The Complete Mercury Recordings [Original recording remastered]

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After waxing their seminal Rich-R-Tone and Columbia recordings from 1947 to 1952, Carter and Ralph Stanley actually broke up their band; Carter even joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for a short stretch while Ralph recuperated from a car accident. By 1953, they were back recording for Mercury and for the most part continuing to fuse the raw mountain music they grew up on with Monroe's more progressive propulsive style--although the duo does branch out a bit stylistically across these 48 tracks. Still, when it comes to two-part bluegrass harmonies, the Stanleys were without question the pair to beat: The blend of Carter's rich, warm voice with Ralph's crude, coarse moans stands as one of bluegrass's most distinctive sounds. Whether singing about the home folks (both living and deceased), the Lord, or the lover (both faithful and not), the Stanleys imparted a blunt, emotionally honest, soul-baring intensity. Along with the Rich-R-Tone and Columbia sets, this record is an essential collection of not only the Stanley Brothers' work, but of bluegrass in general. --Marc Greilsamer

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Average customer rating: Love It Flatt & Scruggs: 28 Gems Essential is better Ur Music Everyone must have this

The Complete Mercury Recordings Flatt & Scruggs Manufacturer: Mercury Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Essential Flatt & Scruggs: 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers Foggy Mountain Banjo At Carnegie Hall! The Music of Bill Monroe ASIN: B00008WI8G Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
2. God Loves His Children
3. My Cabin In Caroline
4. I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home
5. Baby Blue Eyes
6. Down The Road
7. Bouquet In Heaven
8. Why Don't You Tell Me So
9. I'll Never Shed Another Tear
10. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
11. No Mother Or Dad
12. Is It Too Late Now?
13. My Little Girl In Tennessee
14. I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime
15. I'll Never Love Another
16. So Happy I'll Be
17. Doin' My Time
18. Pike County Breakdown
19. Preachin' Prayin' Singin'
20. Cora Is Gone
21. Pain In My Heart
22. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
23. Back To The Cross
24. Salty Dog Blues
25. Will The Roses Bloom (Where She Lies Sleeping)
26. Take Me In A Lifeboat
27. Farewell Blues
28. I'll Just Pretend

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Fresh off their pioneering stint with Bill Monroe, guitarist-vocalist Lester Flatt and banjo master Earl Scruggs waxed these 28 seminal cuts for the tiny Mercury label between 1948 and 1950. The duo and their Foggy Mountain Boys attack the music with an urgency that even Monroe's Blue Grass Boys were hard-pressed to equal. Scruggs's rolling three-fingered banjo technique is as important to bluegrass as any other innovation; without competition from Monroe's mandolin, his banjo became the music's primary driving force and the engine that propels most of these songs. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "Farewell Blues" are banjo tour de forces that will never be matched. Original gospel numbers find Scruggs applying his fingerpicking technique to guitar, à la Merle Travis, and feature sharp group harmonies. Most of these original secular songs have become bluegrass standards, even though the pair refused to call their refined mountain music bluegrass. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Love It.......2007-05-22

This CD has 28 songs! The recording is excellent. The little booklet inside has a little history of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys as well as a few pictures. If you like Bluegrass, I think this CD is one you need.

Flatt & Scruggs: 28 Gems.......2007-01-13

This CD is absolute pure delight - the earliest and best recordings of Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. They recorded 28 sides for the Mercury label between 1948-49, and all of them thankfully are included here. For decades Bill Monroe never forgave Lester Flatt for leaving his group to team up with Earl Scruggs, and after listening to the beauty and intensity of these "mountain" classics, who could blame him. FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN, ROLLING IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS, and OLD SALTY DOG BLUES are all here, and so are DOWN THE ROAD, DOIN' MY TIME, and PAIN IN MY HEART - lesser known, perhaps, but gems just the same. Quite a number of religious songs - I'LL BE GOING TO HEAVEN SOMETIME, GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN, and PREACHIN', PRAYIN', SINGIN' - were recorded by the group, and they are classics of their kind. These are landmark recordings and helped to define (and set the bar at) what bluegrass music (though Flatt & Scruggs never used that term to identify the music they played: to them it was just "mountain music") is all about. This CD should be in everyone's collection.

Essential is better.......2006-08-22

Sorry. No long review here. I just wanted to say that I bought this Complete Mercury Recording, and "The Essential Flatt & Scruggs: 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" cd's at the same time. If you need to make a choice..... the Essential Flatt & Scruggs is the better choice because of the recording quality. This Complete Mercury Rocordings has an old LP, plus the scratches and hissing. The Essential Flatt & Scruggs one has most of the same songs and a hand full of others that make it the better buy. Here's two cd's that's even better than these two; a must have as a banjo/bluegrass cds. They're called: 1. "Dueling Banjos" From The Original Soundtrack: Deliverance. 2. The 2 disc "The Essential EARL SCRUGGS". These will be your best ever banjo/bluegrass cds; you'll see what I mean. Thanks for letting me review, Bill

Ur Music Everyone must have this.......2004-06-21

I have had part or all of these recordings on combinations of Vinyl and tape since around 1963. Having it all together on CD is a blessing.

This is just as fundamental to bluegrass music, to general musical culture, as the original sides Lester and Earl cut with Bill Monroe. The new band, without Bill Monroe, cuts loose more musically, builds more openly on the devastingly powerful banjo of Earl Scruggs, the great bluesy, jazz, Western swing educated fiddling of Chubby Wise, and the elegant vocals of Lester Flatt.
Lester Flatt's guitar playing that came through on these records and the sides with Monroe, are the foundation of all modern bluegrass guitar and much that people now use for old timey music and contradance music.

