| 1. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)-Kim Weston | |||
| 2. Looking For The Right Guy-Kim Weston | |||
| 3. Love Me All The Way-Kim Weston | |||
| 4. A Bird In The Hand (Is Worth Two In The Bush)-The Velvelette | |||
| 5. Come On And See Me-Tammi Terrell | |||
| 6. Operator-Brenda Holloway | |||
| 7. I'll Be Available-Brenda Holloway | |||
| 8. I'll Always Love You-Brenda Holloway | |||
| 9. Devil With The Blue Dress-Shorty Long | |||
| 10. He's My Man-The Supremes | |||
| 11. Agent Double D Soul-Edwin Starr | |||
| 12. (SOS) Stop Her On Sight-Edwin Starr | |||
| 13. Leaving Here-Eddie Holland | |||
| 14. Just Ain't Enough Love-Eddie Holland | |||
| 15. Candy To Me-Eddie Holland | |||
| 16. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)-Isley Brothers | |||
| 17. Behind A Painted Smile-Isley Brohers | |||
| 18. Truly Yours-Detroit Spinners | |||
| 19. Just A Little Misunderstanding-The Contours | |||
| 20. Do You Love Me-The Contours | |||
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Editorial Reviews
Mid-priced UK compilation featuring hits and rarities from the Tamla/Motown vaults. Includes the tracks Kim Weston-'Looking For the Right Guy', Shorty Long-'Devil With The Blue Dress', The Supremes-'He's My Man' and Edwin Starr-'Agent Double-O Soul'. 23 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Big Hits & Hard to Find V.3,Various Artists,Universal/Spectrum,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B Collections,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues
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Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits
Glenn Miller Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003G2K Release Date: 1996-04-16 |
Tracks:
- In The Mood
- Moonlight Serenade
- Tuxedo Junction
- Chattanooga Choo-Choo
- A String Of Pearls
- When You Wish Upon A Star
- That Old Black Magic
- Moon Love
- Little Brown Jug
- Sunrise Serenade
- Pennsylvania 6-5000
- (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo
- American Patrol
- Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
- King Porter Stomp
Customer Reviews:
glen miller greatest hits.......2007-05-20
Glenn Miller Greatest Hits.......2007-04-11
glenn miller greatest hits.......2007-04-10
Happy Music.......2007-04-05
Stompin' w/Glenn.......2007-04-01
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The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder
Fatboy Slim Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FC2GBE Release Date: 2006-06-20 |
Tracks:
- Rockafeller Skank
- Praise You
- Brimful of Asha - Cornershop (Norman Cook remix)
- Weapon of Choice
- Gangster Trippin'
- I See You Baby - Groove Armada (Fatboy Slim Remix)
- Wonderful Night
- Right Here, Right Now
- Going Out Of My Head
- Sunset (Bird of Prey)
- Everybody Loves a Carnival
- Don't Let The Man Get You Down
- Demons
- Sho Nuff
- Slash Dot Dash
- Santa Cruz
- Champion Sound
- That Old Pair of Jeans
Album Description
The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder brings together all the songs that made Fatboy Slim the biggest dance artist and DJ on the planet. This collection includes two brand new tracks "That Old Pair of Jeans" featuring vocalist Lateef of Blackalicious, and "Champion Sound," plus Fatboy Slim's two biggest selling remixes, Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha" and Groove Armada's "I See You Baby." The CD has every essential Fatboy Slim hit, featuring vocal contributions from Macy Gray, Bootsy Collins, Jim Morrison, Yvonne Elliman, and Five Man Electrical Band.Also available on July 18, 2006: "The Greatest Hits: Why Make Videos" DVD with all of Fatboy's genre defining and hilarious award winning videos.
Customer Reviews:
Great Best Of.......2007-03-13
Who IS Fatboy Slim?.......2007-01-12
Spectacular.......2006-11-29
Addictive.......2006-09-29
Why look harder?.......2006-09-14
As Matthew Blissmer said in his review, this is a GREAT CD to put on for friends that don't want to hear the (often excessively) long versions of each of the songs. I always ran into that problem... I loved the songs but they had awkward lead-in and lead-outs. In "Why Try Harder?", ALL the songs are beautifully edited, starting and stopping at exactly perfect times for the full effect of the song. No minute-long lead-out for "Going Out of My Head", and "Brimful of Asha" (one of my favorites) is cut perfectly down to size from the 7:30 full cut.
