...
| | Randy Newman Sail Away CD (1972)
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Though 1968's RANDY NEWMAN introduced a major songwriting talent, and 1970's 12 SONGS still stands among the artist's best work, 1972'S SAIL AWAY has the strength and sophistication of an immediate, indisputable classic. Combining the lush orchestration of his debut with 12 SONG's lean, small-combo sound, SAIL AWAY marks Newman's prowess as a composer and arranger of the first order. His ear for melody, instrumentation, and the literary, often scathingly satiric nature of his lyrics are applied to perfection. The title track, a beautiful piano-strings duet sung from the point of view of a slave ship captain enticing Africans to America, is a case in point.
Every song on SAIL AWAY is memorable, from the tongue-in-cheek cabaret lament "Lonely At The Top" to the whimsical ragtime of "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" to the deliciously ironic and astute "Political Science." Newman can go from rock-inspired slink ("Last Night I Had A Dream") to charmingly lyrical ("Dayton, Ohio--1903) to fiercely caustic ("God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"-- a song narrated from God's point of view about the stupidity of humanity), yet his writing is always infused with intelligence, wit, and piercing insight. That Newman's songcraft and musical textures are impeccable only adds to stature of this excellent record.
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| | Female Blues Singers: Complete Recorded Works: Vol. 6 (1922-28). CD (1997) Import
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A wide variety of obscure singers have their entire and brief recording careers reissued on this CD, the sixth of 14 discs in this fascinating series. Included are two songs apiece by Dorothy Everetts, Madam Hurd Fairfax (who was really a semi-opera singer performing spirituals), Georgie Gorham, and Betty Gray, four songs by Miss Frankie (including two numbers in which she is backed by pianist Eubie Blake), three ...
| | There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere CD (2003) (Import) Import; Germany
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| | Architecture In Helsinki In Case We Die CD (2005)
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Following up their ambitious 2003 debut just two years later with this similarly complex, challenging set, Australia's Architecture in Helsinki established themselves as purveyors of tongue-in-cheek prog-rock for people who shudder at the term. Witty lyrics playfully mingle with majestic ...
| | Omega Johnson Flashbacks/Whispers In The Dark CD (2004)
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This lead single from the forthcoming album "The Blackbird" has been making its buzz from Omega Johnson's hometown of NYC to as far as Estonia, Paris, and Germany. A member of the semi-defunct NYC-based unit known as Critical Mass (Bush Babees, UTD, Natural Resource, Mhorlocks), OJ takes time to bring hip-hop back so its basics, while at the same time hitting fans with raw, sharp-edged flows and lyrics._____"[Omega's] either a genius, or [he's] fucking insane... and sometimes the two are one in the same." - Alan Scott Plotkin, Audio Engineer (Public Enemy, Flipmode Squad, Vanessa Williams)_____Raised in Queens, New York, Omega "OJ" Johnson (who has also been known as Dok Who?!) is a powerful lyricist who has been a part of hip-hop culture since the early 1980s--in "Flashbacks", Omega goes back to "the refrigerator box [he] used to rehearse windmills on [...] it was 'Jay-Ice' out in the park". During the time he spent learning classical piano, Omega also started to pen his own lyrics, inspired not only by the songs of Afrika Bambataa, Sugar Hill gang, and Doug E. Fresh, but by a wide range of musical genres, from Jazz to R&B and 80s Rock. In 1987 he took the name 'Esquire', and took the stage as well, from the streets of New York to the platforms of Vermont, gathering a fan base before he had even gathered his own music. By 1989 he self-produced his first demo tape, leading a group he named The First Order, and won the crowd over at Brooklyn Technical High School, where he attended during the birth of the street gang Decepticons, and where he met longtime friend Mr. Khaliyl, formerly of the group Bush Babees. After a number of shows in various New York school districts, First Order was disbanded in 1991, and Esquire was called to lead a new group, 'Point Blank'. With this change in direction, Esquire also changed his identity to Mr. Omega, the 'Mandroid' to personify his precise flow and train of thought. When asked why the choice of Omega, he details it as "the end of nonsense that leads to new beginnings."Point Blank, which soon became know as Dreadnaughts, went through a wide range of performances, most notably ranging from schools such as Fashion Institute of Technology, to Riker's Island and the world-famous Apollo Theater. During this time the Dreadnaughts were interviewed and aired by Ralph McDaniels for the popular underground video program 'Video Music Box'. Upon the growing popularity of a similar group, Dredknots, the Dreadnaughts decided to search out a new name and carry their fan base along. A suggestion from Ug of former Loud Records signees Cella Dwellas confirmed the name of the group and surrounding unit to 'Mhorlocks'. While Ug had thought of comic-book series X-Men, Omega more aligned the name with H.G. Wells "The Time Machine"--beings of darkness who preyed on the naivete of surface walkers. The Mhorlocks had built a strong reputation in New York City through the 1990s, as a member of the family known as Critical Mass-- including Bush Babees, UTD, and Natural Resource. They formed further alliances, eventually sharing the stage with the likes of J-Live, Natural Resource, Jean Grae, and many others. A respected member of the hip-hop community, they ...
| | Don Gibson Mr. Lonesome CD (2006)
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| | Bloody Hollies Who To Trust, Who To Kill, Who To Love CD (2007)
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The Bloody Hollies don't stray dangerously far from the fast/loud/hard sound that dominated their first two long-players on album number three, the brilliantly titled Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love, but at the same time this is certainly the group's most ambitious and accomplished set to date. Along with the garage punk blama-lama that's their bread and butter, the Bloody Hollies add some dashes of hard rock guitar swagger and glam-styled attitude on these ten tunes, and the moody organ intro to "Mona" kicks off the show with more texture and detail than you might expect from these guys. But don't let the new layers of depth and occasional subtlety throw you -- the Bloody Hollies are still here to rock the house, and they shake it to its foundations on this record, ...
| | Brent-Emory Johnson Land Of The Free CD (2002)
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Brent-Emory..Johnson travels throughout America, teaching people how to preserve their natural rights from the ever-intrusive, encroaching regulatory arm of government.Land ...
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