Even though I have had some of these cuts for more than 40 years, I am still devasted every time I play this. The last time I played this, I just had to call a friend of mine who is a champion fiddler out in California just to talk to her about how brilliant Chubby Wise's work is here.

If you came to Lester and Earl from the great records they put out in the 1960s in response to the folk revival, you will find that these and other recordings of the 1940s and 1950s have more of a normal country repertoire with fewer traditional folk songs thrown in. There are more of Earl's original instrumentals, his various "Specials."

I also love the way Earl plays guitar on many of the spiritual tunes like Aren't Going to Go to Heaven Some time.
In the old days the banjo, the fiddle, and the mandolin were thought dangerous satanic and certainly Negroid, and not played on "sacred songs." Bill Monroe would put down his mandolin and pick up a guitar for a sacred song, as Earl here picks up his guitar and Chubby's fiddle is silent.

This is just plain good music that anyone likes. I think someone who seriously enjoys band music of any kind, and enjoys the good interplay between rhythm and lead, will lead much from listening to these records. Anyone who grooves on a great solist improvizing/composing will learn a lot from what Earl and Chubby Wise do here.

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The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Complete Mercury Recordings The Stanley Brothers Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers Earliest Recordings: Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952) The Complete Mercury Recordings The Music of Bill Monroe An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956 ASIN: B0000AYL20 Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

1. (Say) Won't You Be Mine
2. This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)
3. I'm Lonesome Without You
4. Our Last Goodbye
5. Poison Lies
6. Dickson Country Breakdown
7. I Long To See The Old Folks
8. A Voice From On High
9. Memories Of Mother
10. Could You Love Me (One More Time)
11. Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
12. I Just Got Wise
13. Harbor Of Love
14. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
15. Calling From Heaven
16. Close By
17. Hard Times
18. Baby Girl
19. Say You'll Take Me Back
20. I Worship You
21. You're Still On My Mind
22. I Hear My Savior Calling
23. Just A Little Talk With Jesus
24. So Blue

Tracks:

1. You Better Get Right
2. Tragic Love
3. Lonesome And Blue
4. Orange Blossom Special
5. Clinch Mountain Blues
6. Will He Wait A Little Longer
7. Big Tilda
8. Angel Band
9. Who Will Call You Sweetheart
10. The Cry From The Cross
11. I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
12. Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
13. A Lonesome Night
14. Fling Ding
15. I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
16. Loving You Too Well
17. Daybreak In Dixie
18. If That's The Way You Feel
19. A Life Of Sorrow
20. I'd Rather Be Forgotten
21. The Flood
22. No School Bus In Heaven
23. Maple On The Hill
24. Little Maggie

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After waxing their seminal Rich-R-Tone and Columbia recordings from 1947 to 1952, Carter and Ralph Stanley actually broke up their band; Carter even joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for a short stretch while Ralph recuperated from a car accident. By 1953, they were back recording for Mercury and for the most part continuing to fuse the raw mountain music they grew up on with Monroe's more progressive propulsive style--although the duo does branch out a bit stylistically across these 48 tracks. Still, when it comes to two-part bluegrass harmonies, the Stanleys were without question the pair to beat: The blend of Carter's rich, warm voice with Ralph's crude, coarse moans stands as one of bluegrass's most distinctive sounds. Whether singing about the home folks (both living and deceased), the Lord, or the lover (both faithful and not), the Stanleys imparted a blunt, emotionally honest, soul-baring intensity. Along with the Rich-R-Tone and Columbia sets, this record is an essential collection of not only the Stanley Brothers' work, but of bluegrass in general. --Marc Greilsamer

Average customer rating: The 'Classic' Rod The Mod Great music, careless remastering Fantastic Set Rod Stewart's best Beware of clicks and pops

Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings Rod Stewart Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Five Guys Walk into a Bar... First Step A Nod is As Good As a Wink to a Blind Horse The Best Of Faces: Good Boys When They're Asleep Ooh La La ASIN: B0000793V8 Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. Man Of Constant Sorrow
3. Blind Prayer
4. Handbags And Gladrags
5. An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
6. I Wouldn't Ever Change A Thing
7. Cindy's Lament
8. Dirty Old Town
9. Gasoline Alley
10. It's All Over Now
11. Only A Hobo
12. My Way Of Giving
13. Country Comforts
14. Cut Across Shorty
15. Lady Day
16. Jo's Lament
17. You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It)
18. It's All Over Now (Single Version)

Tracks:

1. Every Picture Tells A Story
2. Seems Like A Long Time
3. That's All Right/Amazing Grace
4. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
5. Maggie May
6. Mandolin Wind
7. (I Know) I'm Losing You
8. (Find A) Reason To Believe
9. True Blue
10. Lost Paraguayos
11. Mama You Been On My Mind
12. Italian Girls
13. Angel
14. Interludings
15. You Wear It Well
16. I'd Rather Go Blind
17. Twistin' The Night Away
18. What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)

Tracks:

1. Pinball Wizard
2. Oh! No Not My Baby
3. Jodie
4. Sweet Little Rock 'n Roller
5. Lochinvar
6. Farewell
7. Sailor
8. Bring It On Home To Me/You Send Me
9. Let Me Be Your Car
10. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man
11. Dixie Toot
12. Hard Road
13. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Instrumental)
14. Girl From The North Country
15. Mine For Me
16. Missed You (Previously unreleased in the US)
17. You Put Something Better Inside Me (Previously unreleased in the US)
18. Crying Laughing Loving Lying (Previously unreleased in the US)
19. Every Time We Say Goodbye (Previously unreleased in the US)
20. So Tired (Previously unreleased in the US)

