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  Tribute album - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The birth of the 'modern' tribute album is often credited to Producer Hal Willner with the Amarcord Nino Rota LP in 1981.
Albums consisting of one artist performing only songs by another artist, such as Great Zeppelin, a tribute album for Led Zeppelin, performed solely by Great White or Wicked Grin, a collection of Tom Waits songs performed by John Hammond Jr.
Jimi Hendrix - Tribute to Jimi Hendrix: Acoustic Ladyland (2001)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tribute_album   (1791 words)

  
 Tribute (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tribute is a live album by Ozzy Osbourne.
This album is all in ode of Randy Rhoads' death in 1982 after Blizzard Of Ozz (the 1980 album) and Diary of a Madman (the 1981 album).
Recorded live in 1981, the album showcases Rhoads's amazing guitar work onstage (particularly on Suicide Solution, which features an unaccompanied solo spot.) It also includes an acoustic piece, Dee, a song Rhoads wrote about his mother.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tribute_(Ozzy_Osbourne)   (118 words)

  
 eclecticism: A tribute album worth listening to   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tribute albums have a tendency to be one of the most overdone and under-worthy genres in the music business.
While this album does have a couple duds on it, the overall collection is definitely quite a few steps above the average tribute album — I’ve had it going on random for the past couple days without going absolutely buggy, which can be quite the rare thing.
9-11 tributes: Several sites across the 'net are altering their front pages as a tribute to the 9-11 attacks.
www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2001/02/a_tribute_album.html   (347 words)

  
 RollingStone.com: Bruce Springsteen : Costello, Yorn Play Bruce : News
Tribute album to benefit a pair of charities
Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, to be released in August, will also feature tracks by Graham Parker, Dion, Marc Broussard, the Clarks, Elliott Murphy, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, and E Street band member Nils Lofgren.
Cracker contributed a cover of "Sinoloa Cowboys" to the Spanish version of the album, but pulled the song from the U.S. release, because it's featured on the band's next album.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5935948   (465 words)

  
 Tribute album -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A tribute album is a recorded collection of (A recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else) cover versions of a specific artist's songs.
The birth of the 'modern' tribute album is often credited to Producer (Click link for more info and facts about Hal Willner) Hal Willner with the Amarcord Nino Rota LP in 1981.
These include Legacy: A Tribute to (Click link for more info and facts about Fleetwood Mac) Fleetwood Mac's (Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth) Rumours.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/tribute_album.htm   (3971 words)

  
 Tribute album
Albums such as this illustrate the way in which the Chinese government recorded information on the numerous minorities that existed within their Empire.
It was considered important for the smooth running of the country, to have an understanding and empathy with all those who lived within its borders.
The Miao-tzu albums take their name from one of the major southern minorities in China and give details and illustrations of the different tribes due to bring tribute to the Emperor.
library.wellcome.ac.uk /doc_WTD011062.html   (104 words)

  
 Stars hail Tosh on tribute album - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
AN all-star cast of musicians has been assembled for a tribute album to reggae legend Peter Tosh.
The project, simply titled The Peter Tosh Tribute Album, is being produced by American show promoter Mike Malott and is earmarked for a December release.
Both albums were re-issued in 1999 by Legacy Records, the catalogue affiliate of Columbia Records.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /magazines/throb/html/20030221t210000-0500_40025_obs_stars_hail_tosh_on_tribute_album.asp   (569 words)

  
 CRAFTS : Materials : Tribute Album Spread and Tribute Tips : DIY Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For a special tribute album, make sure everyone writes a greeting or special memory in his or her own handwriting -- making the album more personal.
When planning a tribute album that you hope several people will contribute to, make it as easy for the participants as possible and more people will be involved.
Journaling is the key to a tribute album.
diyhelp.com /diy/sc_materials/article/0,2025,DIY_14228_2277647,00.html   (571 words)

  
 BeatleLinks Fab Forum - Ringo... NOT on Harri tribute album ?
Considering Starr is on the same label, I would have though for sure he would be part of that album...
This week, George Harrison's final album, Brainwashed, is at Number 18 on the US album charts.
Maybe he didn't want to or maybe he's busy recording his own album or maybe the producers of this album were looking for more obscure bands or more trendy bands or whatever.
www.beatlelinks.net /forums/printthread.php?t=12490   (183 words)

  
 Teenage Fanclub Tribute - What A Concept?
This amazing tribute to one of the best pop bands on the planet for almost 15 years now, Teenage Fanclub, is a loving homage to how pop song craft should be done.
"Tribute albums are always a bit of a hit and miss affair very rarely do bands who collectively get together to worship their heroes actually better the original versions of the songs they cover, which calls to mind the question why bother at all?
"A Tribute To A Tribute To The Byrds, the cynical might say, but this good-natured "salute" to the `90s Scottish indie heroes fulfils its remit in reminding you just how damn fine Teenage Fanclub`s songs are.
www.notlame.com /NLTEEN1.html   (682 words)

