From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V4 #646 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Saturday, October 30 1999 Volume 04 : Number 646 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the BODY of the email * . * For the latest information on Jewel tour dates, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "Presence" * OR * go to the Atlantic Records site at http://www.atlantic-records.com * and go to the "On Tour" section * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V4 #xxx or the like gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- * My Jewel web site ["Jennifer" ] * Re: Merle Haggard And Jewel [Jwlfan112@aol.com] * Gerrit's Jewel Page - Updates! (News, eCards, Merch, etc) [Gerrit ] * Joy a holiday - Ave maria reminds me of Per la gloria d'adorarvi ["mich] * Jewel to do european christmas activities? ["michiel - Jewelfan- van go] * Where to find "Bits And Bubbles" in the holy land & something [Jonath] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 15:12:04 +1000 From: "Jennifer" Subject: * My Jewel web site It has had a complete overhaul! Please check it out and sign the guestbook! Thanks! http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/sunshinesupergirl/index.html Don't forget to sign the guestbook! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:55:34 EDT From: Jwlfan112@aol.com Subject: * Re: Merle Haggard And Jewel Jewel did two duets on Merle's recent double album, "For The Record: 43 Legendary Hits". These duets were on Merle's classic "That's The Way Loves Goes" and "Silver Wings," the former of which was the first single released off of the album. There was no commercial single or video, but Jewel sang this with Merle at the Country Music Awards . You can buy the double CD from CDnow at the following URL: .. On November 9, two CD's from Merle are coming out.. They have the same title as the double set, except one is titled "Volume 1," and the other "Volume 2". I would think that this would just be seperate CD's of the set, so you can save your money and get one of these. On the double CD, the two Jewel duets are on different discs, so I'm not sure how much this helps. But if you weren't terribly impressed with "That's The Way Love Goes" (as a lot of list members weren't), you can just but Volume 1.. I hope the part about the two upcoming seperate discs was accurate.. The tracklisting wasn't up for them yet.. Hope that helps everyone! Scott Evans - -- Let Me Fly http://jewellover.tripod.com yahoo im: jwlfan112 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 04:06:27 -0700 From: Gerrit Subject: * Gerrit's Jewel Page - Updates! (News, eCards, Merch, etc) Hey everyone, I've been updating my page over the past few hours in the middle of the night here in Sunny So Cal. Okay, fine.. it's dark out.. but hey, what do you expect at 4am!? ;P ehe I finally added a News section to my site. This news page is intended to be different for news in that it shall only display upcoming events with all events more than a week old moved to archive. It also is only JEWEL events, not music or web site events ('cept fer like Jewel chats, eheh). In any case, I haven't automated it yet, which means I will be maintaining it thru HTML for a bit, but it will definitely be all good. (Granted, if you actually read all of the posts on the Jewel list, you won't be finding out any more info from my news page, eheh) You can check it out at: http://www.endor.org/jewel/news/ Also, for a month or so, I have had a Jewel eCards section of my site up. It currently has 8 high quality jewel pictures that you can send as part of a post card to friends. YOu can check that out at: http://www.endor.org/jewel/ecards/ Last of the new pages, but certainly not least, is the Jewel Merch page. It lists all of Jewel's CDs, Posters, and Books which are available on the web. However, it also lists Import Houses where I have found Jewel Merch and some other locations to shop for Jewel merchandise. Most links automatically do a search for Jewel Merch for you on that site. You can check that out at: http://www.endor.org/jewel/merch.html For those of you newbies, the EveryDay Angels Yearbook is also located on my page for those of us who like to share some info about ourselves to the other EDAs. Simply go to the page and sign on up. You can browse the thousands who have already entered in profiles. It's located at: http://www.endor.org/jewel/eda/yearbook/ Another poem (Peter's!) was added to the EDA Poetry section. Check out the EDA poetry and e-mail me yours to be added if you wish. You can see that at: http://www.endor.org/jewel/eda/poetry.html And of course, the almost comprehensive Jewel