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Back in 1969, Rod Stewart's résumé included a stint as Jeff Beck's singer. He'd also just joined the Faces, who dropped the "Small" from their name when Stewart and Ron Wood signed on as members. But his husky, graveled rasp shone best that year as he took on covers of the Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man" and Ewan McColl's "Dirty Old Town" on his solo debut. As this three-CD set thoroughly demonstrates, Stewart was like Joe Cocker in that he crossed boundaries effortlessly, integrating a boozy, acoustic-backed sway with an R&B churn and creating a new rock sound that captured the fancy of fans on both sides of the Atlantic. He peaked with Every Picture Tells a Story's title track; the folkie, soulful "Maggie May"; and the jaw-dropping "(I Know) I'm Losing You." With those 1971 hits, he arrived full-blown as a sequin-ready superstar. His Mercury period ended in 1974 with Smiler, and this set trails off with that album and five tracks previously unreleased in the U.S. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

The 'Classic' Rod The Mod.......2007-07-13

Before he even dreamed of recording the ill-fated 'Blondes Have More Fun', Rod Stewart was churning out classic after classic. This boxed set captures him at his artistic peak at Mercury Records. It includes tracks like his rendition of the Stones' 'Street Fighting Man', 'You Wear It Well', 'Reason To Believe', and, of course, the unforgettable 'Maggie May'. This boxed set also includes the malignant 'Smiler', but it doesn't mean that the album doesn't rock! Personally, this would be a great buy for me since it also includes unreleased takes and tracks. This boxed set is essential for any rock library or Rod the Mod enthusiast.

Great music, careless remastering.......2007-02-12

As nice as it is to have all of Rod's Mercury material in one place, I have to agree with the Serbian reviewer below regarding the occasional but noticeable digital "pops" that mar what would otherwise be an excellent remastering job. What's the point of a remastering project if the end product contains obvious, irritating flaws like this? Looks like I'll be ripping the bonus tracks and selling this set off, hanging onto my individual remasters.

Fantastic Set.......2006-11-28

Mercury packages and repackages songs from Rod's first five albums all the time, usually with little regard for the selections--and they normally come out when he is releasing a new CD (on another label). This set however, is different. This one makes sense, is well packaged and even contains bonus tracks. And at $28 (or so), it's actually a bargain. If you are looking back and want to know about early solo Rod Stewart, this is all you need--it contains his first five solo CDs plus a few singles. Great Stuff. Rod's career went up and down and up and down after this but this is consistently great music. Even the much harassed at the time SMILER sounds good today. Highly recommended.

Rod Stewart's best.......2005-11-20

In my opinion these are Rod Stewart's very best songs. This is solid late 60's/early 70's style rock, pervaded by easily discernable blues influences. An excellent mix of musicians and songs to synergize with Stewart's admirably raspy vocals. Later material seems designed more to showcase Stewart's voice, wheras the powerful vocals in these songs are an element of something much bigger. If you are more a fan of the disco influenced "Do ya think I'm sexy," and later works, then you will probably disagree with me on this. I like a few of the later Rod Stewart songs too, but the oldies contained in this box-set are my absolute favorites.

Beware of clicks and pops.......2005-09-07

Many many moons ago I have bought this CD believing that I'll enjoy listening to it completely. But every time I play it, I get an urge to write a proper review about it. Finally, I had to do it and here it is. In spite of the fantastic idea about releasing the complete Mercury studio works on 3 CDs in a deluxe package, there is a matter of a technically incorrect CDs. Along with a great music come a lots of clicks and pops, which (at least where I come from) makes a CD technically incorrect. I don't know how is it possible that no one who was checking that remastering heard that. Well.. assuming that there is someone who's checking that. And then they wonder why people burn CDs...

Average customer rating: Proof positive Doug Sahm and his band were one of the best America ever produced! In my heart, five stars

The Complete Mercury Recordings Douglas Sahm , and Sir Douglas Quintet Manufacturer: Hip-O Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live from Austin, Texas Live From The Limo, Vol. 1 Groover's Paradise Hangin' on by a Thread The Return of Wayne Douglas ASIN: B000AO2J46 Release Date: 2006-12-01

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Everybody who knew Doug Sahm liked him, and everyone who didnt know him, but knew his work, respected him. He was manic, he was a larger-than-life character, and his passion for music was exceeded only if at all by his passion for baseball. Its the former with which we concern ourselves here, as we follow the Sir Douglas Quintet in various configurations through what critics generally regard as Sahms fertile early period (he would later go on to form the Texas Tornados, among other things). The Sir Douglas Quintet was supposed to capitalize on the British Invasion, but it would take an advanced case of astigmatism to think the band had roots in the UK. And with a couple of cosmetic exceptions, their music was firmly linked to America (in the broadest sense). For Doug and his band, virtually any genre was up for grabs rock, blues, soul, country, psychedelic, norteño, polka, whatever. They played it all, and they played it proficiently. One of lifes great mysteries is how Doug Sahm isnt in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, since his music has inspired two generations of musicians, and he can rightly lay claim to being the Godfather of the Austin music scene. Anthologized heavily throughout the years, Sir Dougs music from the Mercury/Smash era has never before been collected systematically and presented so handsomely. This box set covers six albums, all the mono singles, Spanish-language recordings and a number of Dougs productions on which his band appears. The box was conceived and executed by Grammy®-winning producer Bill Levenson, and it was remastered in 2004 from the original master tapes. It includes liner notes by critic Scott Schinder and rare photos of Doug and the band. No single package could contain all the vibrancy and vision Doug Sahm possessed, but this particular set is celebratory for those who lived through the ear and revelatory for those who didnt.

