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Letting Go of Stress

by: Steven Halpern, Emmett Miller

Release Date June 03, 2003
CD is very calming and helpful with effective relaxation exercises. Soft, soothing male voice takes you through a visualization of different muscle groups with tightening then letting go of them. My husband always fall asleep before one session is over. This has been very helpful in treating his Chronic Pelvis Pain Syndrome.

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Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 (Digipak with 72-page booklet)

by: Pink Anderson, Gid Tanner, Gus Cannon, Emmett Miller, Charlie Poole, Dallas String Band, Grant Brothers, Uncle Dave Macon, Beans Hambone, Clarence Ashley

Release Date October 04, 2005
what a great compilation of pre-war old-timey music, including an informative booklet withlots of pictures. You will not find any of these recordings anywhere else so snatch this one up while it is still available. I don't want to get into the particulars of any one artist or song, 'cause they're all great and listened together in context makes it all that much greater.

CD-Charts Position 3
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100 Fiedler Favorites

from: RCA

Release Date October 11, 1994
When I was a child in the late 50's and 60's, the evening meal was eaten at the dining table, with the whole family gathered together. We always had music playing ... usually Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra. This great collection of Arthur Fiedler's works includes many of Fiedler's favorites, but also many of my family's favorites, too.

I have my entire CD collection in ITunes, and added this compilation to the others. I now have over 16 Fiedler CD collections, which total over 28 CD's. I am surprised at how many pieces are not duplicated from other CD's or CD collections in "100 Fiedler Favorites."

When I first played these 7 CD's, I was thrilled. However, when I compared the duplicates from this collection ... Read More:

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Broadway: America's Music 1935-2005

from: Decca Broadway

Release Date October 18, 2005
When I was a child in the late 50's and 60's, the evening meal was eaten at the dining table, with the whole family gathered together. We always had music playing ... usually Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra. This great collection of Arthur Fiedler's works includes many of Fiedler's favorites, but also many of my family's favorites, too.

I have my entire CD collection in ITunes, and added this compilation to the others. I now have over 16 Fiedler CD collections, which total over 28 CD's. I am surprised at how many pieces are not duplicated from other CD's or CD collections in "100 Fiedler Favorites."

When I first played these 7 CD's, I was thrilled. However, when I compared the duplicates from this collection ... Read More:

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The Minstrel Man from Georgia

by: Emmett Miller

Release Date August 21, 2001
I too, purchased this after hearing Merle Haggards "I Love Dixe Blues" tribute (which incidently would have been much better if he would have stuck to the original concept, instead of making it a live concert with his own songs). While I found this recording very enjoyable, to call it the rosetta stone of county music is blind hype. This theory seems to be based on three things: Bob Wills covering "Right or Wrong", Hank Williams covering "Lovesick Blues" and Jimmie Rodgers simular yodeling style. First of all, how many hundreds of blues and jazz recordings did Wills and the Texas Playboys cover? Does the fact that Emmmett Miller was obscure, make him more of an influence than Duke Ellington? Second, in Nick Tosches book COUNTRY, he keeps mentioning ... Read More:

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Western Swing Texas: 1928-1944

from: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr

Release Date November 06, 2001
I too, purchased this after hearing Merle Haggards "I Love Dixe Blues" tribute (which incidently would have been much better if he would have stuck to the original concept, instead of making it a live concert with his own songs). While I found this recording very enjoyable, to call it the rosetta stone of county music is blind hype. This theory seems to be based on three things: Bob Wills covering "Right or Wrong", Hank Williams covering "Lovesick Blues" and Jimmie Rodgers simular yodeling style. First of all, how many hundreds of blues and jazz recordings did Wills and the Texas Playboys cover? Does the fact that Emmmett Miller was obscure, make him more of an influence than Duke Ellington? Second, in Nick Tosches book COUNTRY, he keeps mentioning ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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OKeh Western Swing {Various Artists }

from: Epic

Release Date May 16, 1990
I love this album...it is one of the first times I heard Western Swing.

Contrary to what some of the reviews say, it *is* or at least was available on disc. Mine says CBS Special Products A 37324, and below that DIDP 072015.

I'm afraid I took it out of the Jewel Box to put it in a sleeve, and some of the notes are missing, so this may not be all the numbers, but it is everything on the disc itself. It's well worth tracking down, assuming you can.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Emmett Miller with His Georgia Crackers

by: Emmett Miller

Release Date June 23, 2000
I love this album...it is one of the first times I heard Western Swing.

Contrary to what some of the reviews say, it *is* or at least was available on disc. Mine says CBS Special Products A 37324, and below that DIDP 072015.

I'm afraid I took it out of the Jewel Box to put it in a sleeve, and some of the notes are missing, so this may not be all the numbers, but it is everything on the disc itself. It's well worth tracking down, assuming you can.