site list: http://www.endor.org/jewel/links/ (Please add your site if it's not already on the list!) As always, 'tis all based on Gerrit's Jewel Page at: http://www.endor.org/jewel If you're looking for some web page help, feel free to drop me a line. I won't program your page for you, but I'll definitely be happy to let you know how to do HTML or scripts.. at least point you in the right direction. ;) Enjoy.. Gerrit ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 13:55:56 +0100 From: "Tom Hall" Subject: * Joy - A Holiday Collection (complete review) hi all, I did this when Spirit came out, and I'll do it again now - my track by track review of Jewel's new Christmas CD: 1. Joy To The World - A nice big start to the album. The Choir bursts out straight away with the well-known chorus to the song, and it sounds quite church-sounding, if you get what I mean. Then Jewel's voice kicks in, bringing the song back down to earth. The first thing you notice is that Jewel's voice is still on top form and as good as ever. The song is quite mellow and really nice. 7/10 2. O Holy Night - I hadn't really heard this carol before, so it was nice to hear a 'new' Jewel song. It sounds more like a Jewel song this time, with Jewel's voice being comlimented by acoustic guitar and some subtle keyboards. Jewel hits some higher notes with this one, and it sounds good, even after half-way through when some strings and bells come in. Another nice one. 8/10 3. Silent Night - A well-known Christmas carol, again made perfect with Jewel's voice (and some harmony by Nedra!). Another choir one, and you really begin to notice that Jewel's voice is complimented a lot by these choirs. This starts off being quite true to the normal style of the song, but half-way through the choir comes in and it's really uplifting. 8/10 4. Winter Wonderland - 'Oh nooo!' I thought when I heard the beginning to this song. One of the cheesier songs on the album, but after the almost unbearable beginning, it gets quite sweet and more Jewel-ish, again with the choir complimenting her well. This is a bit slower and mellower than most of the versions I've heard of this, and Jewel even does a bit of her yodeling and scatting. The only problem is the beginning, and the hawaiian guitar that annoys you all the way through it. Without these it would be a lovely song. 7/10 5. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Wow, this starts off sounding a bit like Disney's Aladdin! 'Cool!' was my first thought. But again, after the intro, it changes and reverts to the mellower, more Jewel-y style. Another choir one, and a more vocal-driven one. This is a different version to the one I'm used to, but it actually sounds better, in spite of the slight creepyness of it. Another good one. 8/10 6. Ave Maria - I almost mistook this for Angel Standing By after the first couple of seconds, but then it obviously wasn't, when Jewel's voice came in sounding a bit opera-ish and kind of like 'Amen'. I can't comment on the lyrics because I don't understand them, but again this is different to the Ave Maria I know. It's a good job though, because the Ave Maria I know is soooo cheesy! This one kind of plods along, and doesn't seem to go anywhere, but was a pleasant surprise in that it was a lot better than I expected! 8/10 7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - A kind of Titanic-ish intro, but that's soon over and Jewel is sounding extra-sweet here, with the choir perfectly complimenting her again. Another one that builds up all the way through, and another pleasant surpirse as I usually hate this song when it's sung by Christmas choirs. One of the best album tracks, and a really nice and sweet song. 9/10 8. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Some of you will have heard a similar version of this before, but this song - kind of a capella, with Jewel, Nedra, some sliegh-bells and a choir - is really funny, full of Christmas spirit and a really good one to get you into the mood for Christmas. There are some really surprising parts to it (gets quite bluesy too), and it sounds like they had a lot of fun while recording this. 10/10 9. Face Of Love - The first 'original' song on the album, and I'd only heard it a couple of times before on angelfood. There is a whole verse sung by Nedra, and it proves my theory that these 2 should make a duets album somewhere along the line - they sound great together. This is a really really good song, and it just sounds so great. A kind of 'extension' to the Spirit album, it seems. 10/10 10. Medley - Wow wow wow wow wow! Without a doubt the best song on the album! It's so full of life and gospelly and, wow, you have to listen for yourself, it's out of this world! Jewel should definately do a gospel album!!! I love this! 