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by (Performer: The Beegie Adair Trio)
ISBN: B00004T01R
Binding/Media: Audio CD
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. ALL DISKS ARE CHECKED FOR IMPERFECTIONS PRIOR TO LISTINGS. CD in original case. While cd plays perfectly, the case has light scratches on the outside. CD from private collection.
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I absolutely love this CD
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-12-28
A friend at work had this CD and offered it to me to listen to on a particularly stressful day. I loved it! I ordered this one and two others by Beegie Adair and play them all the time at home. I play them as background music and I've actually had friends for dinner who have inquired as to what CDs they were because they enjoyed them so much. I then ordered five more of the Love, Elvis CD to give as Christmas gifts!!!
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Beegie Adair___whoever thought she could do Elvis' music so beautifully
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-07-02
I almost hesitated to order this album. I had several albums by Beegie, and loved them all. But I just couldn't see how she could do Elvis' music. To my surprise, this is my favorite album. I have listened to it so many times, and it is as if it's the first time, every time. This is a must have.
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Most enjoyable
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-12-21
I was surprisingly pleased with this disc, not being an avid Elvis Presley fan. It does not have the more intricate jazz that I like so much on Beegee's Sentimental Journey set. However, it is still very enjoyable music.
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Definitely among the short list of great jazz pianists
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-07-18
Reading through some other comments, I'd like to throw in my own three cents. Beegie Adair should indeed be considered among the short list of great jazz pianists. Her recordings are one thing. Here LIVE PERFORMANCES are quite another.
On Love Elvis, Beegie Adair and her trio present the great romantic songs of Elvis Presley in a, yes, "romantic" and "easy on the ears" format. Intentionally created for dinners, candlelight moments, and those oh-so-grand times of canoodling with your heartmate. Few people can make Elvis covers listenable, and Adair's success at doing so is proven by the fact that this project has sold nearly 10 times what a "typical" jazz record sells....and it continues to sell.
This in no way dismisses her from inclusion among Bill Evans, George Shearing, Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Tommy Flanagan, Gene Harris, et al. Still a sceptic? Go see her live concerts. I've attended dozens of them, and I have every single recording she has made (23 to date).
Again, her recordings are great, no doubt. Her live performances are beyond great. Hear for yourself.
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Lovely tribute despite of the thought of Elvis songs
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-10-17
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was skeptical about this one. Playing Elvis songs on piano? But it turned out great. Beegie makes it her own. Soft and classy. Must have!
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by Spike Jones
ISBN: B0000032Y4
Binding/Media: Audio CD
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. CD in original case; good playing condition with no scratches. From personal collection - NOT a library discard.
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Peter's old flame, Boris
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-06-30
Both volumes of RHINO's Spike Jones radio show CDs include a double-panel insert with the same one-page bio. The two half-hour programs on each album were dubbed off oversized LPs known as "transcription discs." Condition of these antique records varies. Here, the first broadcast has lower fidelity and more crackle than the second, which may be short 90 by seconds.
SHOW #1
CBS broadcast sponsored by Coca-Cola originates from Boston. The 'aggregation' murder "Charlie My Boy." "Seeing America With Spike": Boston Tea Party; Harvard law professor; M.I.T. atomic research scientist; Prof. Feitlebaum (Doodles Weaver) does "Down Among the Sheltering Palms." Joe King for Coca-Cola. City Slickers version of a horse opera. Spike and guest Boris Karloff banter. Karloff's horror bedtime story, "Frankenstein's Mother-In-Law" or: "Paul Revere's Other Horse." Joe King Coke adv. Spike announces next week's guest, Basil Rathbone. Karloff publicizes his upcoming Abbott & Costello film, "Meet the Killers."
SHOW #2
Spike with Dorothy Shay (the Park Avenue Hillbilly). City Slickers do "After You've Gone." George Rock's razzy speech impediment. Prof. Feitlebaum ruins "Quanta la gusta." The band races through "Tiger Rag." Dick Joy delivers Coca-Cola spot. Dick Baldwin, Paul Frees (as Lorre) and Slickers' classic, "My Old Flame." Guest Peter Lorre does his own version of the song. Dick Joy for Coke. Upcoming guest: Ralph Edwards (of "Truth or Consequences").
PROGRAM--
[4:03] Introduction, Helen Grayco (Mrs. Jones) and writer Eddie Brandt
[25:04] "Spotlight Revue" (guest: Boris Karloff, 4/9/49)
[2:26] Eddie Brandt intro
[23:42] "Spotlight Revue" (guest: Peter Lorre, 12/10/48)
[0:28] Helen Grayco outro
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 55:43
Related item:
The second (and final) edition of SPIKE JONES - THE RADIO YEARS features Frank Sinatra and Lassie.
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Old Time Radio Fun!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-01-09
All I can say is Spike Jones was one of a kind. I'm an old time radio fan and these shows, with their celebrity guests (particularly the horror/mystery ones, like Karloff & Lorre), make it even more fun to listen to.
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Thank you, music lovers!
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-05-03
This CD features two half-hour episodes of the Spike Jones radio show from the late 1940s. The first episode guest-stars Boris Karloff. The second episode guest-stars Peter Lorre. Both shows are pretty funny, in a slightly corny kind of way. I should mention that this CD is not Volume 2 of the series, it's Volume 1.
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Spike's radio shows are even better than his albums!
Rating (4)
Date: 1999-10-21
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
A lot of you probably know of Spike due to his classic parodies of songs like Cocktails for Two, replete with fiddle solo and gunfire. But he also had a successful radio run, as well as a TV show. Most of the humor is typical Spike "my musicians don't know what they're doing" humor, but a lot of fun. The Lorre/Karloff CD is a blast. Quality of the recording is very good, and there are two tracks that talk about Spike, from the point of fellow musicians and the like. Obviously includes several musical numbers, but is a great humor CD, on par with Jack Benny or Abbott/Costello. If you like Spike at all, this is a must own. Now I need to find more!
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