I can put this in a CD player and hit Shuffle and not be nervous about hitting an embarrassing song. They're all great.
If you're new to Fatboy Slim, or you've been following him for years, it doesn't matter, this is your CD. Clean up all those illegally-downloaded albums and mixes you were too hesitant to purchase, because this has it all in one neatly packaged, easily-purchasable CD! Time to pay your respects to the totally awesome Norman Cook in this totally awesome collection. Why look harder?
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Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
The Rolling Stones , and Rolling Stones Manufacturer: Abkco ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006AW2I Release Date: 2002-08-27 |
Tracks:
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- The Last Time
- As Tears Go By
- Time Is on My Side
- It's All over Now
- Tell Me
- 19th Nervous Breakdown
- Heart of Stone
- Get off of My Cloud
- Not Fade Away
- Good Times Bad Times
- Play With Fire
Album Description
This Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) recording offers high-resolution sound and is playable on both standard CD players and SACD-compatible devices.Album Description
Full Title - Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass). Remastered reissue of 1966 compilation, suitable for standard & 'Super Audio' CD players.Customer Reviews:
A dozen gem-Stones.......2007-02-14
Highly recommended!
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass).......2006-07-27
Every Song a Diamond.......2006-06-11
Play it Loud, but Turn it Down Toward the End.......2006-06-11
Satisfaction Still Guaranteed.......2006-06-11
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Greatest Hits: Broadway
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000029PM Release Date: 1996-10-29 |
Tracks:
- Oklahoma!: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - John Raitt/Franz Allers
- On The Town: New York, New York - Michael Kermoyan/Adolph Green/John Reardon/Cris Alexander & Chorus/Leonard Bernstein
- Annie Get Your Gun: I Got The Sun In The Morning - Doris Day/Franz Allers
- Fiddler On The Roof: If I Were A Rich Man - Topol/Gareth Davies
- West Side Story: Tonight - Larry Kert/Carol Lawrence/Max Goberman
- The Sound Of Music: The Sound Of Music - Mary Martin/Frederick Dvonch
- My Fair Lady: On The Street Where You Live - Jerry Lanning/Theodore Saidenberg
- Annie: Tomorrow - Andrea McArdle/Peter Howard
- The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
- Anything Goes: You're The Top - Eileen Rodgers/Hal Linden/Julian Stein
- Bye Bye Birdie: Put On A Happy Face - Dick Van Dyke/Elliot Lawrence
- Mame: Open A New Window - Angela Lansbury & Cast/Don Pippin
- Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band - The Chestnut Brass Co.
- Sweet Charity: Hey, Big Spender - Helen Gallagher/Thelma Oliver/Fan-Dango Girls/Fred Werner
- Bells Are Ringing: Just In Time - Judy Holliday/Sydney Chaplin/Milton Rosenstock
- Gypst: Together, Wherever We Go - Ethel Merman/Jack Klugman/Sandra Church/Milton Rosenstock
- Cabaret: Cabaret - Jill Haworth/Harold Hastings
- Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
- Show Boat: Ol' Man River - William Warfield/Franz Allers
- A Chorus Line: What I Did For Love - Priscilla Lopez & Cast/Don Pippin
- A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns - Glynis Johns/Harold Hastings
Customer Reviews:
Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past.......2007-07-05
You certainly can't beat the price!