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Proof positive Doug Sahm and his band were one of the best America ever produced!.......2007-06-06

I love Doug Sahm's music, and I've written glowing reviews on Amazon for every Doug Sahm disc I own. He is one of my favorite artists of all time, and certainly the one guy whose music I try to introduce friends to. This set isn't cheap, but you get all of the SDQ Mercury recordings, including the rarities collection "Rough Edges." The music here is a mix of Tex-Mex, garage rock, country, and proto country-rock - in other words great American roots music. Sahm and his co-horts were unlike any other band; the world is a sadder place because he's gone, but thankfully this great music is back in print for many to discover and enjoy.

There's too many highlights to mention, but here a few: "Mendocino," "Dynamite Woman," "It Didin't Even Bring Me Down," "Me and My Destiny," and a lot more. If you aren't locked into one style of music, then the SDQ could become one of your favorites. They could certainly play everything and play it well.

I started to give this five stars, but didn't because Mercury put "Dynamite Woman" and its flip "Too Many Dociled Minds" on the set not once, not twice, but three times! It appears once on the first disc because the single came out around the time of Mendocino, second time on the "Rough Edges" disc where it actually came out on LP, and finally on the Mono mix disc (which is really a waste; the mixes are, as the other reviewer said, rather flat).

The packaging is well done, but the discs have that standard FBI warning labeled too prominently on them for my taste. I paid a lot for these discs; I think Mercury could put the warning somewhere in the booklet or in smaller type. It detracts from the otherwise nice package.

The music rates five stars easily because the gems outweigh the filler, but the redundancy factor is something I can't overlook. If you've never heard Doug Sahm, buy the 68-75 Best Of. If you like it, then buy this! It's truly great American music.

In my heart, five stars.......2007-06-01

It's hard to think of awarding five stars to a box set of albums that are only rated at three or three and a half stars individually, but I'm tempted. Maybe I just miss Doug too much.

As billed, the Complete Mercury Sessions contains SDQ's six albums for Mercury and its subsidiaries Phillips and Smash. In addition, there are a smattering of outtakes or alternate versions, including Spanish-lyric remakes of some favorites, covers by Texas legends Roy Head and Junior Parker, and a disc of mono singles that serves as something a "greatest hits" album. (OK, Junior Parker was from Mississippi, but he made his name on Don Robey's Duke Records out of Houston.) The period covered by these six albums is generally considered Sahm's most creative, and these recordings contain some of his best remembered tunes, such as "Mendocino," "And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down," "At the Crossroads," and more. The albums are presented in order of release with a minimum of additional material interspersed or bracketing them, so the songs they play through as originally sequenced, a plus not every collection offers in this "cram in all you can get" box set age.

One of the best aspects of this collection is that the remastering is clean and crisp throughout, almost disconcerting so considering that Doug could sometimes emphasize emotional effect over technical accuracy. OK, he could be downright sloppy, and there's plenty of low-grade product out there to prove it. But all the slop out there just makes this collection a more notable value. One detraction in this set is that the monaural mix on the singles disc is a little flat sounding. Interesting, but not effective. Unless you turn it up real loud.

The hardback book style packaging is innovative, and the layout and design are colorful and accessible. Good photos and liner notes, and an informative musical history of Doug and his "recording trip." I've had other sets with cardboard disc sleeves that haven't held up too well, so that could be drawback in time, although it works fine now.

Those who know the music of Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet are in for a treat with this package of his earlier work. If you're not from Texas, he's probably an acquired taste. Doug has been called innovative and unique, but that's more true of his personality than his music. Doug couldn't sit still, and he couldn't stop talking. He was an approachable guy whether his popularity was riding high or in an off-phase. On break at Soap Creek Saloon or between games (not during them) at an Austin softball complex, you could walk up and say "hi" and get a conversation from him. No pretense, no attitude, no apologies necessary. If you told him you were from San Antonio, he'd ask where you went to high school.

Musically, Doug was not so unique. He was only the most visible of a long tradition of highly eclectic, skilled players who make a living at music by being able to cover everything that makes a sound. There are still a few of them out there playing every weekend in VFW, SPJST, and Sons of Herman halls all over Central Texas. Polkas and schottisches for the old-timers; waltzes; two-step and Cotton-eyed Joe; western swing; straight country; blues; r&b; rock'n'roll; norteno; pretty much name it and claim it. (Catch the Vrazels some Saturday night.)

Doug matured musically in this eclectic environment. He approached the European music forms (polka, waltz) through its presence in Mexican-American culture and expanded his personal repertoire more toward rock, blues, and country, but there is still a loopy, hiccoughing polka beat under Augie Meyer's Farfisa and in some of Doug's rhythm guitar. Perhaps he was not a master of any of the forms he attempted, but he could make you dance and he could make you smile. His shows were sweaty, gritty, sometimes a little sloppy, musically all over the place, but always sincere and respectful of the music and those like himself who loved it.

So, in my heart, Doug Sahm will always rate five stars. This goes out to you, man, wherever you are.

Average customer rating: "Amelia Earhardt, we have your luggage." A personal recollection of Spanky Where to begin? Superb fusion of Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, and Folk!

The Complete Mercury Recordings Spanky & Our Gang Manufacturer: Hip-O Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Complete Anthology The Studio Albums 1967-1968 Great Balls of Fire/Dolly, Dolly, Dolly All I Can Do/New Harvest...First Gathering Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection ASIN: B000BPL328 Release Date: 2006-11-13

Tracks:

1. Lazy Day
2. (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue
3. Ya Got Trouble (In River City)
4. Sunday Will Never Be the Same
5. Commercial
6. If You Could Only Be Me
7. Makin' Every Minute Count
8. 5 Definitions of Love
9. Brother Can You Spare a Dime
10. Distance
11. Leaving on a Jet Plane
12. Come and Open Your Eyes (Take a Look)
13. Swingin' Gate
14. Prescription for the Blues
15. Three Ways from Tomorrow
16. My Bill
17. Sunday Mornin'
18. Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')
19. Suzanne
20. Stuperflabbergasted
21. Like to Get to Know You
22. Chick-A-Ding-Ding
23. Stardust
24. Coda (Like to Get to Know You)

