Review by Ivone Sayuri Arai

..."The Living Daylights" (A-ha) and "A View To A Kill" (Duran Duran) [Videoclips]... According to Music History, the only one Theme-Song for James Bond's Themes, which was indicated for Academy Awards was "For Your Eyes Only", performed by Sheena Easton. Other songs are cool, but they are not excellent enough, in order to be indicated as the winners of the biggest prize just like "The Oscar". Detached songs, in addition to that mentioned track above: 1. "The Living Daylights", performed by A-ha, whose composition was written by John Barry and by Paul Waaktaar, who had conflict with Barry, because of the trouble of "copyright laws"; 2. "A View To A Kill", performed by Duran Duran and co-written with John Barry, who became the bassist John Taylor's good friend, because this Duranie member was a fan of James Bond books' series. On the videos part, we detach these same songs such as "For Your Eyes Only", "The Living Daylights" and "A View To A Kill". If this kind of release (CD+DVD) is remastered again, we would hope all of these three videoclips which were MENTIONED ABOVE are KEPT, instead of being replaced for other videoclips, please. After all, Duran Duran and A-ha became famous because of the videoclips (even if this Norwegian group could not accept the true fact of being famous because of the videoclips ). Our rating actually wouldn't be "Excellent". Despite the fact that the track-listing isn't completely cool, we considered this kind of release, as "Excellent", because of the videoclips "A View To A Kill" (Duran Duran) and "The Living Daylights" (A-ha), in addition to the melancholical song "For Your Eyes Only" (beauty song). [We've already heard about that female singer Adele is going to be included on the next Sountrack for James Bond's Themes]. We hope this message is readable. Excuse for some inconvennience. Thank you for this space for comments.

Since the previous album "The Twilight Chronicles"... Now, we liked the album "Stormwarning" a lot! The Album production by Dennis Ward: Excellent! Gary Hughes' vocals to be continued to be pleasant. Additional guitars by Neil Fraser and John Halliwell are strong. It missed a bit of the drums sound, because a part of this album, they were used eletronical programming. Only in some parts, we could listen to the drums sound. For example: On "Kingdom Come", we could identify parts of drums sound. Detached tracks, with "new" line-up: "Endless Symphony", "Centre Of My Universe", "Kingdom Come", "Stormwarning", and "The Hourglass and The Landslide". Our rating would be between 3 and 4. But, due to the excellent production and to the beauty songs, we evaluate this album as the rating "5". We hope this album is remastered one day. That's all [R]...

We don't know the true reason why Nightwish members deceived Tarja Turunen. There isn't doubt this female singer always matches to Nightwish's songs and the Symphonic Metal, according to Music Criticists. For Heavy Metal Fans, Tarja is always on their hearts. Nevertheless, we have to face the Reality and try to respect Annette Olzon, the replacement for Tarja. After all, Turunen or Olzon is not only the Nightwish's singer, but Marco Hietala is also the Nightwish's vocals. Detached songs with Annette Olzon, on vocals (in addition to Hietala's): "Storytime", "I Want My Tears Back", and "Rest Calm". Thank U for this "review guidelines". That's all...[R]

Hello, CD Jpn Management! I purchased this album "The Best Of Gazebo" (1998 edition), in 2008. I like the both of versions of "I Like Chopin": the original version, approximately 8 minutes (7:45 min.); and, the Instrumental version (almost 4:30 min.); Another track I detach is "Lunatic". What a pity, the second edition of this best, released in 2002, there isn't the Instrumental version. Every time I'm so sad, I begin to listen this album. I've listened this one so far. This album of best songs (performed by Gazebo) would deserve a remaster, including the Instrumental track of "I Like Chopin". Sorry for my low level of English. Thank U so much. Love. Ivone.