'Go Tell It On The Mountain' is done in your typically gospel style - organs, clap-your-hands beats, and a very cool choir. 'From A Distance' is kind of your interlude/ending, just with the chorus of it, and Jewel and the choir are sounding great right here. 'Life Uncommon' is an improvement on the album version, and I'll be getting that single on import as soon as I can. I just wish that on this version she did that cool gospel scream thing that she did at NetAid! The choir sound so so good on this - 'lend your voiiiiiiiiiiices only to sounds of freedom'. This is the song on the album to get up on the table and dance to. Fantastic. The best song on the album 11/10 11. I Wonder As I Wander - Jewel and Nedra's second a capella duet, and this on really does remind me of 'This Little Bird'. It's kind of haunting, but is really good, and one of the songs on the album to get you thinking... I don't know why, but this one really stood out to me, and is one of the best tracks on the album! 10/10 12. Gloria - Jewel's self-written operatic-voiced song, which isn't Gloria as in 'hosanna in exelsis'! This is another spooky haunting one, but I didn't like this one as much. I like listening to Jewel when she sounds sweet or cute (or gospel!), and I don't really like the operatic stuff so much. Well, she can't please everybody all the time, but this is the weakest track for me on the album. 6/10 13. Hands (Christmas version) - Wow! A big, big improvement on the single version of this! The same lyrics and all, but the choir really brings so much to this and makes it so much more powerful, moving and, well, better! I was really impressed by this and am so happy that this song has finally done itself justice! Very moving, very cool, and a very good and powerful ending to a great album! 10/10 Well, when I found out Jewel was doing a Christmas album, I thought 'Great! More material!... but I hope it's not too cheesy.' Well, our girl's done us proud - it's only really cheesy in the intro's to the songs, but they then go down to earth afterwards. Every song is fantastic in it's own way, and Jewel's self-penned songs on here are like an extension to the material from Spirit. I'm really impressed with this album - finally, a Christmas album which I can enjoy! Well done Jewel! I'm just looking forward to Jewel's gospel album now! Someone asked what the inlay looked like for this album - well, there's the front cover that I guess you've seen. Well, everything else is in the same 'black and white and blue' kind of color sheme, but the inside is kind of like Spirit. You have your lyrics, and then you have your pictures on separate pages, with the thanks at the end. Except the pictures aren't of Jewel, they're of snowy, Christmassy landscapes - mountains, woods, trees, fields, etc. It's all done quite tastefully and I think you'll all like it ;) Hope that was interesting for you all - let me know your opinions if you want, and ask me any more questions you might have... Jeez, this is when it gets great to be a European EDA - you get the albums early! Bye, Tom ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 15:20:41 +0200 From: "michiel - Jewelfan- van gorkum" Subject: * jewel's cd Joy a holiday - beuatiful hello Jewelfans, Jewel's record Joy a holiday is a wonderful cd and i love the new sound of Jewel. I think outstanding tracks are the medley and the song face of love. Especially this song is one of my favourites on the new disc. Great also to hear is the Jewel single Hands on this cd. It's different with a whole orchestra but really wonderful conducted. The transitions between a life uncommon and from a distance are really wonderful and i love the cd really much. It has great sound and Jewel's voice is wonderful. I am listening to the cd often. The typical christmas songs like Joy the world are really beautiful too. I can't say different than that this cd is a really wonderful add for your Jewel cd collection. Jewel is still phenomenal. Bye, Michiel a dutch eda http://home.wxs.nl/~gorku004/frame.html Jewel's home in holland ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 06:26:26 PDT From: "Jeremy Hodgins" Subject: * Sydeny ANWA bargin! EDA's, Okies, Im on a big high! I was at Marketcity in Leigart (i know thats not the way to spell it!) and I wandered into a dicount book store that had aopened that day......and low and behold there was hardcover copy of ANWA for $9.95......that like $20 off! Anyways I already had that, so I looked arounf the audio section adn they had the CD for $7! Can you believe that? It was the last one, so I snatched it right up - they still had one copy of the cassete version, and they ahd pleanty of copies of the hardcover book......so there ya go! Jeremy :) **The Scorpion, Peace Loving, and Kind & Gentle Angel!