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Music CD - Ry Cooder: Music by Ry Cooder
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Music CD: Music by Ry Cooder
Artist: Ry Cooder
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $12.39
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Paris, Texas
2. Theme From Southern Comfort
3. Theme From Alamo Bay
4. Across The Borderline
5. Highway 23
6. Bomber Bash
7. Greenhouse
8. Nice Bike
9. I Like Your Eyes
10. Main Theme
11. See You In Hell, Blind Boy
12. Feelin' Bad Blues
13. Swamp Walk
14. Angola
15. Viola Lee Blues
16. The Long Riders
17. Archie's Funeral (Hold To God's Unchanging Hand)
18. Jesse James
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624598725
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 1995-07-11
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Ry Observations
Comment: Ry Cooder is an American treasure; he belongs in the Smithsonian. Who else would begin a long, restless, ethno-musicological folk/rock guitar odyssey by working in that enclave of oddity known as Captain Beefheart's Magic Band? Cooder didn't exactly burst onto the scene in 1970, but, with that vintage Airstream posed in the desert, and emerging hipster friends like Randy Newman and Van Dyke Parks, he eased onto it in a big way. From the very start, Cooder focused all his attention on the song itself. He obviously loved tracking down obscure, dust-covered numbers, frequently from as far back as the Great Depression. Often they had a narrative quality, as in the splendid, "F.D.R. In Trinidad." His style was lean and elegant, flashy solos were avoided, however, his complete command of the instrument was obvious.
By the time I saw him, in 1974, he'd already achieved cult status through session work on Let It Bleed, and his memorable LP, Into The Purple Valley. Rolling Stone Magazine would later rank him #8 on its list of all-time greatest guitarists. Playing solo, in an undecorated gymnasium, he put on a clinic that was at times downright chilling. Cooder spent a considerable amount of time playing the mandolin, and there were moments when it seemed he would rip the thing into shreds. As to his singing, well, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either, however, everything else about his music was so extraordinary one could politely pretend it wasn't there.
"Music by Ry Cooder" is a very reasonably priced 2-CD set that contains 34 tracks, only a few of which have vocals. Freddy Fender's singing on The Border makes you wish he hadn't crossed. King Of The Street, featuring not one but two rappers with Ice in their names, is as pleasant as running a band saw over your hand. Cooder contributes a couple - compared to them he's Marvin Gaye! After that it gets downright fascinating - you'll find the Throat Singers of Tuva and Native American chants by Jones Benally - appearing respectively in Goyalka Is Coming and Train to Florida. These two tracks are so profoundly moving and ethereal that they alone make the purchase worthwhile. But that's only the beginning.
Because the music is taken from a wide variety of film scores, spanning 16 years, the vast majority of it is instrumental - no vocals. Sometimes you get Cooder brooding and melancholic, (Paris,Texas), sometimes cookin', Bomber Bash, sometimes solo, and sometimes with great back-up - but you almost always get the unadulterated pin-point spot on the guitar-wizardry itself. In this regard the 2-CD set is a rare treat, and vastly superior to your typical Ry Cooder album which often has "just enough material to get by." Indeed, many Cooder CDs are tall on price and short on content. "Music by Ry Cooder" is a great way to get immersed in the genius of this American maestro, in all of its many manifestations, inexpensively.
A word about the Wim Wenders film, Paris, Texas. You could walk a very long way before finding a movie more profoundly moving than this one. The Ry Cooder soundtrack is so perfect, and so haunting, that it becomes a primary character. The Paris, Texas soundtrack is available and also highly recommended.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Movie music that's not.
Comment: Great! A little of everything showing Ry Cooder's range. If you like slide guitar and delta blues, you'll love it.
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Summary: Captures The Mood
Comment: Ry Cooder has always been one of the most understated players I listen to; He hides in layers, almost demanding your complete attention to fully hear and understand each musical statement; Some of his best material has always been from the movies; 'Southern Comfort', 'Johnny Handsome', and 'The Long Riders' have some of his best work(sadly this CD was released before 'Last Man Standing', which I consider some of his rawest work to date...). Still, while not every track here is a great one, this is a nice CD to throw on and go about your day, pausing every once in awhile for those moments that will catch your ear...and there are plenty of them. Lots of different styles of music, mostly instrumental. Nice production; Excellent headphone experience; A really good retrospective of an excellent musician.
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Summary: If you're a Ry Cooder Fan, and you like Instrumental Music......
Comment: For those of you that are fans of 'Ry Cooders' work, collecting his music is something of a daunting proposition. With a collection of regular Studio albums totalling some 25+ albums (with 2005 utterly sublime "Chavez Ravine", being the most recent). If you are (like I am) a relatively newbie to his music, picking which albums to start with is an slightly tricky option.