  
 Pink Floyd The Wall tribute album - soon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A lot of interest is growing over a forthcoming album playing tribute to Pink Floyd's The Wall.
As the creation of the album is still in its early stages, we don't have all of the detail, but we are pleased to share with you what we have been told.
Billy Sherwood is producing the tribute to Roger Waters' 1979 masterpiece, for Cleopatra Records.
www.brain-damage.co.uk /news/0502212.html   (178 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Brand New Boots and Panties [a Tribute to Ian Dury]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The concept was to re-record Ian Dury And The Blockheads' 1977 smash hit album with the annoying title "New Boots And Panties" with the Blockheads supplying the instrumental talent and a group of guest vocalists replacing the late Ian Dury.
It could be seen as tasteless to replace the very person to whom you're paying tribute, but because Dury's talents lay as much in the field of songwriting as in performing, this isn't the case.
This album is full of surprises - the artists I expected to be poor perform brilliant renditions of songs from the great man's best loved album, and those from whom much was expected are disappointing.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005B0S2   (1414 words)

  
 CD Baby: A TRIBUTE TO SIMPLE MINDS: Swimming Towards the Sun
Contains classic tracks spanning albums from Reel to Reel Cacophony to Good News from the Next world--covered and reinvented by indie bands from all over the world.
Swimming Towards the Sun is a collective tribute to Simple Minds from 15 different indie bands.
Tributes to Led Zeppelin (Encomium - Atlantic 1995), ZZ Top (Sharp Dressed Men - RCA 2002) AC-DC (Fuse Box - Ariola 1995) and The Carpenters (If I Were A Carpenter - AandM 1994) all had notes about the bands and why they chose those songs.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/simpleminds   (516 words)

  
 The Mockingbird Foundation
The Mockingbird Foundation is a non-profit organization of Phish fans, founded in 1997 to generate charitable proceeds from the Phish community.
Tribute Album: all about Sharin' in the Groove, our two-disc Phish tribute album.
To herald their new live album, Yonder Mountain String Band will be making a donation to the Mockingbird Foundation, and the Foundation is hosting a contest for a signed copy of the album, and a signed copy of their New Year's Eve poster.
www.mockingbirdfoundation.org   (1393 words)

  
 Loved Like a Milkshake: A Wesley Willis Tribute Album   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is with GREAT pleasure that I present to you this collection of Wesley Willis covers.
Next, thanks to the heart and soul of this project: the artists; mad props go out to them because without them, there wouldn't be this tribute album.
Then there's Tom Gordon and Loren Hill; Loren was essential in referring many of the bands, and Tom not only recorded quite a number of the contributors, but he also mastered the tracks.
www.wesleytribute.org /wesley   (275 words)

  
 Off Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Arguable the most anticipated album of the year is coming your way on October 21st from Off Records.
Wig in a Box is an amazing collection of otherworldly collaborations, fantastically inspired tributes and brand new unheard of takes on the Hedwig legend as well.
All proceeds from the sale of this album, after costs, will go to The Hetrick Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk School.
www.offrecords.com /wig.html   (316 words)

  
 Gram Parsons Tribute Album
Almo Sounds artist Gillian Welch, who performs "Hickory Wind" on the tribute album with partner Dave Rawlings, sees the pervasive impact of Parsons in her work and that of others.
Harris says that when Kremen approached her, he "tried every way in the world not to use the word 'tribute,' because he knew that I felt that there's just this plethora of tributes going on.
I liked his energy, and I thought in the case of Gram, it wasn't so much a tribute as an introduction to [him], because a lot of people don't know who he is. They've heard his name; they haven't really heard his music.
www.emmylou.net /gramnews.html   (1058 words)

  
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KOCH Records is in the process of compiling a tribute record to late Beatle George Harrison.
Update (9/7/02) More details are out on the George tribute album coming on Koch Records in a report from Launch Music.
But not to fret, there IS a George tribute album coming, as I received my Coming Soon Titles August issue (I'm an assistant manager at CD Plus, a Canadian music store chain), and it lists a release for October for "George Harrison - Songs From The Material World".
abbeyrd.best.vwh.net /news/807georgetribute.html   (1586 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Down the Dirt Road - Charley Patton Tribute: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is one of those rare tribute albums that's so good you buy a bunch more tribute albums trying to find one just like it.
This album moves the songs out of history and into the present and it sounds great with some very interesting tracks.
There are surprise interpretations on the album that i found delightful.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NSWJ?v=glance   (627 words)

  
 Mockingbird Tribute Album in Business Wire
Soquel, CA The Mockingbird Foundation announced today that it would produce a Phish tribute album with the profits going entirely to charity.
The album is being produced by the Mockingbird Foundation, a group of ambitious fans who incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1997 to undertake several Phish-related projects for charity.
Phish was founded in 1983 at the University of Vermont and moved to its current lineup in 1985.
www.mockingbirdfoundation.org /press/bwire1.html   (302 words)

