Houseparty: Anthology [Box set] [Live]

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The 38 tracks on the two-CD set, "The J. Geils Band Anthology," were arranged out of chronological order so the first 10 songs on the second disc could all be live recordings. Those songs give you a good sense of what the second set at a J. Geils show sounded like back in the days when the band was the most exciting blues-rock band in the land. On stage, the sextet would expand the boundaries of the blues to include everything from Stax and Motown to jackhammer rhythms and screaming solos, and that roadhouse party attitude carried over into a series of hit studio recordings. --Geoffrey Himes

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Average customer rating: Almost Perfect You don't like this...you got no soul Wow! High Energy Blues and Rock Excellent Collection from a really great band. Buy It. Anchoivies Please

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Tracks:

1. Cruisin' For A Love
2. Homework
3. Looking For A Love
4. It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It!)
5. The Usual Place
6. Cry One More Time
7. Dead Presidents
8. Give It To Me (Single Mix/Edit)
9. Southside Shuffle
10. Make Up Your Mind
11. Gettin' Out (Single Edit)
12. Detroit Breakdown
13. Givin' It All Up
14. Must Of Got Lost (Single Edit)
15. Believe In Me
16. Love-Itis
17. Where Did Our Love Go
18. Peanut Butter
19. Surrender

Tracks:

1. Sno-Cone (Live)
2. Wait (Live)
3. Hard Drivin' Man (Live)
4. First I Look At The Purse (Live)
5. Pack Fair And Square (LIve)
6. Whammer Jammer (Live)
7. Musta Got Lost (Live)
8. Start All Over (Live)
9. Houseparty (Live)
10. I Do (Live)
11. Just Can't Wait
12. Love Stinks
13. Night Time
14. Flamethrower
15. Centerfold
16. Freeze-Frame
17. Sanctuary
18. One Last Kiss
19. Teresa

Amazon.com

The 38 tracks on the two-CD set, "The J. Geils Band Anthology," were arranged out of chronological order so the first 10 songs on the second disc could all be live recordings. Those songs give you a good sense of what the second set at a J. Geils show sounded like back in the days when the band was the most exciting blues-rock band in the land. On stage, the sextet would expand the boundaries of the blues to include everything from Stax and Motown to jackhammer rhythms and screaming solos, and that roadhouse party attitude carried over into a series of hit studio recordings. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Almost Perfect.......2006-09-01

This is almost a 5 star collection. Had they included the John Lee Hooker song "Serves you right to Suffer", which was a show stopper in each show, I could have given it a 5th star. Despite this, it is a must have for anyone who had the luck to see one of their live shows.
I was fortunate to see them over 15 times. My first experience was at the Filmore East when they were a warm up act for "Sir Lord Baltimore" (who cares) and Black Sabbeth. No one ever heard of them before and after 3 encores the entire Filmore was exhausted from dancing in the isles from the 1st song till the last encore.
J. Geils Band is the most underated Greatest Live rock and roll band in the history of live concerts. Even the Stones didn't come close to the excitment and hard driving chaos Peter Wolf and the group created each and every time they appeared.
WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO MAKE A DVD OF SOME OF THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCES !!!!

You don't like this...you got no soul.......2006-03-10

I remember when I got my first glimpse of the J. Geils Band. It was Don Kirshner's Rock Concert on ABC late one weekend night. Here it all was - rock 'n roll, blues, soul, charisma, energy and a flat-out dead-on sprint by a little band from Boston to absolutley (as they phrased it) blow your face out. I was speechless.
I waited in front of Homer's Records in Omaha the very next morning until they opened and immediately purchased "Full House," easily one of the finest live LP's of all time. I've remained in the tank for this best American white boy soul/blues band of all time ever since.
Wisely, this anthology kicks off disc 2 with 10 live recordings pulled from three live LP's J. Geils Band released in their 17 year career. I dare anyone to take a listen to this material and find me any other live act performing today this tight - this good. To be brutally fair, this collection is not absolutely perfect. I've always loved "Back to Get Ya" which is not here, but that aside, this is damn good save for one small pet peeve. Even anthologists as good as Rhino still get it wrong and include "single edit" versions of a few tunes. BIG CLUE - WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO THIS STUFF ON THE RADIO, SO LOSE THE EDITED VERSIONS AND GIVE US THE FULL RECORDINGS OF WHAT THE ARTISTS ENVISIONED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Please, treat yourself, you won't be disappointed. And if you get off to this stuff, chase down some of Peter Wolf's solo work as well as Magic Dick and J. Geils throwback blues work on Rounder records.