A Good One!.......2006-11-10
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Big Hits of the 50's
Various Artists Manufacturer: EMI Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002T8K Release Date: 1998-04-10 |
Tracks:
- Dragnet - Ray Anthony
- Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) - The Four Knights
- Too Young - Nat 'King' Cole
- How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
- Unchained Melody - Les Baxter, His Chorus And Orchestra
- Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
- Tonight You Belong To Me - Patience & Prudence
- Oh! - Pee Wee Hunt And His Orchestra
- St. George & The Dragonet - Stan Freberg
- Here In My Heart - Al Martino
- The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson
- Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
- May God Be With You - Les Paul & Mary Ford
- Mona Lisa - Nat 'King' Cole
- Young Love - Sonny James
- The Poor People Of Paris - Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra
- Wheel Of Fortune - Kay Starr
- Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
- 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - The Four Preps
- Johnny Standley - It's In The Book
Customer Reviews:
Great mix of hard to find songs on CD that most have forgotten.......2007-07-13
big hits of the fifties.......2007-06-08
THANKS.......2007-01-06
Okay I guess.......2005-09-07
Great price! So many original recordings!.......2005-04-16
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Tommy Dorsey - Greatest Hits [RCA]
Tommy Dorsey Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003G2N Release Date: 1996-07-16 |
Tracks:
- Opus One
- Song of India
- Once in a While
- Marie
- Little White Lies
- Stardust
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
- Indian Summer
- You
- The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
- All the Things You Are
- Our Love
- In the Blue of Evening
- The Song Is You
- I'm in the Mood for Love
- Summertime
- Birmingham Bounce
Customer Reviews:
It's Unbelievable How Music Could Be This Good.......2006-06-24
Tommy Dorsey -Best All Around Dance Band!.......2005-05-09
Dorsey had several bands and his pre 1940 band is very different than his band of 1940 - 1946. The '40s band had a more dynamic sound to it, especially in the Swing instrumentals! Plus...all those great vocalists - Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Connie Haines and the Pied Pipers vocal group, not to mention Dick Haymes, Stuart Foster and the great Clark Sisters aka The Sentimentalists.
The recordings on the CD above are a mixture of 'both' of TD's band of the era.
All the sides on the CD are choice and the only reason I have rated the CD 4 stars out of 5 is because my 'personal best' are not all on there!
And with all due respect to the reviewer below, the version of "Opus One" on this CD *is* the original 1944 recording when TD was featuring a big string section in his band. "Inferior"? No such way.
*For more by me on the Dorsey band, click on the link below-
http://www.jazzitude.com/bldorseya.htm
Great sound quality, superb music.......2003-09-30
It's a pity that Dorsey has been somewhat forgotten today and shoved aside in preference of Benny, Glenn and Artie. Was he as good as those giants? No, but this disc shows that his band could swing, had a phenomenal young vocalist named Sinatra and that Tommy's trombone playing wasn't half bad. This is a must have album for anyone serious about the Big Band era.
absolutely marvellous!.......2003-09-09
"Opus one" the best of the best........2002-11-20
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Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002ITK Release Date: 1992-03-17 |
Tracks:
- We're Not Gonna Take It
- I Wanna Rock
- I Am (I'm Me)
- The Price
- You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
- The Kids Are Back
- Shoot 'Em Down
- Under The Blade
- I'll Never Grow Up, Now!
- Bad Boys (Of Rock 'N' Roll)
- What You Don't Know Sure Can Hurt You (Live Version)
- Destroyer (Live Version)
- Tear It Loose (Live Version
- Run For Your Life (Live Version)
- It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (Live Version)
- Let The Good Times Roll/Feel So Fine (Live Version)
Customer Reviews:
Very Pleased.......2007-05-14
Blast from the past.......2007-01-09
Cover doesn't say "GREATEST HITS".......2006-11-21
Twisted Sister Rocks!.......2006-08-30
It is what it says it is........2006-01-26
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I've Heard That Song Before: Hits of Harry James
Harry James & His Orchestra Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005OLC4 Release Date: 2004-04-05 |
Tracks:
- You Made Me Love You
- I've Heard that Song Before
- Back Beat Boogie
- The Carnival Of Venice
- Strictly Instrumental
- I'll Buy That Dream
- Stompin At The Savoy
- The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
- Crazy Rhythm
- He's 1-A In The Army And He's A-1 In My Heart
- One O'Clock Jump
- Music Makers
- James Session
- My Silent Love
- Jeffrie's Blues
- Flatbush Flanagan
- Concerto For Trumpet
- I Cried For You
- Trumpet Rhapsody (Part 1)
- Trumpet Rhapsody (Part 2)
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- But Not For Me
- Cross Country Jump
- Jump Town
Tracks:
- Trumpet Blues & Cantabile
- The Mole
- September Song
- I'll Get By
- Moten Swing (Part 1)
- Moten Swing (Part 2)
- Feet Draggin' Blues
- I Had The Craziest Dream
- Two O'Clock Jump
- Yes, Indeed!
