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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Nonesuch
Salesrank: 111820
Released: September 6, 1994 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording Track Listing:
1. Walt Whitman [Quote]
2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
3. Star Spangled Banner
4. Hurrah for Our National Game
5. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
6. Gee, It's a Wonderful Game
7. Sol White /Dark Was ... [Quote from History of Colored Baseball, 1907]
8. Steal Away
9. Babe Ruth Radio Call
10. Clubhouse Stomp - New York Hawks
11. If You Can't Make a Hit at the Ballgame, You Can't Make a Hit With Me - National Pastime Orchestra
12. Pound Cake - Count Basie Orchestra, Lester Young
13. Minstrel Boy
14. Joe Dimaggio Radio Call - Betty Jane Bonney, Les Brown & His Orchestra
15. Joltin' Joe Dimaggio
16. Kansas City Call - Duke Ellington
17. Star Spangled Banner
18. New Black and Tan Fantasy - Natalie Cole
19. Jackie Robinson Radio Call - Mabel Scott
20. Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? - King Curtis
21. Baseball Boogie - The Treniers
22. Bobby Thompson's Shot Heard 'Round the World
23. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Carly Simon
24. Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) - Big League Orchestra
25. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
26. Henry Aaron Radio Call/When You and I Were Young, Maggie/The New ... - Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis
27. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
28. Eulogy for Jackie Robinson/Steal Away - Harvey Hindemyer
29. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Dodworth Saxhorn Band
30. Sporting News [Quote]
31. Star Spangled Banner
Editorial Review:
Hailed as perhaps the greatest filmed document in the history of the sport, Ken Burns's epic series chronicled more than a century's worth of baseball lore. The producers paid nearly as much attention to the audio as the stunning visuals, but this soundtrack is slightly uneven. Baseball errs on the side of good taste a bit too often, what with contributions from Bruce Hornsby, Carly Simon, and Natalie Cole peppered amid classics by the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. The well-chosen historical material--including calls spanning five full decades--should interest die-hard fans, though. --David Sprague
Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording Reviews:
baseball... 
2009-05-03 - This is a great soundtrack. We have and "opening day" hot dog party at my work every year. This was an awesome background sound track.
A Jaunty, Rousing Score
2008-07-21 - As with all the soundtracks to a Ken Burns documentary, this score can also be broken down into two sections:
First, there is the period music. I did not buy the CD for this purpose, but its focus on classical jazz/swing tunes will have old-timers walking down memory lane.
What I found especially compelling about this soundtrack is its background music, consisting primarily of soulful vocals, solo piano, and wailing violin. Whether trying to illustrate the lighter side of baseball, or drive home an emotional point, Burn's soundtrack is always adept at suiting its purpose. Overall, this CD is a great mix of period (mostly jazz) music and light little instrumental/vocal ditties that will have you nearly in tears when remembering them in correspondence with the film.
A HOME RUN FOR ANY BASEBALL FAN!
2005-09-05 - While this soundtrack does not contain every song from the movie, it has the COMPLETE songs (not the snippets played in the movie) and the ones they picked are great! You will find yourself listening to this CD over and over again! The CD contains not only musical pieces but also radio calls (including Russ Hodges's famous "The Giants Win The Pennant!" call) and quotes. There is something for everyone on this CD, even if you are not a huge fan of any given team. (I ordered it used but if no used copies are available the music is well worth the new price.)
Excellent Companion Piece to An Excellent Documentary! 
2004-11-17 - Great album to accompany a great multi-chapter mega-documentary; Ken Burns' BASEBALL. Hands down, the best song on the CD is Carly Simon's rousing rendition of TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME. One could only wish they would play this version during the seventh-inning stretch at ball parks around the country because it's such a fun and upbeat version. The other song that comes close is Natalie Cole's cover of DID YOU SEE JACKIE ROBINSON HIT THAT BALL? which is equally rousing and upbeat. These two songs alone are worth their weight in gold on the album.
For the Baseball lover's heart and soul
2003-02-21 - This is a simplistically beautiful CD. The cuts range from the joyous to the deeply moving. From Garison Keillor's opening reading of Walt Whitman's thoughts on baseball to the closing quiet of the Star Spangled Banner, the listener is taken on a musical and aural journey through the history of Our National Pastime. Even though the game of today can be a pale imitation in some ways of what it once was, baseball still has a strong emotional hold on millions of Americans.
While I love listening to the entire CD, my favorite track above all is the moving"Steal Away". I always think of Jackie Robinson when I hear this song. The song has the feel of quiet dignity and a life lived in simple strength.
If you love baseball like I do, buy this CD.....you'll be so glad you did.