Wow! High Energy Blues and Rock.......2006-02-27

If you are looking for high energy, mega bpm rock and blues, you've found the right CD. J Geils was founded in 1967 and was driven by three personalities, Peter "Wolf" Blankfield (vocals), Magic Dick Salwitz (on harp), and Jerome "J" Geils (on guitar). Wolf wrote many of the songs, but it was the driving harmonica, the incredible beat, and the blueze material which made their success.

This one pretty much as all the Band's hits and then some. Unlike some compilations, this one derives all their material from their early Atlantic days (1971-1977) to the EMI hits. Surprisingly, I seem to like the early Atlantic stuff rather than their hits, at least once you listen to it again.

The first CD starts off with a pair of greats, "Dead Presidents" a Willie Dixon tune, which is incredible. That disk includes "Looking for a Love" and "Give it To Me", both 5 Star rockers, better than Paul Butterfield, with a certain edgy-ness which makes their sound so appealling.

The second disk has a live version of "Musta Got Lost" which is better than the studio track, and then goes into their hits, like I Do, Centerfold, and Freeze-Frame.

I would have included a couple others that didn't make the cut like "Where Did Our Love Go", which is the way to make cover, make it your own, and don't try to copy the original in any way. I actually like the live version.

This CD really tries to re-create the feeling of the J Geils Band for those you who missed out on their shows. If you still have a turntable, it would be worth grabbing some of their vinyl do listen to some live material, which like the Grateful Dead is usually better than the studio.

I don't why I didn't give this a 5 Star rating, maybe because I am stingy and don't want to over sell the CD like so many other reviews. But it is great and again if you like live, raw, edgy high tempo blues and blues rock, discover J Geils!

Excellent Collection from a really great band. Buy It........2006-02-26

'The J. Geils Band Anthology' appears to be the very best way to get recordings of most of this band's best early works without laying out the dough for all their early albums, especially if you already have them on vinyl.

J. Geils Band was my last great discovery when their first album came out on the downside of the great 1960's Rock explosion in popular music. I saw them live a week after seeing the much more hichly lauded Johnny Winter band with Rick Derringer and every other hyped instrumentalist you can imagine, and they left me flat. J. Geils' energy on stage was phenomenal, and I'm happy to say that at least part of this comes across on their live recordings. They may be the second best all time white rhythm and blues band around, the first place being, now and forever, the Rolling Stones.

It's interesting to listen to this collection and wonder why they are not quite as good as the Stones, but that simply never detracts from the great pleasure of hearing them again after all these years.

Very highly recommended recording.

Anchoivies Please.......2005-12-20

When you get a group of guys together with names like Peter Wolf, J Geils, Seth Justman and Magic Dick you just know that you're going to get some quirky lyrics. And thats just what you get with songs such as "Centerfold, Love Stinks, Musta Got Lost" and "Freeze Frame". These just aren't songs gang, they are stories. My favourite from the J Geils catalogue is sadly missing, a little ditty from the "Love Stinks" album titled "No Anchoivies, Please". Its total narration (no singing on this one) to what happens to a guy's wife when she opens up a can of anchoivies. Hilarious! In my opinion that cut would have made this collection complete. Other than that, this is J Geils and his pals at their best.

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