- I'm Beginning To See The Light
- Cherry
- Flash
- Skylark
- B-19
- All Or Nothing At All
- Dodgers' Fan Dance
- Sleepy Time Gal
- Record Session
- It's Been A Long, Long Time
- Sleepy Lagoon
- I Don't Want To Walk Without You
- Sharp As A Tack
- 9:20 Special
- Ciribiribin
Customer Reviews:
Good collection--oddly organized........2007-01-18
Not that great.......2007-01-10
Classic Music by a Trumpet Wizard.......2006-08-06
A bargain for the the best of this superb swing musician!.......2004-02-26
Here we have James in all his different modes: as a virtuoso trumpeter ("Trumpet Rhapsody"), as a leader of a smooth, sweet band with superb vocalists (Helen Forrest singing "I Had the Craziest Dream"; the swooning instrumental "You Made Me Love You"), and as the leader of a hard swingin' band for lindy-hopping dancers ("I've Heard that Song Before," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Strictly Instrumental," and plenty more). His other big hits, "Ciribiribin," "Trumpet Blues and Cantabile," and "Music Makers" are here as well. The time period covered is immense, from James's first recording as a leader in 1939, to his post-war recordings in 1947. And it's all great - everybody will find something to love here.
Along with the classics, here are some of the big surprises waiting for you: a 1939 small-group recording of "One O'Clock Jump" that was James's first session as the leader of a band. (He had just recorded "One O'Clock Jump" with Benny Goodman before departing the Goodman orchestra, so he must have felt comfortable with "One O'Clock Jump" as a place to start.) There's a six-minute long, 1947 recording of an old Goodman stand-by, "Stompin' at the Savoy," that turns the whole piece upside down and makes something entirely new out of it. Helen Forrest belts out a wartime morale raiser, "He's 1-A in the Army but A-1 in My Heart" I had never heard before - and any chance to hear more of the divine Ms. Forrest's voice is welcome! There's also some wonderful vocals from Kitty Kallen on this disc as well. And some swingy surprises I've never heard before: "Dodgers' Fan Dance" (written for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Harry James's favorite team), "Cross Country Jump," a two-part version of the swing anthem "Moten Swing," "Flatbush Flanagan," and a sweet, beautiful rendition of a song that's usually a jumping blues number, Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin.'" There's even a track where James plays trumpet with just a rhythm section backing him, a great opportunity to hear his trumpet chops in their pure glory. (And man, could this guy play!)
All this for $14.99! I couldn't believe the quality and the quantity I got when I finally received these discs, opened them up, and slapped them in my CD player. (And let me tell you, they're not leaving my CD changer for a while!)
This is a bargain: jazz fans, lovers of 40s music and wartime nostalgia, swing dancers, big band nuts, grab this now before someone comes to their senses and starts charging more!
Swing at its best.......2003-03-08
James took this genre to the nth degree, and went all over the map with it, but never becoming blase or redundant. He had an inimitable knack for composing low-slung blusey trumpet laden instrumentals right alongside jazz infused swinging jump jive and on into Doris Day backed vocal ballads, as can be heard on the wonderful soundtrack to the movie Young Man with a Horn which featured James' Orchestra and the man's wildly talented trumpet virtuoso.
James' music inpired more than this wonderful musician was ever given credit for, and any lover of the swing era would be amiss to not listen to, and discover what this awesome musician gave to us.
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Tupac Rap Phenomenon II DJ Green Lantern, Dirty Harry & Vlad (Mixtape) 2Pac
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000F3FV2E |
Product Description
Three of the illest DJs in the game pay tribute to the legendary musician Tupac Shakur in this mixtape classic! The follow-up to Notorious B.I.G. - Rap Phenomenon showcases six months of dedication creating a soundtrack to Tupac's career. This mixtape features blends, guest cameos & Tupac exclusives produced by these DJs solely for this exclusive mixtape. A TRUE MIXTAPE CLASSIC!Customer Reviews:
CHRIS ROCK IS THE MAN!!!!!!!.......2007-07-23
Sweet!.......2007-05-19
from beyond.......2006-08-14
good idea. .......2006-04-06
however, a few stand out. such as "hold up," an entire song based upon nate dogg's line in dre's "the next episode." it has this really tight beat that sounds kinda like old old snoop dogg. before he dropped the doggy. if you're blazin' phillies, its good stuff to cruise to. additionally, "fight music" is a strong track, with pac flowing over "hate me now" by puffy and nas. it's really good because the beat is prolific, powerful, and quite emotional. the particular pac lines they choose are equally as powerful, giving one the feeling as though this is the original. "me against the world" is pac over dre's "still d.r.e." beat, which is pretty cool (except for the female chorus vocals). i mean, that's a killer beat no matter who rhymes over it. i like dre's much better, but this was a good mix. "thug in me" sounds kinda like something pac would've done when he was alive. it's a decent filler track, i suppose.