Hello Universal Music Crew and CD JPN Crew! How are you? I hope you're very well. I would like to write the following message.... For Hard-Rock and Classic Rock Lovers, it is an obligation to purchase this release. For good music admirers only, this album must be listened with a lot of attention, but if these ones could buy it, they will not regret, certainly.... Whitesnake (or "1987", in U.S.A.) is really a classical album by Whitesnake, specially for John Sykes' featuring and the special tracks such as "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love"..... I would like to ask something to Universal Label Crew: think about a remaster of this Hard Rock classic album. Purchasing "Whitesnake" is my biggest dream, in spite of not having much money..... Nowadays, many people complain about financial crises and remastering good titles on CD could be the best solution at the moment...Finding a job is getting harder and harder. Consequently, we have not much money. Thank all of U for allowing me this message. All the best. I.S.A.

Hello to Polydor, RCA-BMG, Warner (all labels which mastered and licensed all Vangelis' albums) and CD JPN Crews! Who knows this album could be remastered one day...... To begin with the special tracks, in my opinion, such as "Theme From Antarctica" (track 01), "Antarctica Echoes" (t. 02), "Other Side Of Antarctica"(t. 07). After, I liked the album cover art with the siberian hounds on it, that is, with the "stars", "Taro" & "Jiro", on the movie "Antarctica". Nevertheless, it didn't happen yet... I hope this album is released several times. After all, it is another Vangelis' masterpiece, and it deserves this possible remaster. Well, this is not only one which deserves a remaster, but all Vangelis' albums also would be done. Thank you for allowing me another message... All the best to Polydor, RCA-BMG, Warner Music and CD JPN Crews!! I.S.A.

Hello Toshiba-EMI and CD JPN Crew!! I don't have this album yet. Nevertheless, I asked my schoolmate to record some Mike Oldfield's tracks, such as "Foreign Affair" e "Tubular Bells". As I considered these ones very cool, this album would deserve a remaster one day in order to purchase it, I hope..... So far, it has been my biggest wishing .... Think about this possibility, all of Toshiba-EMI Crew! Thank you for allowing me this message once again, CD JPN Crew!! All the best. I.S.A.

Obtaining "ABBA: The Complete Studio Recordings", a kind of product including all of eight albums on CD, all almost tracks and DVDs, it would be a fantastic dream which came true.... What a pity we have to encommend this kind of collection of product with an expensive shipping method named EMS. I could not purchase this one because of this shipping method. I would like to ask Universal Music & CD Japan to remaster this one and make the method shipping cheaper and cheaper. In spite of being Brazilian, I like all songs by this Swedish group of Pop, ABBA. Remaster this album, please!!!!!

I purchased the version of this album on 24-K-Bit Remasters Series, released in 2006. Future fans of Vangelis, it is highly recommended, specially for featuring Jon Anderson as vocalist and as lyricist of the track "So Long Ago, So Clear". It is simply magic. I would suggest you also purchase: "Albedo 0.39" (the amazing track "Alpha", the interesting tracks: "Pulstar", "Freefall", "Nucleogenesis" Part 1 and Part, and the own title-track "Albedo...); "Spiral" (it is completely marvellous, specially with the tracks "To The Unknown Man" & "3+3"); and, "Beaubourg" (this one is interesting, in spite of being a mixture of strange sound, like noise). Spending money in order to purchase all these classical albums, composed by Vangelis, do not let you down and do not let you regreted. Bye and thank you for writing this review guidelines again. Ivone.

If you have the opportunity in purchasing this album, you can buy it and get relaxed, because it is a great one. It is considered the Vangelis' Gold Age. When it begins with "Pulstar", it gives us the impression of a futuristic sound, of talking machines. A relaxed track begins with "Freefall" and this kind of moment arrive until "Sword Of Orion". On "Alpha", it seems that it will happen a fact will shock The World. Extremely cool! Again the talking machines appear on: "Nucleogenesis - Part 1" and "Nucleogenesis - Part 2". It suggests a story whose beggining is the apparition of the machines and these ones will destroy the World. On "Albedo 0.39", it gives us the impression of a contact between the human being and the machine. It seemed that Vangelis had heard about the human being's replacement for the machines. All my comments are only suggestions. Listening to this album gives me the impression how the history of human will be in the future to come. Thank you for this review guidelines. Bye! Ivone.