Tracks:

1. Anything You Choose
2. And She's Mine
3. Yesterday's Rain
4. Hong Kong Blues
5. Nowhere to Go
6. Give a Damn
7. Leopard Skin Phones
8. But Back Then [Spoken]
9. Mecca Flat Blues
10. Without Rhyme or Reason
11. 1-3-5-8 (Pedagogal Round #2)
12. Jane
13. Since You've Gone
14. Sunday Will Never Be the Same
15. Makin' Every Minute Count
16. Lazy Day
17. Commercial
18. It Ain't Necessarily Byrd Avenue
19. Everybody's Talkin'
20. Sunday Mornin'
21. Like to Get to Know You
22. Give a Damn
23. Three Ways from Tomorrow
24. And She's Mine
25. Yesterday's Rain

Tracks:

1. Nagasaki
2. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
3. Waltzing Matilda
4. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
5. Steel Rail Blues
6. Oh Daddy
7. Dirty Old Man
8. Klan
9. That's What You Get for Lovin' Me
10. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
11. Wasn't It You?
12. You Got Trouble [From The Music Man]
13. Crying [#]
14. Chick-A-Ding-Ding [Mono Mix][#]
15. Give a Damn [Stereo Single Mix][#]
16. Yesterday's Rain [Stereo Single Mix][#]
17. Anything You Choose [Stereo Single Mix][#]
18. Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes) [Stereo Single Mix][#]
19. Give a Damn [Public Service Announcement][#]

Tracks:

1. And Your Bird Can Sing
2. Sealed With a Kiss
3. Sunday Will Never Be the Same
4. Distance
5. Making Every Minute Count
6. If You Could Only Be Me
7. Lazy Day
8. (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue
9. Sunday Morning
10. Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes)
11. Like to Get to Know You
12. Three Ways from Tomorrow
13. Give a Damn
14. Swinging Gate
15. Yesterday's Rain
16. Without Rhyme or Reason
17. Anything You Chose
18. Mecca Flat Blues
19. And She's Mine
20. Leopard Skin Phones
21. Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')

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Spanky And Our Gang are a complete trip down the psychedelically-tinged sunshine days of the late Sixties. With harmonies unrivalled by almost any other band save The Mamas And The Papas, and a songbook that included Broadway classics (The Music Mans Trouble), Tin Pan Alley standards (Brother, Can You Spare A Dime) and socially-conscious anthems (Give A Damn), Spanky And Our Gang hold a unique place in pop history. Led by Elaine Spanky MacFarlane, the group embodied the eclectic, artistic, and free-spirited feeling of the era; but with roots in folk, jazz, and blues, and with sometimes as many as six members, their sound took on a complex and multi-layered character. Their collective persona was zany and theatrical and extraordinarily popular. This set, completely remastered by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios East and produced by Grammy-winning producer Bill Levenson, includes all of the studio albums released by the band, seven previously-unreleased rarities, and an entire disc of the mono mixes of the bands singles. It also includes extensive liner notes by Richard Barton Campbell and rare photos of the band. Spanky herself was involved throughout the course of the development of the set, and is almost as excited as we are well, maybe even more to see this out on CD, as much for the bands legion of fans as for herself. Sunday will never be the same.

Customer Reviews:

"Amelia Earhardt, we have your luggage.".......2007-06-02

I had all three of the Japanese imports, but still ordered this set. Why? Because the LIVE album was there. As mentioned in another review, this set showcases the amazing vocals and outstanding comedy of the group. "Waltzing Mathilda" has some of the finest harmonies you ever heard. Some of the songs are NOT p.c. (Join the Klan for one...), and I'm glad no one said "We can't re-issue this, somebody might be offended!" There is one lp missing, "CHANGE", on Epic in 1975. This is worth finding in the garage sales. If you are a fan of Spanky and Our Gang, this is one you'll want for your collection.

A personal recollection of Spanky.......2007-03-08

This review, unlike most that I write, is highly personal.

I am the world's biggest SPANKY & OUR GANG fan, unabashedly so. All the group's albums and 45s (picture sleeves, mostly) were treasures in my youth. Fifteen years after they disbanded (following the untimely death of Malcolm Hale), I would invariably reach for an Our Gang album to play, even though surrounded by thousands of options in my record store. This group was that compelling for me.
In the early 90s, I met Spanky McFarlane briefly, after a South Florida New Mamas & Papas concert. She was a pretty little thing, and had the BIGGEST singing voice imaginable. When we spoke of the loss of Malcolm, you could actually feel her pain. Spanky is a real person, and a true star.

As for THE COMPLETE MERCURY RECORDINGS--
DESIGN:
This is a compact, nicely organized collection. All four Our Gang albums have been sonically spruced up and given a clarity the original vinyl never had. Song order and mixes remain intact. The Limited Edition book-styled set is made of sturdy paper and has 24-pages of liner notes and data. Several group photos are included, but since there's no captions to match faces to names, those less-familiar with group members will be left to guess who (besides Spanky) is who.