the best thing this cd has to offer is tupac's personal opinion that starts the track "revolution."
he says "this country was built on gangs. you know. i think this country still is run on gangs. republicans. democrats. the police department. the fbi. the c.i.--those are gangs. you know what i mean? the correctional officers. i had a correctional officer tell me straight up 'we're the biggest gang in new york state.' straight up."
hearing these words really made me remember how great tupac was. he had a lot of strong messages that unfortunately too little of his audience could actually hear. if you're a tupac fan and have most of his cds, then yeah. add this one to your collection because you'll probably dig it. if you're not a diehard pac fan, then maybe just consider it for fact that its pac with hot new beats. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. but definitely get this before you shell out $XX for Death Row's "nu-mixx klassics." this one is better.
Delivers what it promises........2006-03-31
This mixtape does make you relise something though. All of Pac's beats on his old songs seem tailered for him, cause with his style of rapping, you cant just put any beat in, even the hottest beats may sound wack with him...
I own every pac album from when he was alive, and his greatest hits, and there was still some verses in here I hadnt hered, so it is a good buy... All the tracks flow together, so it sounds like a real mixtape. The best song is the second one, Revolution Feturing Busta Rhymes, over that one really hot P. Diddy beat ( Forgot the name ) And what is cool is that verse is from Military Minds, and even though I found the original song wack, they make it really really good, even better than some of his greatest hits... The Dj's did a good job... Bottom line, if you are a Pac fan get this! I will soon be getting the B.I.G. one too...
I denounce the explotation of premtitated schemes/
Introducin' a drug called crack to us ghetto teens/
-2pac
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More Hot Rocks: Big Hits & Fazed Cookies
The Rolling Stones Manufacturer: Abkco ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006EXDO Release Date: 2002-09-03 |
Tracks:
- Tell Me
- Not Fade Away
- The Last Time
- It's All Over Now
- Good Times, Bad Times
- I'm Free
- Out Of Time
- Lady Jane
- Sittin' On A Fence
- Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
- Dandelion
- We Love You
Tracks:
- She's A Rainbow
- 2000 Light Years From Home
- Child Of The Moon
- No Expectations
- Let It Bleed
- What To Do
- Fortune Teller
- Poison Ivy (Version 1)
- Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (bonus track)
- Come On
- Money
- Bye Bye Johnny
- Poison Ivy (Version 2)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (bonus track - studio version)
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- Long Long While
Album Description
This Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) recording offers high-resolution sound and is playable on both standard CD players and SACD-compatible devices.Album Description
Full Title - More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies). Remastered reissue of 1972 compilation, suitable for standard & 'Super Audio' CD players. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love', 'Poison Ivy' (version 2) & 'I've Been Loving You Too Long'. Gatefold digipak. Abkco Records. 2002.Customer Reviews:
Buying it for nostalgic reasons, you may be disappointed.......2007-03-21
If you're buying this for nostalgic reasons you may be disappointed. If you are new to this collection it might be just fine.
Rolling stones at their awesomest.......2005-12-20
Worth the money?.......2005-10-22
So why bother with this very odd compilation? Well there's only one, ridiculously expensive reason - "I Can't Be Satisfied" - a magnificent cover of a Muddy Waters track that's up there with the very best of anything the Stones or anyone else has released and which, along with "Little Red Rooster", was pivotal in establishing their reputation as a "serious" blues band. Featuring some stunning slide guitar from Brian Jones, wonderfully understated backing from Keith Richards and some beautifully laid-back drumming from Charlie Watts, it's an absolutely unmissable cut that was, quite unbelievably, "lost" in the track-shifting between their first two UK & US albums... and, equally unbelievably, is, at present, only available here.
It's a huge amount to pay for one track but then maybe you can help justify the cost on the basis that several of the other tracks on this double CD, most of which are excellent, fill some glaring gaps in your Stones collection.
