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(More customer reviews)I can't say enough good things about this book. It's a one-of-a-kind must-have for anybody who loves music. A real class-act. The pictures and layout are fabulous, and to read interviews of writers talking about how they created some of some of your favorite songs is enlightening. But the CD's---the audio interviews with these wonderful creative people---are truly amazing. I especially loved hearing Graham Nash talk about Joni Mitchell and "Our House"---but all the interviews are super. You feel like you've been invited into the writer's living rooms and are sitting right there while they share their trials, tribulations, and victories. What can I say, I just loved the whole experience...reading, listening, looking. If I could afford it, I would buy this book for every one of my friends. As it is at least two of them will find this under their trees this Christmas.
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"Our house is a very, very, very fine house.With two cats in theyard, life used to be so hard..."In 1970, "Our House" was recordedand released by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and immediately became asentimental favorite for millions of fans.Its honest, romantic,homespun lyrics expressed a sentiment felt by all of us.To this day,the song remains a classic and is one whose melody and lyrics can besung and repeated by the millions of people whose lives it touched.Songs like these and many others have created landmark moments in allof our lives, marking and celebrating key events, past and bettertimes, current relationships, and hopes for the future.Now,Manuscript Originals has compiles the stories behind a collection of25 of the world's most celebrated songs in Off The Record, a stunningbook and CD collection that will commemorate the impact these classicsongs have had in our contemporary world.Original handwritten imagesof the lyrics from these classic songs rendered by their originalauthors and accompanied by the songwriter's own artwork will bedisplayed in each of the book's 25 chapters.In addition, readerswill find historical, social and "off the cuff" personal insightsabout these fascinating people and the music they produced.Illuminating photographs - some from the writer's or performer'spersonal archive that have never been seen before - will also documentthe journey of each artist's individual songwriting path.While thenames of some of the songwriters included in Off the Record are betterknown to the general public than others, the songs these artists areassociated with are some of the most famous titles in the world.Among the songwriters included are Graham Nash, David Crosby, GraceSlick, Ben E. King, Jimmie Davis ("You Are My Sunshine"), John LeeHooker, Waylon Jennings, Randy Bachman, Peter Yarrow, and many, manymore.The CDs enclosed in Off The Record include individual audiointerviews from selected writers about their famous song's origin andthe songwriter's perspectives on the creative process.A musicalrendition of the song and/or its famous melody will also berepresented.All told, Off the Record presents a remarkable andunique look into the world of songwriters and their classic songs.Itgives the general consumer the ability to personally connect with someof the most beloved music of our times.
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