MUSIC:
My favorite is still the posthumous LIVE album. Without overdubs and orchestrations, you can clearly hear what made S&OG so special: their superb voices, personalities and humor. Highlights include the intricate four-part acappella harmony on "Waltzing Matilda," and a version of Gordon Lightfoot's "Steel Rail Blues" that may be the ultimate interpretation of that fine song. Spanky wails away in perfect Chicago blues style on "Oh Daddy" while the guys cut up behind her. The live recording is an album full of smiles.
WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON B/W ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE, their last recorded LP, is simply put: a masterpiece-- one of THE finest issues of 1969 (see my review of it for details). After hearing this thoughtfully put-together and lovely album, one is left wanting more and wishing that Malcolm's loss in late '68 hadn't hastened the group's dissolution.
LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, with it's Roaring 20's nostalgia cover, contains the very first (and in my opinion BEST) version of Fred Neil's "Echoes Of My Mind." A year or so later, Harry Nilsson (and MIDNIGHT COWBOY) would score big with the same song, retitled "Everybody's Talking." The Gang's take on Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," with their changing moods and rhythms is another album highlight, as is the opener, "The Swinging Gate." The five-part harmonied "Sunday Mornin'" is still, IMO, this group's very best single.
SPANKY & OUR GANG, their first release, contains the most charting singles (three), but also has the first-ever version of "Leaving On A Jet Plane." "Commercial" is still quite funny, and "Distance" is an overlooked gem.
SPANKY'S GREATEST HIT(S), with cover shot of new-mom Spanky, offers remixes of top sellers. The original extended-length "Sunday Mornin'" is here, as well. Spanky comments on the LP in this compilation's liner notes.
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RARITIES includes "Crying," which is a song from the Gang's first recording session, in 1966.
THE MONO SINGLE MIXES features the Gang's first 45, "And Your Bird Can Sing/Sealed With A Kiss." This one missed the mark in 1966, but only by a little.

SPANKY & OUR GANG * THE COMPLETE MERCURY RECORDINGS presents two years worth of remarkably varied music. Buy this one with confidence, for it is GREAT GREAT stuff! Listen, and you too just may end up "Stuperflabbergasted."

P.S. to Spanky: Somebody in Florida (besides Nigel) loves yah!

TOTAL RUNNING TIMES --
DISC ONE - Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You -- 68:08
DISC TWO - Anything You Choose (etc.) - Spanky's Greatest Hit(S) -- 75:19
DISC THREE - Spanky & Our Gang Live - Previously Unreleased Rarities -- 60:32
DISC FOUR - The Mono Single Mixes -- 58:33

Where to begin?.......2006-11-05

Having waited years for somebody to remaster the Spanky and Our Gang albums, along comes this four CD boxed set to remind me why I was so enthusiastic about what they were doing in the late 60's and also chart their rise, success and eventual demise.It's possible to argue that this is for completists only, but to listen to them remastered and as is pointed out in another review, having shelled out $30+ for a single unmastered Japanese CD puts the price you have to pay into perspective. Undoubtedly the relative familiarity (if you're that old!) with the material on disks one and two makes them the obvious plce to start, but the other two disks have some 'buried treasure" to yield. That said I always though the vocal mix on the "live!" album was strange, and it remains so, because that's how it was recorded!The rarities (Tracks 13 to 19 on Disk 3) have stereo mixes of tracks which were considered for single release. Disk 4 has all the mono single including the ultra rare (in Britain anyway) of the first two single sides, followed in chronological order by the rest. If you missed out on the band first time around this is an excellent investment, and although it appears to be 'a limited' edition there's no indication on my boxed set what that actually means.One gripe and then the exhortation to purchase. Someone, in remastering the second album has missed out nearly all the spoken exchange about the slipper in "like to get to know you"; why? This collection ought to be a 'must have' for anyone remotely interest in the quality music that was being produced in the U.S. at the end of the sixties. As I said in the title of the review, 'where to begin?' to which the answer might be buy this set.

Superb fusion of Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, and Folk!.......2006-01-04

About 25 years ago a good friend introduced me to a Spanky and Our Gang LP, Without Rhyme Or Reason. For a person with eclectic tastes, such as myself, it was a delight! Socially conscious lyrics and humor, an occasional blues and even a cover of a 1940's composition (Hong Kong Blues; also covered by George Harrison). The CD versions of the original S&OG LPs had been only offered in Japan and the price (about $30. each) seemed prohibitive. When I heard that Hippo-select remastered EVERYTHING S&OG had recorded I broke my rule of only buying used and immediately ordered this. It has been wonderful to discover many new S&OG tracks, both original and covers (so well done). These recordings drip with the essence of all the positive vibes we associate with the 1960's. Enjoy this wonderful compilation. Only one small issue; the packaging is all cardboard, so it needs to be taken care of. This remaster package was limited to 5000 pressings, although not numbered, I believe it will be certainly a difficult item to own as the years pass.

Average customer rating: Great renditions of true memphis blues.

I'm So Satisfied: The Complete Mercury & Blue Rock Recordings Junior Parker Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Memphis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009HE7 Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

1. Country Girl
2. You Can Make It If You Try
3. Wish Me Well
4. Hey Lawdy Mama
5. Sometimes I Wonder
6. (Ooh Wee Baby) That's The Way You Make Me Feel
7. Come Back Baby
8. Just Like A Fish
9. Baby, Please
10. You Ain't Got No Heart
11. Cracked Up Over You
12. Easy Lovin'
13. I'm So Satisfied
14. You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down
15. You're The One
16. Reconsider Baby
17. Lover To Friend
18. Your Bag Is Bringing Me Down
19. Ain't Gon' Be No Cuttin' Loose
20. Lovin' Man On Your Hands
21. Your Love's All Over Me
22. What A Fool I Was
23. I Got Money
24. It Must Be Love
25. Just Can't Put My Fingers On It
26. If I Had Your Love
27. Hurtin' Inside
28. I'm In Love With Someone Else
29. Movin' Out
30. I Found Love
31. Don't Let It End This Way