I hoped a better compilation, specially for being a Paul Mauriat's album. Nevertheless, I almost listened the same tracklist for 5 diferent albums: "The Best Selection Voll. 1" contains the same tracks of "Best Selection Of Paul Mauriat - Vol.3", such as: "Goodbye","Let It Be", "Michelle" (all of these ones are Beatles' Classics). Besides, I found another track is present on this "Best Selection Of Paul Mauriat - Vol. 3": "Bridge Over Troubled Water", composed by Paul Simon (ex-Simon And Garfunkel). Also, I listened to "Le Piano Sur La Vague", "Retalhos de Cetim" (a Brazilian music composition), which are on this B.S.O.P.M - Vol. 2. Oh, my God. Would be I dreaming? I bought 5 albums of compilation and the track-listing is the same. Only the track-listing order is different from each and other..... It should be prohibited a repeated track-listing, even if an artist is not alive anymore. Thank you for this rewiew. Maybe the responsible of Universal Music think about this criticism and improve the selection of tracklist.

The comment is equal to "Paul Mauriat - Best Selection - Vol. 2" (code: UICY-6254). I listened to some tracks, verified that they are present on the "Best Selection Of Paul Mauriat - Vol. 2" (code: UICY-8002). The tracks are, for example: "Penelope" (track 1, on P.M.B.S.V.2 & track 15 on B.S.O.P.M.V.2), "La Reine De Saba" (track 2, on P.M.B.S.V.2 and track 1 on B.S.O.P.M.V.2),"Prelude" (track 3, on UICY-6254 and track 13 on UICY-8002) "Endless Love" (track 4, on UICY-6254 and track 10 on UICY-8002). It would be better if all his oldie full-lenght albums were re-mastered, in stead of releasing of several compilations with the same tracklisting (with the inversion of tracks, only). Unfortunately, I did not like all these albums by Paul Mauriat, except some tracks which I hoped for listening them... I would like to ask the improvemente of the tracklist for P.M.'s compilation, please!! Bye! Thank you!

My relatives - my aunts and my cousins - had all Paul Mauriat's albums, including on CD version. One of them were listening and I saw the album cover, and the track was playing at that moment was "Like A Virgin" (original recording by Madonna). My mother had an album (on LP), which included "La Chanson Pour Anna" and other tracks, but I do not remember the tracks. I remember all of them are so beautiful. I hoped his compilations albums contained beautiful tracks like "La Chanson Pour Anna" and others which were with it, but the major part of these ones are covers. Well, I am not criticizing covers, to the contrary, "Like A Virgin", "I Like Chopin" (a Classical Hit of 80's, by Gazebo), "No More Lonely Nights" (by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney) are respectively so funny and so beauty, and would deserve to be included on this kind of compilation. Instead of these ones and the other tracks more beautiful, which had already be included with "La Chanson Pour Anna", I listened to "Retalhos De Cetim", "Brasilia Carnaval", "La Reine de Saba", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Penelope", which are present on "Paul Mauriat - Best Selection - Vol. 2" (UICY-6254). I spent much money for nothing, that is, from the purchased 5 CDs of this artist, there are the same tracks. Only the tracks are on inverted positions. Universal Crew and Paul Mauriat's Family (if they are still alive), please, I ask for a better compilation, or "remaster all his classic albums, please". Nobody deserves a poor track-listing like all these 5 (five) CDs' (and one of these compilations is double album), which I bought. Unfortunately, my rating is extremely "poor". Sorry for it. I hope it is released a better compilation album next time, specially for being Paul Mauriat. Thank you for this review guidelines. Bye. Ivone.

At least, it is included "Le Chanson Pour Anna", but each album contains about 21 tracks (total of 42 tracks). The rest is present on "Best Selection Of Paul Mauriat" - Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and "Paul Mauriat - Best Selection" - Vol.1 and Vol. 2. I really got unsatisfied, because of the excessive repetition of tracklisting on different albums. An artist's death is not reason for producing a poor release like this. Sorry for it. Another example happens to ABBA and to Bee Gees (only compilation and the same track-listing) . And, I would like that you improve the choice of track-listing. Thank you for this review guidelines! Bye! Ivone.

