Turquoise & Crimson

Vast

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2006)
• Original Release Date: May 30, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 2blossoms Records
• ASIN: B000FEBW94
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #80,031 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These are NOT mp3s!!!!, December 20, 2006

By	D. Rasmussen (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Being a fan of Jons music for years, I felt the need to step in here and correct what a couple other reviews have said, that this set is a collection of poor quality mp3s...because it's not.

It clearly states on the cd cover that it is a collection of the original Turquoise & Crimson mp3s that have been fully mastered. Which means they took the tracks and MASTERED them to cd quality. The mastering was NOT done from an mp3 source either, and anyone who bought the original mp3 downloads also knows this - as the original mp3s were of pretty bad quality. The tracks on this cd are not of bad quality & if you played the original mp3s side by side with this disc and couldn't hear the difference - you are freakin' DEAF!

Great album, great songs. And like others have said - the tracks that later appeared on Nude are here in different versions. Definatley a must have for any VAST fan.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incredible release from VAST., March 30, 2007

By	Puzzle box "smockey_421" (Kuwait) - See all my reviews

This double-album is deffinetely for VAST fans, you could tell that some of the songs were already released on the Nude album thats becuase these songs on Turquoise and Crimson were originaly demos made by Jon Crosby which was only available as a download on the artist's web site. Jon Crosby has always made some great and unique music that sounds beautiful, the type of music that you could just chill out to its more like industrial goth rock or something like that, this is some very atmospheric music. There are songs like Desert garden and the epic ballad Winter in my heart that just sound incredible then theres the more rockier songs like Thrown away, I woke up in L.A. and Thats my boy these songs have alot more energy than the slower songs. At first I didn't know what to expect from this double-album but then I was not dissapointed although I thought that the first disc was alot better, I have all of the VAST albums and this is yet another great release from this one man band I highly recommend this.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Colorful represtentation of VAST tracks, December 30, 2006

By	Zen Station "http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~so... (The Graceful Swans of Never) - See all my reviews

Okay, I'm glad people got the mp3 thing taken care of: These are CD quality songs that were mastered from mp3's. Also, you can still get both "Turquoise" and "Crimson" albums online to compare if you also buy the record. Beyond that, 2 CD's for under $15 is a bargain, no matter what the case is. These tracks are worth listening to.

"Nude" is one of my top-five favorite albums of all-time and I knew I'd get this if it had a commercial release. They are different versions of the songs than on that album, "Desert Garden" being one of particular note. This one has a better recording quality and is overall better than the "Nude" version. I also like the fully mastered version of "(I Can't Say No) To You," the acoustic guitars really stand out on there. I think "Japanese Fantasy" was much better on "Nude," it's got a stronger chorus than on this album's "All I Found Is You."

But the real treasure of this albums is what's NOT on "Nude": There's two "Turquoise" songs, "Falling from the Sky" and "I Woke Up L.A.," which were pretty good even without the album's inclusion. "Dead Angels" is new even for the ones who heard the mp3's. A great, mature acoustic track with some nice Crosby vocals. Quite a beautiful track. If you like the standard VAST fare, you'll love "That's My Boy," the briefly political track and then the brilliance doesn't even stop on there. "Señorita" has this cool horror-movie like string part that makes it addictive, and it's totally unlike everything I've heard. I just can't get enough of VAST; if it were an inferior artist then I'd give it 5 stars, but I don't want to look too much like an Ivy League professor, so I'm giving four this time. I recommend it to anyone who loves "Nude," and for those who haven't heard it, anyone interested in Jon Crosby's unique style.