Amazon.com

Junior Parker learned his harp at the knee of Sonny Boy Williamson, but his singing deserves at least as much attention. Despite its smooth delivery, Parker's voice never lacked power, and I'm So Satisfied is proof of that. Though all of this material was previously issued, this is the first time it's been collected on CD; I'm So Satisfied is 31 tracks of Parker's best work, including "Just Like a Fish" and "Sometimes I Wonder." "Baby, Please" is as soulful a ballad as one could wish, and "Come Back Baby" has a sassy, sensual appeal. Parker's backing musicians are strong without ever overwhelming his lead, allowing him to take a relaxed attitude toward even the more up-tempo songs, such as "You Ain't Got No Heart" and "Wish Me Well." So little of Parker's recorded work is available that this album is a real treasure. Though various greatest-hits collections exist, I'm So Satisfied is one of the most comprehensive. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Great renditions of true memphis blues........1998-08-24

Junior Parker sang in the back of my father's furniture store in West memphis Arkansas when I was growing up. He knows the world he sings about. He thrilled us then and this recording captures it all. This is a great value album

Average customer rating: It's your Call... Classic Kirk, the underrated genuis A Spiritual Giant Still lovin' Rahsaan Just pay the man and you'll be happy.

Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000047B7 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Blues For Alice
2. Blues For Alice
3. My Delight
4. The Haunted Melody
5. A Sack Full Of Soul
6. We Free Kings
7. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
8. Moon Song
9. Some Kind Of Love
10. Three For The Festival
11. You Did It, You Did It

Tracks:

1. Get Out Of Town
2. Rolando
3. I Believe In You
4. Where Monk And Mingus Live/Let's Call This
5. Domino
6. E.D.
7. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
8. Someone To Watch Over Me
9. Termini's Corner
10. When The Sun Comes Out
11. Ad Lib
12. Stitt's Tune
13. I See Thee With My Third 'I'
14. Medley: If I Had You/Alone Together/For Heaven's Sake
15. Afternoon In Paris
16. Lady 'E'

Tracks:

1. Meeting On Termini's Corner
2. Domino
3. Time
4. 3-In-1 Without The Oil
5. A Stritch In Time
6. Lament
7. A Breath In The Wind
8. Land Of Peace
9. Lonesome August Child
10. Limbo Boat
11. Hay Ro
12. Waltz Of The Friends

Tracks:

1. This Is Always
2. Reeds And Deeds
3. Song Of The Countrymen
4. Ecclusiastics
5. By Myself
6. Roland Speaks
7. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
8. Variation On A Theme Of Hindemith
9. I've Got Your Number
10. Between The Fourth And Fifth Step
11. April Morning
12. Get In The Basement
13. Abstract Impovisation

Tracks:

1. Narrow Bolero
2. Narrow Bolero
3. My Heart Stood Still
4. No Title No.1
5. Mood Indigo
6. Cabin In The Sky
7. On The Corner Of King and Scott Streets
8. Untitled Blues

Tracks:

1. The Monkey Thing
2. Will You Still Be Mine
3. One For My Baby
4. We'll Be Together Again
5. Mingus-Griff Song
6. Mood Indigo
7. Medley: Rock-A-Bye-Baby/Nearness Of You/No Title No.3
8. Half A Triple

Tracks:

1. Japan
2. Japan
3. Japan
4. Berkshire Blues
5. Dirty Money Blues
6. Dirty Money Blues
7. Ad Lib (Hip Chops)
8. The Things I Love
9. Petite Fleur
10. March On, Swan Lake
11. Tears Sent By You
12. My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice
13. Gifts And Messages
14. Hip Chops
15. Blues For C & T
16. Where Does The Blame Lie
17. Veritgo Ro
18. Jive Elephant

Tracks:

1. I Talk With The Spirits
2. Serenade To A Cuckoo
3. Medley: We'll Be Together Again/People From 'Funny Girl'
4. Ruined Castles
5. Trees
6. Fugue'n And Alludin'
7. Django
8. My Ship
9. A Quote From Clifford Brown
10. The Business Ain't Nothin' But The Blues

Tracks:

1. No Tonic Press
2. From Bechet, Fats And Byas
3. Slippery, Hippery, Flippery
4. Black Diamond
5. Rip, Rig And Panic
6. Once In A While
7. Mystical Dream
8. Walk On By
9. Juarez
10. Shakey Money
11. Ebrauqs
12. Raouf
13. Nothing But The Truth
14. Safari
15. It's All In The Game
16. And I Love Her

Tracks:

1. A Taste Of Honey
2. Dyna-Soar
3. Soul Bossa Nova
4. Comin' Home Baby
5. Days Of Wine And Roses
6. Moon River
7. Dreamsville
8. (I Love You) And Don't You Forget It
9. Charade
10. Peter Gunn
11. I Had A Ball
12. Addie's At It Again

Tracks:

1. A Stritch In Time

Amazon.com

It's hard to fathom today, but Roland Kirk was considered a gimmick for much of his early career. For sure, the man was a cagey character, which certainly didn't help his reputation. People were bemused by the way he played multiple horns simultaneously, including some horns that he invented himself. His style wasn't easy to pin down, either, so fluent was he in every jazz idiom. These factors help explain why folks were confused... but what exactly were they listening to? Even without his idiosyncrasies, Kirk would have been a memorable, innovative, inspiring tenor saxophonist, full of fire, tenderness, wit, and soul. And there was so much more: he remains one of the most compelling, hard-swinging, blues-drenched flute players in jazz history; his altolike stritch and his soprano-like manzello were capable of great beauty on his beloved ballads; his use of multiple horns included complex, luminous arrangements. In short, Kirk was master of all trades, and this 10-CD set captures him in a wide variety of settings recorded for Mercury from 1961 through 1965.