  
 Desert Beetles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A true labour of love for me...Desert Beetles was conceived of in late 1992 as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the arrival of the Beatles in America.
You'll notice that the album cover was modeled after the Beatles "Revolver" album, with pictures of the artists involved with the album replacing those of the Beatles.
Alas the album was released in early September, with 3 live shows in different parts of the city featuring the artists on the album playing songs of their own as well as those of the Beatles.
www.pacifier.com /~tbulger/desbee1.html   (394 words)

  
 BeatleLinks Fab Forum - Koch Records Tribute album
The album, a collection of Harrison's most well known songs as performed by his peers and followers will be released on February 25th, 2003 to commemorate what would have been the late Beatle's 60th birthday.
In addition to the all-star line up of artists, the album also features original artwork by noted designer Milton Glaser, and extensive liner notes by Beatle authority Jody Denberg (also PD of KGSR/Austin).
I pay tribute to George as a great musical talent but primarily as an advanced soul who was unafraid to share his spiritual vision and journey with us."
www.beatlelinks.net /forums/printthread.php?t=11770   (349 words)

  
 Tori Tribute album from Cleopatra Records
Their cover of "Crucify" is a natural addition to the cache of high quality sonics on both this tribute and the music industry as a whole.
The results will be heard on the Tribute Compilation: Ericah provided the lead vocal, supported by a choir of failed nuns and monks who are none other than Natalia, Melody, and myself; I played the accompanying music on early instruments - the arrangement (for better or for worse) is my own.
we are fans of tori ourselves and want this to be the best possible tribute we can create while giving some more underground bands a chance to show their goods to the hordes of other tori fans out there.
www.thedent.com /cleotrib.html   (4581 words)

  
 CMT.com : Billy Walker : Gail Davies Producing Webb Pierce Tribute Album
Proceeds from the album will be given to the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation, Davies reports.
Davies says her target date for releasing the album is mid- to late October.
She is also planning to stage a benefit concert around the album on Oct. 24.
www.cmt.com /artists/news/1444393/06112001/walker_billy.jhtml   (281 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Duran Duran Tribute Album - Various Artists at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Released in 1998, amid a tidal wave of punk cover albums (Me First And The Gimme Gimmes' Have A Ball, On The Cover by MxPx (cringe), and the Before You Were Punk compilation series), TDDTA is more of the same, but with a couple of extra twists.
Closing the album is the incredibly pointless second cover of Girls On Film by The Wesley Willis Fiasco.
I've never heard a tribute album that fully manages to capture what made the original band so exciting and worthy of tribute.
www.epinions.com /content_25115201156   (1340 words)

  
 Paste Magazine :: News :: Tribute Album to Raise Money for Late Singer/Songwriter's Children (Page 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Dar Williams, Catie Curtis, the Kennedys and others are in the studio recording a tribute album to musician Rachel Bissex (pictured above), who died in February after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
The album, which will feature Bissex’s songs, is being recorded with donated funds for production and publicity, and all funds generated from the album’s sale will go to a scholarship fund for Bissex’s surviving children, Emma and Matt.
The tribute is scheduled for a July release, and can be preordered online at www.rachelbissex.org.
www.pastemagazine.com /action/article?article_id=1794   (137 words)

  
 Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > John Peel Tribute Album Profits to be Shared with Salvation Army
A new tribute album to the unrivalled DJ John Peel will be released on Monday 17 October, with a portion of the profits going to one of Peel's favourite charities, The Salvation Army.
The new John Peel tribute album, which features 40 of the famous DJ’s favourite tracks, is to share a portion of its profits with The Salvation Army.
“John Peel — A Tribute” marks the first anniversary of the popular broadcaster’s death and is due to for release on Monday 17 October, the same day as the release of his memoirs, which he had started and which were completed by his family.
www.christiantoday.com /news/society/john.peel.tribute.album.profits.to.be.shared.with.salvation.army/536.htm   (836 words)

  
 Women Celebrate Dolly On Tribute Disc
Krauss appears on two tracks, turning in a solo version of "9 to 5" and joining Union Station and Twain on a take of "Coat of Many Colors." Other Parton classics rendered are "I Will Always Love You" by Melissa Etheridge, "Jolene" by Mindy Smith and "The Seeker" by Shelby Lynne.
Tackling newer Parton fare are Jones and O'Connor, the latter a self-professed Dolly fanatic.
Three weeks removed from finishing the recording of Hawthorne Heights' sophomore release, "If Only You Were Lonely," drummer Eron Bucciarelli tells Billboard.com the album is a refinement of everything found on its 2004 Victory debut, "The Silence in Black and White." That set has sold 589,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
www.billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1933425   (360 words)

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