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Music : Smoke on the Mountain
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Smoke on the Mountain by: Various Artists |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0614187771426 Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack Label: Daywind Records Manufacturer: Daywind Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Daywind Records Release Date: September 08, 1998 Studio: Daywind Records Sales Rank: 124257 MPN: 1152 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Great music but no soul hereI have seen the stage production of Smoke on the Mountain done by a professional theatre group in Crossville, Tennessee, not far from the mountains of North Carolina where this play takes place. The play and the music were so outstanding that I looked for the CD on Amazon, but was somewhat disappointed when I got it and listened to it. The cover says "Music from the New York hit musical," and therein lies the problem. These people just don't do justice to this great down-home southern music, even though the liner notes claim that some of the artists are indeed southerners. Their performance is just too perfunctory. There's no soul in it. I still enjoy the CD, but my recommendation is to go see the play and hear the music in a southern venue ... Read More: Rating: - Depressing music done beautifully!I was unfamiliar with this show, and had an opportunity to be music director for a local production. Unfortunately, I was unable to do it...and began listening to the cd. At first, I was thrilled at the quality of the vocals (Clawson is excellent, as usual, as is everyone else on this album), at the wonderful arrangements, and at the fact that everything was in tune--quite unlike the similar songs and arrangements I grew up with in rural American churches. By the end of the cd, however, I was especially glad that I had been unable to involve myself for several months with the music. Several of the selections are truly of the depressing sort ("If you love your Mother, meet her in the skies"); I especially gagged at the song about the brothers ... Read More: Rating:  - A delightful experienceI have seen Smoke on the Mountain on stage and find this recording to be an excellent way of reliving that experience. The characterizations are solid and true and the arrangements excellent. The quality of singing is top notch and the instrumentals quite fine. I am a teacher of drama and teach this script to my students and find this recording is a good way to help them hear and visualize the action of the play. Rating: - Good but not particularly moving rendition of great songs.I assume this is the Daywind label recording of this popular musical comedy, which takes us to June, 1938, and the return of the Sanders Family Singers to gospel singing after a hiatus of five years. If so, it is NOT an original cast recording, and therein lies its problem. Several top-notch performers in the gospel music field are utilized, but there is no indication that any of them has ever performed the musical on stage. The singing and playing are professional, albeit with some curious editing and arranging, but not at all possessed of the enthusiasm that one hears onstage in a live production. The singers generally give us characterizations that are true to the script, with one exception. For some reason, this recording, following ... Read More: |
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