There are numerous quartet sessions with top-level pianists: Hank Jones, Richard Wyands, Wynton Kelly, Andrew Hill, Harold Mabern, and Jaki Byard, who, along with bassist Richard Davis and drummer Elvin Jones, helped craft Kirk's masterpiece, Rip Rig and Panic. There are two discs' worth of live material from a Copenhagen club date featuring Tete Montoliu and special guest Sonny Boy Williamson (!), plus a handful of oddities ranging from full orchestras to an obscure organ quartet to a tenor summit with Tubby Hayes and James Moody. With all of the oddities and obscurities here, not all of this box is up to snuff. But most of it is outstanding, filled with crafty improvisations, lasting original compositions, and the various eccentricities that made Rahsaan what he was. This set reminds us that, for all his creativity, all his knowledge, all his experimentation, all his passion, Roland Kirk had fun playing music. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

It's your Call..........2001-10-29

The problem with these large, expensive box sets is that by the time you'd consider buying it, you're a big fan and have most of the contents, then it's a decision on whether to be an obsessive completist or not...This set contains amongst its 11 disks at least 3 super-great albums (We Free Kings, Domino and Reeds and Deeds) and two masterpieces (Rip, Rig and Panic and I Talk With Spirits). You could buy these separately as they are still in print. So what else do you get? Well, the Live in Copenhagen album which is out of print. This live recording swells to 2 cd's of great music in the box set, some of the best of which was never released. You get some very pleasing singles that never appeared on albums as well, not to mention the "bonus" disk of a good performance at the Newport Jazz festival. About the only downside is the last half of disc 9 which covers the Latin album that is out of print and probably should remain so; and disk 10 which is devoted to some dreadful Quincy Jones stuff that is hideously dated and only features Kirk as a sideman. Despite these two exceptions the set is a solid 5 stars, just too much awesome stuff here. Of course there are the obligatory alternate takes that are not a necessity. So, you can buy 5 individual albums and kick yourself for missing out on everything else once you're hooked, or you can buy the box...it's your call.

Classic Kirk, the underrated genuis.......2000-08-08

Roland Kirk could play several wind instruments at once and could be quite a showman. He was also highly eccentric. However, he was not a gimmick master, but an authentic jazz orginal (ask Charles Mingus), who was as deep into the music as one could get. Kirk was an inspired soloist on several instruments (one at a time or several together!), a master of circular breathing, and developed a style of playing flute in which he sings through the instrument. This was copied by many afterwards (remember Jethro Tull?), but Kirk pioneered it--and did it better than anyone else!

This set features much of his early work and is generally outstanding. The pieces where is he backed by Elvin Jones on drums are exceptional. Some of the Quincy Jones material (where he plays pop tunes) seem to put Kirk out of his element. The live recordings (about two CDs worth) have rather poor fidelity.

Today, August 7, is Kirk's birthday. He died in 1977, only in his early 40s. He may have been blind, but he shed much light in the world of music. No one has yet appeared to match his originality or creativity.

Douglas Groothuis

A Spiritual Giant.......2000-04-19

I'm picky about my jazz. I feel good jazz must have a spiritual base. Kirk's music has a deep spititual core, but, unlike Coltrane's spiritually centered music (Meditations, A Love Supreme), Kirk's spirituality is varied: one moment serious, the next playful. This set has it all, it's worth every penny.

Still lovin' Rahsaan.......1999-12-03

Just buy it. I have like 35 discs and lp's on this guy and still looking for more to complete. Any questions on Rahsaan, see my newer email address at dfielding@figleaf.com .

Just pay the man and you'll be happy........1998-07-02

I can't add too much to the grammaphone review except to say that I looked REAL HARD at this cd for over two years before I bought it and never felt like my life was complete without it. When I did finally buy one used I realized that I should have just bought it when I first saw it 'cause that was two more years I could have been enjoying this GREAT Collection. Just get it now and don't make the mistake of waiting. Then get as many others as you can on atlantic and other labels and don't stop. Rahsaan is like no other.

Average customer rating:

Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings Rod Stewart Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000CD81U Release Date: 2003-11-17

Tracks:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. Man of Constant Sorrow
3. Blind Prayer
4. Handbags and Gladrags
5. Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
6. I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing
7. Cindy's Lament
8. Dirty Old Town
9. Gasoline Alley
10. It's All Over Now
11. Only a Hobo
12. My Way of Giving
13. Country Comfort
14. Cut Across Shorty
15. Lady Day
16. Jo's Lament
17. You're My Girl (I Don't Want to Discuss It)
18. It's All Over Now [Single Version]

Tracks:

1. Every Picture Tells a Story
2. Seems Like a Long Time
3. That's All Right/Amazing Grace
4. Tomorrow Is a Long Time
5. Maggie May
6. Mandolin Wind
7. (I Know) I'm Losing You
8. (Find A) Reason to Believe
9. True Blue
10. Lost Paraguayos
11. Mama, You Been on My Mind
12. Italian Girls
13. Angel
14. Interludings
15. You Wear It Well
16. I'd Rather Go Blind
17. Twistin' the Night Away
18. What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)

Tracks:

1. Pinball Wizard
2. Oh! No Not My Baby
3. Jodie
4. Sweet Little Rock & Roller
5. Lochinvar
6. Farewell
7. Sailor
8. Bring It on Home to Me/You Send Me
9. Let Me Be Your Car
10. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man
11. Dixie Toot
12. Hard Road
13. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face [Instrumental]
14. Girl from the North Country
15. Mine for Me
16. Missed You [#]
17. You Put Something Better Inside Me [#]
18. Crying Laughing Loving Lying [#]
19. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [#]
20. So Tired [#]

Music Album:

1. The Dust Bowl Symphony
2. The Hard Game of Love
3. The Very Best of Jack Scott
4. Twenty Year Blues
5. Unchained//Son of the South [Import]
6. Untold Stories
7. Watching Life Through a Windshield
8. What More Should I Say?
9. Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy
10. Wheatstraw Suite

Music Album