Only the title-track "Titles" has already the value of all album. But, I didn't mean that the title-track is the only one good of this album: I meant that this album begins with an amazing music and the rest of this album is also very interesting. Simply fantastic! This album has to be re-mastered several times. What a pity this version with priced-down reissue is out of print! Therefore, Vangelis won the Academy Awards' Prize as the best composer in 1981. "Titles" is a precious music like a gold, a rare jewel.

This album had really been recorded on original version, by Vangelis. I have The American Orchestra's version released in 1982, in addition to the 94's album version. "End Titles" is cool on both of Blade Runner's versions, in spite of having different arrangements. I detach other amazing tracks from this album such as "Rachel's Song", "Memories Of Green", "Love Theme From Blade Runner".... I hope this album could be remastered several times...

I purchased all four "albums of the reissues series from Vangelis featuring JVC K2 24 Bit Remasterings and Card Sleeve Case" (or Paper Jacket). From this album, I detach "So Long Ago, So Clear" (with Jon Anderson, the vocalist of Yes), a song which has been present on several compilation albums. It is not as excellent album as the ones "Albedo 0.39" (1976) and "Spiral". From "Albedo 0.39", I like "Pulstar", "Freefall", "Nucleogenesis Part 1 & "Nucleogenisis Part 2" and, finally, my extremely favourite track "Alpha". From "Spiral" (1977), I really like all tracks "Spiral", "Ballad", "Dervish D.", "To The Unknown Man" and "3+3", that is, there aren't detached tracks, all of them are interesting for me. Only one thing I have to comment about "Spiral" is the "3+3" was played on several Brazilian Radio Stations and Brazilian TV Channels. But, it is not criticism, because this track is included, as I said, among my favourite lists of music. All Vangelis' albums have to be remastered several times! The "Genuinius" Vangelis strikes back through amazing albums, with a serie of fantastic reissue series. The new quality of sound for all albums let Vangelis' music definetely eternal.

Hello!! Thank Goodness it came another re-issue of this album! Who has never heard about Vangelis, this one does not know what it is good music. I simply love this album named "Themes". Detached tracks: "End Title From 'Blade Runner'", "Main Theme From 'Missing'", "Love Theme From'Blade Runner'", "Memories Of Green", "La Petit Fille De La Mer", "Antarctica" and "Chariots Of Fire". Not only this album but the other ones have also to be remastered several times. After all, Vangelis' music is purely talent! I hope that they are included the remasters of the following albums such as: "Direct", (which includes "Intergalactic Radio Station"), "Oceanic" (which includes: "Bon Voyage", "Dreams Of Surf", "Siren's Whispering", "Fields Of Coral"...), "The City" (which includes:"Dawn", "Procession", "Twilight"), and "Voices" (the own title-track). So far, I've loved "Albedo 0.39", "Spiral" and I've liked "Heaven And Hell", "Beaubourg".... Congratulations for RCA because of JVC K2 24-Bit Remasters and for all of you for selling these masterpieces. I love "Antarctica" (T.O.S.) ,"Blade Runner" and "Chariots Of Fire", too. All the best to RCA and to CD Japan. Ivone.

I have the full-lenght albums "Winger", "In The Heart Of The Young", and "Pull". In my opinion, the first and the second albums are extremely fantastic, while the last one is good. I wonder that the junction of all these albums with 11 unreleased tracks will be an amazing material for the Winger's fans and the Hard Rock's in general. I simply adore to listen to the following songs such as: "Time To Surrender", "Madalaine", "Hungry", Can't Get Enuff", "Miles Away", "Seventeen", "Easy Come, Easy Go", "Blind Revolution Mad", "Loosen Up",... and much more to mention. If you had never listened to Winger's songs, try to adqcuire all those albums which I wrote lines above about. If you could not find them, purchase this double-CD named "Demo Anthology". That's all folks (R)....

What a pity! This album contains another album art cover, instead of Chris Acchilleos' illustration. Well, at least, there is a bonus track ("It's You I Adore")! If this album contained C.A.'s illustration on this Japanese Edition, certainly, I'd have purchased it from CD Japan. The rating is 7,5 , because of the missing of C.A.'s illustration. I hope that this release is re-mastered one day, and with the original album art cover, by Chris Acchilleos.