Mixed and schizo bag.......2004-12-12
"Tell Me" ranks as rank: sloppy, unoriginal and close to unlistenable. "Not Fade Away" doesn't add anything to the Buddy Holly version. Suddenly, we get the Jagger-Richards original "The Last Time," which may have been the first song they wrote together (others claim that was "As Tears Go By"). This is remarkable as an early effort, and as a contrast to the first two songs here. The energy jumps upwards again in "It's All Over Now." How about that marathon solo? You can feel the band having a whale of a session.
Then we get two more sluggish, disposable tunes in "Good Times" and "I'm Free" before entering the red-hot zone of eight varied and beautiful tracks -- minus "We Love You," which is worth a couple novelty listens, but can't compare with its company here. Why was this the single, and "Dandelion" the flipside? "Dandelion" is one of my all-time favorite Stones tunes, just in terms of sound, and because it's fun to play on guitar. Of course it's not typical Stones, and they haven't produced anything like it since '67, but I think it's unjustly overlooked.
"Lady Jane," "Out of Time" and "What to Do" (stuck on Disc Two here, who knows why?) can all be found on the album "Aftermath," which is worth having on its own. I do appreciate "Sittin' on a Fence" here, saving the trouble of locating the pastiche "Flowers" album for a romping acoustic ballad. It's another blast to play yourself. "Have You Seen Your Mother" is as gloriously wasted as rock gets, though I wonder what Keith meant when he said the wrong mix was released. What are we missing?
The streak of greatness sputters a little with "Child of the Moon." Since it's hard to find elsewhere, maybe it would be best on a "Metamorphosis"-type collection of oddities. We get another couple of album tracks, then a descent into early, primitive blues stylings, which you either love, hate, or confront with indifference. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a bonus track for the CD, and it's interminable. But then you get gems like "Bye Bye Johnny" and "I Can't Be Satisfied," so the feeling emerges again of total anarchy in quality. Sadly, the final track is a letdown: "Long Long While." If the Stones had always sounded this dreary, they'd never have made it out of seedy clubs.
As with Hot Rocks 1, I think the music would have fit onto one CD alone -- maybe by eliminating the more regrettable tracks here. Because of the sheer brilliance of the best songs here, I think it's worth between 2 and 3 stars. Three, just because some listeners will find the rarer songs attractive.
More Of A "Best - Off" Than A Greatest Hits Set.......2004-07-08
Disc 1 starts off around the same period as the first disc on the first volume of "Hot Rocks". Songs like "Tell Me", "Dandelion", "It's All Over Now" and "Lady Jane" rank among the best Stones recordings of all time, certainly as good as "Satisfaction" or "Brown Sugar". Others like "Good Times, Bad Times" and "Out Of Time" (the "Metamorphisis" version is better) are dated, but the Dylan - esque "Sittin' On A Fence" is one their bst studio efforts. On the downside, the remastering on "We Love You" is a bit muddy. Still, great cd.
Disc 2's first 5 songs continue where the disc 1 left off. "She's A Rainbow" is bright abd bouncy, and contains the rare intro taking place at a fish market. Then comes the eerie masterpiece "2000 Light Years From Home", one of Brian Jones' finest works. "Child Of The Moon" a great rocker and a rare b -side (it was used to back "Jumpin' Jack Flash"). "No Expectations" is another one of Brian Jones' finest momenst and significant for his use of the bottleneck guitar. After the jaunty title track from 1969's "Let It Bleed", we immediately go back in time to 1962. "What To Do" is a nice romp. It's nice to hear "Fortune Teller" without the live overdubs on "Got Live If You Want It", while "Posion Ivy" is a delightful cover of the Coasters hit. "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" is nice but othing to rave about. "Come On" a cover of a Chuck Berry song and their first single ever (released in Britain only) is one of the best songs in their catalogue. "Money", "Bye Bye Johnnie", the second version of "Poison Ivy" (much more harder than the first one) and "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (minus live overdubs) are great covers. Bringing thsi et to a close is a marvelou cover of Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied" (complete with excellent slide guitar, courttesy of Brian Jones), and "Long Long While", a great soul ballad in vein of Otis Redding.
This is a great cd for hardcore fans. New fans should wait awhile until they're more accquaintd to the Stones' material, but definitely should get it. Five stars across the board.
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