** My ICQ number is 42872979. Please visit my homepage and sign my guestbook? http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/9655 Around Yahoo! chatrooms I'm know as scorpius_48 "There are pleanty of people who have prayed for peace, But if praying were enough it would have come to be." Jewel, Life Uncommon. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 17:32:55 +0200 From: "michiel - Jewelfan- van gorkum" Subject: * Joy a holiday - Ave maria reminds me of Per la gloria d'adorarvi hello Jewelfans, I can fully agree with the wonderful review of the cd of Jewel that Tom Hall wrote on this list just recently. It has all the aspects you expect of a christmas record. Some known songs like Joy to the world and silent night are really beautiful. I think Jewel's voice is brilliantly as ever. Her ara Ave Maria remembers me of the Ara per la gloria d'arorarvi that Jewel has sing in Europe during concerts in may 1999. Her expectional voice is really phenomenal and i enjoyed it to the fullest. But the songs are truly magnificent, and i think Arif Marden did a great job by conducting the cd. I didn't expect such a wonderful singers to be part of the cd, but we all could see some of Jewel's beautiful voice at netaid where she sang her new single versions of the record Joy a holiday. In holland we had the luck to get the cd soon, as the release was 29th of october, and i ran into the shops in my city to look for the cd, and only one shop had the cd. The other shops were not even close in having the cd in thier collection. Every song is phenonemal and the From a distance verse in the medley on the joy a holiday collection cd has been truly magnificent. Bye, Michiel a dutch eda who loves joy a holiday collection http://home.wxs.nl/~gorku004/frame.html Jewel's home in holland ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 18:03:27 +0200 From: "michiel - Jewelfan- van gorkum" Subject: * Jewel to do european christmas activities? hello Jewelfans, I just can hope and pray that Jewel will come to Europe to do one tv show for BBC that many of the european eda's can watch and the she sings the Jewelsongs for an european crowd. I always hope that this kind of special concerts can happen. But i can only keep my fingers crossed as in europe we hardly going to see jewel for the upcoming 3 months. But maybe our prayers can be heard at the jewel management team and that they will decide that Jewel will do something special for her european fans. bye, Michiel http://home.wxs.nl/~gorku004/frame.html Jewel's home in holland. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 19:57:33 +0200 From: Jonathan Ben-Nun Subject: * Where to find "Bits And Bubbles" in the holy land & something about caring . Sender: owner-jewel@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Hello, I wanted to end the letter with this part, but I'll say this first so that you'll know what I'm reffering to. An EDA named Krista promised a "Bits And Bubbles" copy (for two EDA's) for free, and she has delivered, so thank you very much Krista, you made my day/week/month... any EDA's in the holy land (that I'm not yet familiar with), I've got a copy so E-mail if you're interested ;-) Also E-Mail me if any of you has actually found a place to get a copy of this CD - I'll be very surprised to hear that you have found such a place, I know I checked everywhere. You know, it's kinda hard getting attached to Jewel from afar, unless you decide you're addicted. I can hardly be considered addicted, but then again I played "You Were Meant For Me", "Carnivore" and a few more songs appx. 11,252 times each. The difference is that I have my own harsh criticism per everything Jewel does - there's the good and bad as there is in everything. Jewel released an album with more than a few naive, somewhat childish songs? Well she didn't lose her too innocent, charismatic personality. This CD is the most refreshing thing I've heard from Jewel in a long time, says a guy who rarely gets a taste from Jewel's charisma (no, she isn't featured in every local magazine like in the US...) And one more thing: Krista isn't the first EDA to offer and provide help. So EDA's believe in this crap called "love", and "caring"... so what? EDA's are there when you need bits of Jewel's charisma :-) Thank you! Jonathan (You'd think I'd call myself "the holy land angel"... but you're wrong. I'm the first to admit I'm no angel!) ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V4 #646 ***************************