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Jackie Brown

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by: Original Soundtrack

January 27, 1998
If you're reading this review and thinking about buying this album stop reading this review and get your charge card out.
This is, bar none, the best compilation album I've ever come across. I'm shamed to admit I was unfamiliar with many of the tracks and artists until I saw the film. In hindsight I now understand the magnitude of the gaping whole this was in the development of my muscial appreciation. A vista of 70's soul-funk really opened up for me post-Jackie-Brown.

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Braveheart - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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by: Choristers of Westminster Abbey London Symphony Orchestra James Horner

June 18, 1999
I recently listened to my copy of the Braveheart soundtrack and I can say that it is easily one of my favourite film scores that James Horner has composed and I will certainly be purchasing the second album with the DVD. There are many film soundtracks that I plan to buy and even re-buy for James Horner but Braveheart is certainly one that I recommend for people who are unfamiliar with his work as his other best scores are also good but for me the Braveheart music stands out on it's own.

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La Cage aux Folles: Original Broadway Cast

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from: Red Seal

June 13, 1986
Having seen a pro-am production of this show I can say that it is fantastic.I have seen it three times,and at each performance there has been a standing ovation. The musical numbers are wonderful. Take a listen and judge for yourself.

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Christmas

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by: Elaine Paige

October 30, 2006
There's only one track on this lovely album that doesn't really work. And that's the cover of Rose Royce's 'Wishin on a Star'. It's not an obvious choice for a Xmas album and it just doesn't sound Christmassy enough. It needed some sleigh bells. BUT don't let that put you off. Elaine's voice has of course always been top drawer and here, on this unfairly rather forgotten gem of an album, it's arguably at its peak. The highlight for me is 'Santa Claus is Comin To Town'. I've never heard a better arrangement of it. Different, yet still traditional. It's selling at such a reasonable price too. Thoroughly recommended. And doesn't she look gorgeous on the cover!

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It's Just Not Cricket - Volumes 1 and 2

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by: The 12th Man

May 10, 1999
I'd been hearing great things about the 12th Man (a.k.a. Billy Birmingham) on the grapevine for some time, so decided to give this one a try; I wasn't disappointed.
Despite numerous expletives and innuendos (be warned this is really adult humour) this is one of the best comedy recordings I have heard for a long time. The spoof Asian cricketer names, constant niggle between the commentators, ridiculous scorelines and constant emphasis on Richie Benaud's pronunciation of the "s" and "t" (i.e. 222 for 2) are HILARIOUS, and the whole script is dotted with some razor-sharp one-liners.
If you're familiar with Australia's Channel Nine cricket commentary you may get more out of this, but in places (even to the uninitiated) this is a rip-snorter!

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: 25 Years of Absolute Pleasure

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by: Original Soundtrack

February 26, 2008
I wanted to replace my old vinyl copy of the RHPS and could only find this version online at the time, so I bought it. I does have a couple of extra songs that my vinyl copy didn't, but it ALSO has dialogue running into each track which I find very irritating when all I want to do is listen to the music. If this doesn't bother you, then this is a great, comprehensive album. If it does, buy the other version now available at Amazon.

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Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack (Deluxe Packaging including A5 Hardback Book)

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by: Cast Of Mamma Mia The Movie

November 24, 2008
I wanted to replace my old vinyl copy of the RHPS and could only find this version online at the time, so I bought it. I does have a couple of extra songs that my vinyl copy didn't, but it ALSO has dialogue running into each track which I find very irritating when all I want to do is listen to the music. If this doesn't bother you, then this is a great, comprehensive album. If it does, buy the other version now available at Amazon.

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Amistad [1997]

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starring: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Arliss Howard, Tomas Milian, Austin Pendleton
directed by: Steven Spielberg

January 29, 2001
One of the best films I've ever seen. I first caught up with it late one night in the 90's and have been itching to watch it gain ever since. I found the content realistic and with little censorship made me face up to what really went on in the 1800's rather than being pampered with the traditional Hollywood take on events.

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Nyman - The Piano

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from: EMI

May 01, 2006
One of the best films I've ever seen. I first caught up with it late one night in the 90's and have been itching to watch it gain ever since. I found the content realistic and with little censorship made me face up to what really went on in the 1800's rather than being pampered with the traditional Hollywood take on events.

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Goon Show Classics: Enter Bluebottle (Previously Volume 2) (BBC Radio Collection)

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from: BBC Audiobooks Ltd

October 01, 1999
If you know about the Goons then you probably like them. They were the inspiration for Monty Python. The Goonshow was on the radio nearly every week for ten years, so the question is: where to start? My answer is this album. Everyone has their own opinion as to the best episodes, but if you don't like Napoleon's Piano then there's no hope for you! It really is a gem, together with International Christmas Pudding. Here they are on one album. Start here.