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New Release from FRESH! From RR – The Human Holiday
We are pleased to announce our second release on FRESH! from RR, a division of our 34-year old independent classical and jazz record label, Reference Recordings! The Human HolidayPerformed by Sleight of MindFR-702To be released October 12, 2010 The revelations in this comedy may change your life! This amazingly quirky radio play in the British style was a smash success on public radio in the 1980s. Mind-bending sonic effects and processing by RR’s own Prof.…
More Customer reviews of “Pillow Book”
Here are some more reviews of “Pillow Book” from unpaid, unsolicited listeners like you! The Curios – Pillow Book5 Stars from: Kari Zaft-Gutierrez This CD is quickly becoming my favorite! Always at the top of the stack. You MUST own this CD!!5 Stars from: Oswald McGumm This is an incredible example of an independent musician sticking to her vision and producing a rich, deep, complex, fun and tremendously original work of musical art. You can…
Check out The Curios and PIllow Book on RerverbNation
The Curios and their album Pillow Book are on Reverbnation, which means you can preview some of the album, see where they are playing, and watch videos from one spot! We’ve also put this into our Facebook page, but in case you still haven’t seen it, here it is! Listen to four tracks from Pillow Book: Watch Videos (These are also on our YouTube Channel in The Curios playlist): Click to purchase Pillow Book from…
The Curios – Pillow Book Reviews
Check out these customer reviews from The Curios release “Pillow Book” on FRESH! From Reference Recordings: The Great American Songbook5 Stars from Frank S. Reisinger Upon listening to the Curios latest offering You may sense a certain familiarity with the songs. The first cut, “Beautiful” offers a hint as to the accessability of The Curios compositions. Nancy Hall, the primary writer, brushes clear vocals across her musical canvas allowing her influences to bleed through, painting…
Fun Curios Picture!
Just wanted to share this wonderful picture of The Curios performing! Let us know what you think of Pillow Book!
End of Summer Sale Reminder!
Thanks to all of our wonderful customers for your support of Reference Recordings! Many of you have already taken advantage of our huge END OF SUMMER SALE. This is a Friendly Reminder: Time is running out; the sale ends at NOON PDT on September 22, 2010, so place your orders now! Buy two or more items and SAVE 20% EVERYTHING on our site is eligible (except sets that already have special pricing) The more you…
New Release Day! – Pillow Book and Pied Piper
Two New Releases Pied PiperMike Garson/Jim WalkerRR-121 HDCD Crystalline-pure recording of soothing, meditative jazz! Jim Walker, flute and Mike Garson, piano perform 12 original Mike Garson compositions. Jim Walker is a dynamic jazz soloist, legendary orchestral and studio musician, and an inspiration to countless students worldwide. Mike Garson is best known as long-time music director for David Bowie and is perhaps the most versatile pianist working today. PIED PIPER is a new high resolution HDCD…
Have We Mentioned We’re Excited for Next Week?
Have we mentioned we’re excited for next week (Tuesday to be specific)? Well, if you haven’t caught on yet — we are! So today, because we’re too excited to write anything, we’re just giving you videos!Mike Garson and the Mike Garson Quartet performs his piece “Admiration” The Curios playing “Pickle” which is on Pillow Book!
Digipaks
As we stated yesterday, both of our new upcoming albums will be released in eco-friendly Digipaks! What are Digipaks? Well, today we’re going to tell you! Digipak is a patent style of CD or DVD packaging. It comes in a gate fold (or tri-fold) paperboard binding, rather than in oil-based plastic. Most Digipaks are made of Recycled paper and packaging, but again, the biggest benefit is that they use less plastic. And a big note…
The Curios – The people
fAs we get closer (6 days) to the first release for Fresh! From Reference Recordings, we wanted to tell you a little more about the people in the band! The following is from www.thecurios.com and features each member telling you about him or herself. Nancy Hall: “I started playing drums in the elementary school band in grade four. We played a politically incorrect little number called ‘Big Chief Pow Wow’ which made my grandmother cry…
One Week Away!!!
We are ONE WEEK from releasing two major albums! Both are so exciting in their own right that it is hard to choose which to talk about first! Also exciting is that these albums have something for our eco-conscious fans. Both of these albums will be in eco-friendly Digipaks, so you’ll have a little different look on your RR shelf! Did we mention that in ONE WEEK (9/14) we will be releasing the first album…
Reference Recordings End of Summer Sale!
Summer is coming to a close, and that means it is time for what is becoming quite the tradition — The Reference Recordings End of Summer Sale! Buy Two or More items and SAVE 20% on your entire order!EVERYTHING on our site is eligible! The more you order, the more you save! (Sale does not include sets that already have special pricing.) Sale ends the first day of autumn, September 22 at NOON Pacific Daylight…
Nancy Hall of The Curios on Blogtalk Radio
Here’s something to introduce you to Nancy Hall as a songwriter and person. Oh, and you get to hear quite a few tracks from The Curios. This is a wonderful interview that includes The Curios music and enjoyable conversation. The show is quite long (2 hours), but Nancy is the first person featured on this particular episode, so you can start listening to her and The Curios music right from the start! Listen to internet…
Jim Walker – Videos Galore!
As we move down these wonderfully fun new playlists on the Reference Recordings Youtube Channel, today we get to introduce you to the wonderful flautist Jim Walker who appears on our upcoming release “Pied Piper” with pianist Mike Garson.
Mike Garson – Videos Galore!
As we prepare for our new releases, we continue to update our YouTube Channel with fun things for you to enjoy! So check out our new Mike Garson playlist. Just click play to watch it on the blog!