For someone that has handled a multitude of genres: Rock, Blues-Rock, Ethnic Fusion, Slide Guitar Blues, Cuban, Film Music, Roots Rock, Latin, Worldbeat, & Blues, finding an album that encapsulates all his influences is going to be a compilers nightmare. Unfortunately...this isn't it!!, but before you head off to view the reviews for: "Why Don't You Try Me Tonight?: The Best of Ry Cooder" (Tremendous, overall 1 Cd Summary of his work), or "River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder", as compilations of his work. You should be really give this reasonably expensive 2-Cd compilation, your attention. Why??....well, this isn't as mentioned before, an 'Overall Summary' of his work, and instead is a compilation of the great many compositions for film soundtracks, that he has either composed or performed over the years.
This is predominately an album that although focusing on soundtracks, shows an incredible level of diversity and proficiency on his chosen instrument....(The Guitar), and seeing as Ry is one of the most gifted guitar Multi-instrumentalists of his generation, his excellence of his many uses of guitar are perfectly captured here. Although a lot of the work here, showcases his unprecedented work with the 'Slide Guitar', and manages to be some of the most organically expressive and Lush sophisticated guitar work, committed to CD.
The various arrangements here, are an incredibly diverse bunch. Moving from, stark, acoustic slide pieces that are self-consciously introspection in tone, to both loose and sophisticated thoughtful tracks, powerful Electric guitar for the more traditional numbers, fragile and laid-back Cuban numbers, intimate and elegant Rhythm & Blues, Romantic and mellow Latin-tinged Jazz guitar, upbeat surf guitar melodies that float over altering rhythms, southern-styled U.S. roots numbers, mixed with bittersweet & gloomy country blues, or dusty North American folk songs that touch upon the more rustic side and earthy side of his playing. Some tracks even touch upon a uniquely modest sounding country & Western-tinged feel, and Cooders excellence in merging tracks that have a distinctly Mariachi feel, work across a magnificent cross-breeding of genres that truly highlight that the man is arguably deserving to be classed amongst some of the worlds greatest guitarist.
But what impresses most is the sense of mood and atmosphere that Ry is so superbly able to convey in what largely consists of the majority of the work here, which is Instrumental. (Although several tracks do feature vocals, there are more performed as vocal accompaniments to the instrumentals, rather than tracks with Lyrics, searching for instruments). And such is the proficiency of Ry performances, that it isn't hard to imagine what sort of film these quite stunning instrumentals are likely to be soundtracking. Although personally I didn't recognise any of the soundtracks on this two CD from any particular film, you get the impression that even if the film itself, might have been mediocre, the accompanying soundtrack music is tremendous.
Although this is a absolutely exceptional compilation and amongst some of Ry's greatest works, if you are new to the wonderful world of Ry Cooder, then I would have to suggest that unless you are a huge fan of instrumental tracks (which admittedly, I am...) you should first get yourself acquainted with his more largely recognised works/Studio albums, even if it's just a studio album or two (I very strongly suggest): "Into The Purple Valley", "Paradise and Lunch", "The Long Riders", "A Meeting by the River", "Chavez Ravine"....or a compilation, to bring yourself up to speed with the great mans work, as It leads perfectly into this album, which is a beautifully compiled work of his virtuosity with the guitar. And for those that already are familiar with the great mans work, (or merely want an album of intricately performed, and expressive guitar music), should add this to their Cooder collections immediately. I have around 5 Ry Cooder albums (and growing), and this is arguably one of the albums that has the most plays, due to the sheer volume of material contained, the accessibility of the tracks and more importantly an album that doesn't necessarily require you to be in a particular mood to enjoy. (I use this album to occasionally Chill-out to, have as background music when I'm working, or indeed just fancy listening to something different), a absolute 'Must have' if your a fan of Ry Cooders work.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Good Stuff Is Good Stuff!!
Comment: I enjoy the movie 'Southern Comfort' which had it's soundtrack performed by Ry Cooder. This is the only CD (I believe) that features the songs from that film. This is a collection that features a diverse selection of Ry Cooder's music from a number of films. Some of it is very good. The track 'Theme From Southern Comfort' is very haunting especialy if you turn all the lights out and listen to it in darkness. I also really like the track 'Klan Meeting' from the film The Alamo, however I've never seen the film itself. Another film I do have is 'The Long Riders' which also featured Ry Cooder in the soundtrack. Some of these tracks are included here and are good listening.
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Ostensibly a collection of Cooder's film music, the two-CD Music by Ry Cooder delivers the cinematic quality of a good soundtrack album but packs the kind of ferocious jams--featuring crack players such as John Hiatt, Jim Keltner, David Lindley, and Jim Dickinson--that you'll never hear on a John Williams score. Cooder's melancholy acoustic and electric-slide moans are a constant, though the material shifts from the plaintive piano tune "I Like Your Eyes" (from Johnny Handsome) to the border-town ballad "Across the Borderline" (featuring Freddy Fender) to the grit-and-spit stomp of "Bomber Bash" (from Streets of Fire). From cowboy serenades to contemporary exotica, from Paris, Texas to Alamo Bay, Cooder's soundtrack legacy is a strangely unified cross section of an American master's finest and most varied work. --James Rotondi
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