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I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Seasick Steve

September 29, 2008
I first saw / heard Seasick Steve (Steve Wold) on Jools Holland's 'Later' TV show on the BBC a couple of years ago. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when he appeared on my TV screen. He looked more like a busker than a star in the making, but by the time he had finished his song, I was a fan, along with thousands of others who saw him that night. In short, he blew us all away. He was on the show again recently in order to publicise this new album and guess what, he blew us away again! The star performer.

This album is probably the result of Steve's first appearance on Jools' show and it would seem that Mr Holland has to some degree provided a guiding hand or least support, in it's making...the presence of Ruby Turner (A regular ... Read More:

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Dog House Music

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Seasick Steve

November 27, 2006
Like others, I saw the man on Jools Holland. I suppose the romantic in me loved the idea that this guy had experienced the lowest of the lows but had come through it all and was here playing his 3-string geetar live on the JH show. However, I liked what I heard and his enthusiasm for the blues was infectious. Okay, it's not as polished as the great blues musicians and he's not going to outdo Robert Cray for technical ability but just listen to the stories he tells and you'll be tapping your foot along. We all love to see people do well that have faced grim adversity and Seasick Steve provides a soulful, bizarre and honest approach to his version of the blues. So, stop being so cynical and give it a blast.

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Ring Of Fire: The Legend Of Johnny Cash

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Johnny Cash

November 21, 2005
I bought this album because I like a lot of the songs on the album and just wanted a general overview of Cash's career. I was also thrilled to see a cover of One by U2 on it (one of my favourite songs by them), and a couple of live songs; A Boy Named Sue in particular, because he was just such an incredible showman and it was great to listen to this imagining being there to witness him delivering such great performances.

This is a brilliant album and brilliant value for money; a great introduction to, or overview of, Cash's career.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Various Artists

August 28, 2000
I'm not from the US, my family hail from Kashmir and I was born in the UK, grew up listening to punk rock but WOW! The soundtrack literally drips with the era and place it hails from; every time I hear a snippet I swear I can feel the heat and smell the wheat - so amazing!

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The Unreleased Recordings

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Hank Williams

October 27, 2008
i would love to be able to comment on the quality of this cd, but as it has still not arrived i can't, so i have given it 5 stars anyway to maintain the average rating.

i ordered this item on the 10th of November for my dad's birthday on the 26th of november - more than 2 weeks later, despite a despatch date of 6-9 days, and a hefty shipping cost, it never arrived.

i am now writing this on the 5th december, with the item still not being sent out, nor any reason or explanation as to why not. i am almost certain that it will still not have been despatched in time for christmas, and probably not even november next year.

my girlfriend ordered 3 things for christmas gifts a week or so later, only one of these has been sent, while ... Read More:

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The Very Best Of Dolly Parton

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Dolly Parton

June 16, 2008
Has much has i Like Dolly Parton, I do wonder how many more times are her managers going to release her Greatest Hits & Best Of Albums.
I think she should come back and do something New!!

I brought Dolly Partons Greatest Hits back in 1999 The Album i have is a 2x Disc version With the same songs and same listings in the exact same track listing order has these 2 seperate Albums!! Why it has been Re-released has two seperate Volumes is beyond me, Especially when the version i have is still avalible to buy.

I have given this a 4 Star if it was a New greatest hits it would have got a 5 Star, However it isn't. And plus it's not Dolly's thought i blame the record company!!! :-)

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The Man Comes Around [Bonus Tracks]

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Johnny Cash

April 14, 2003
If the Grim Reaper traded in his scythe and recorded an album of melancholic country guitar music this, one imagines, is what it would sound like. Johnny Cash's rich Fire N' Brimstone tones haven't diminished one bit despite his advancing years, but listen carefully and we now find it tinged with something soft and imperceptibly fragile. Something almost like regret (or relief) of a life lived through.

Cash is one of those rare artists that can take a song, any song, and turn it utterly on its head, allowing the dark stuff of life to ooze out and re-contextualize it in ways you'd never even considered. Just listen to his version of We'll Meet Again. It belongs right at the end of Dr Strangelove when all the nukes are going off and the whole world has gone to heck. There's ... Read More:

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At Folsom Prison / At San Quentin (Remastered / Expanded) (2CD)

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Johnny Cash

January 30, 2006
I ordered this set after seeing it advertised in an email from Amazon. I was not very familiar with Johnny Cash, with the exception of Boy named Sue and Ring of Fire. This double CD really has blown me away. Cash's voice is great but the entertainment comes as much from his banter with the prisoners as from the songs, many of which have jail themes. All in all a great showcase for a natural performer. The sound quality is also excellent demonstrating better stereo effects than many modern albums.

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Cheap

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Seasick Steve

May 14, 2007
As I listen to this I'm driving to the Brecon Jazz festival. Here the jazz can range from heavy to funky but one pub there plays rock and blues all weekend in the face of all that jazz. This album make me feel like I'm there already - foot tapping, hip sswinging, real funky rocking blues. Brilliant!

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American V: A Hundred Highways

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Traditional Country
by: Johnny Cash

July 03, 2006
This is a masterpiece, this is how records should be done, crisp sounds, a great and passionate voice, an intensity that is difficult to see in other records. I think this is his best performance ever, too bad he was not there to listen to it. His version of "Further up on the road" is just unbelievable, I think Springsteen might have cried when he listened to it. Similarly "four strong winds" is really good and better, for example, than Neil Young's version on Comes a Time.
A record that will make you cry, with passion and soul. I don't give 5 stars easily but this is just too good.