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Emmylou Harris' Cowgirl's Prayer, Rollin's Band Weight, Naxos Collection of Messien's works

So much music, so little time. Need to listen to everything and then go through them again!

EMMY LOU HARRIS: Wrecking Ball; FLEETWOOD MAC: Then Play On; NATHAN MILSTEIN: Bach: Partitas & Sonatas for Solo Violin (DG).

All Classic/RCAs: The Royal Ballet (Ansermet/ROHO); Pictures at an Exhibition (Reiner/CSO); Scheherazade(Reiner/CSO). There is a huge dropoff between the best RCAs, and merely excellent recordings.

SUSAN WERNER: Time Between Trains; THE CHIEFTAINS: Tears of Stone; Soundtrack from "The Last Starfighter."

Here's the one disc that I'd be proud to nominate for record of the year: THE DANDY WARHOLS: Bohemian Like You.

Disney's "Dinosaur" soundtrack; NOFX: Pump Up the Volume; VOODOO GLOW SKULLS.

METALLICA: Master of Puppets (The instrumental "Orion" has become my life's soundtrack lately.); BOSTON: Boston (Original LP! Side A is just classic rock at its best!); INDIGO GIRLS: Rites of Passage ("Galileo" and "Romeo & Juliet" for my emotional side).

JIM REEVES: The Intimate Jim Reeves; AL MARTINO: Capitol Collectors Series; JIM REEVES: Distant Drums.

Patricia Barber-nightclub Omara Portuondo Cesaria Evora-caf

DIANA KRALL: When I Look In Your Eyes (Verve); DANIEL BARENBOIM: Beethoven Piano Sonatas 8, 14 and 23 EMI Classics); RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (Award).

Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Stravinsky - Michael Tilson/San Francisco Symphony

ORMANDY: Prokofieff: Fifth Symphony; LOPEZ-COBOS: Respighi/Rossini: Boutique Fantastique; OUE: Copland: Third Symphony. That's enough to keep me out of trouble for a while.

My first CD on heavy rotaion is ERIC CLAPTON: Pilgrim(although I am not a fan of Clapton, this CD really captivated me while listening to it at a friend's home). I immediately went out and bought it. It is mesmerizing and really draws you into the music.The second CD on my heavy rotation is TEARS FOR FEARS: Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits). I saw this band when they were still together and it was one of the best live shows I had ever witnessed. They were one of the very few bands that came quite close to sounding as they did on the disc. The third CD is PETER GABRIEL: Shaking the Tree. I've always been a fan and this collection expresses his changing styles and even though some of the songs do sound dated there are others that are timeless classics. His voice is rather haunting and poetic. The duet with Kate Bush is absolutely stunning.

Gladiator soundtrack (Decca records 289 467 094-2) -- some of the best musical scores today are being written for the movies; RAY MONTFORD: One Step Closer (Softail Records 2K01) -- acoustic guitar at its finest, very full and rich sound; LEE RITENOUR: Alive In L.A. (GRP Records GRSD9882) -- live jazz guitar has never sounded better. Fantastic!

THE APPLESEED CAST: Mare Vitalis; MAMMOTH VOLUME: Noara; DANCE QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: Rated R

Indigenous The Doors Strange Days (vinyl) CSNY Four Way Street

DR. DRE: 2001; R. KELLY: TP-2.COM; BRITNEY SPEARS: Oops...

Enya Watermark Patrica Barber Companion Peter Gabriel Secert World Live

converter - blast furnace add n to x - avant hard vromb - emission pilote

ARIA II FleetWood Mac Rumors

MCCOY TYNER: with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster (Telarc SACD 63488SA) - great music and a fine recording, these guys come right into your music room to play; OSCAR PETERSON, RAY BROWN, MILT JACKSON: The Very Tall Band (Telarc SACD 83443SA) - Very good music selection, excellent performances, and terrific recording, especially with venue acoustics and audience sounds from the Blue Note; PATRICIA BARBER: Nightclub (Blue Note/Premonition 27290) - standards via Barber's special interpretation. This intimate recording feels like Patty's crooning while holding my hands on a Manhattan rooftop looking at a nighttime skyline.

ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE: Facing Future; SARA BRIGHTMAN: La Luna; CLASSICS IV: Traces. While the last one isn't new, it's new to me. You can't beat picking up a clean LP for $1 at a swap meet and discovering it is a good album.

MONTE MONTGOMERY: 1st and Repair (you must review this CD!); FRANK SINATRA: Sinatra at the Sands (need I say more?); TOWER OF POWER: Soul Vaccination (just saw them at the Bottom Line and they were great).

PETER GABRIEL: Passion Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ; DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Crash; CHUCK ISRAELS QUARTET: The Bellingham Sessions 2.

MEDESKI, MARTIN & Wood: The Dropper; BJORK: Selmasongs; RADIOHEAD: Kid A.

DAN HICKS: the new one; MARSHALL TUCKER BAND: 3 (reissue); BIG SANDY & HIS FLY RITE BOYS: Straighten Up and Fly Right. All on clear, non-tick, pristine, and oh-so-mellow CDs. Life is mellow, don't you agree?

ERIC CLAPTON/B.B. KING: Ridin' With The King (my vote for album of the year); JIMMY BUFFETT: Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays And Saturdays; Mosaic's Complete Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter Vee Jay Recording. But that's today, who knows what tommorrow will bring?

Bruckner: Symphony #9 (Reference Recordings); FLOWER KINGS: Stardust We Are; REROPOLIS: Alive on Planet Earth (This band is the best progressive rock band I have discovered in years. I can't get enough of them. I'm trying to find their entire catalog); ERIC JOHNSON: Alien Love Child.

1. Tony Overwater - "OP" (Turtle Records) 2. Patricia Barber - "Companion" (Blue Note) 3. Placebo - "Black Market Music" (Hut)