Pickin' Up the Pieces/Poco [Import]

Product Description
UK twofer combines the country rock pioneers' 1969 & 1970 albums. 20 tracks. BGO Records. 2004.

Pickin' Up the Pieces/Poco,Poco,Beat Goes On,Country-Rock,Country/Bluegrass,Pop/Rock,Rock/Pop,Soft Rock

Average customer rating: Love It! Over-looked Good feelin' Poco Debuts With A Bang Very Unique Album Fueled By Trademark Power and Energy

Pickin' Up the Pieces Poco Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soft Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soft Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Poco A Good Feelin' to Know Deliverin' From the Inside Crazy Eyes ASIN: B000002AP0 Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

1. Foreword
2. What A Day
3. Nobody's Fool
4. Calico Lady
5. First Love
6. Make Me A Smile
7. Short Changed
8. Pickin' Up The Pieces
9. Grand Junction
10. Oh Yeah
11. Just In Case It Happens, Yes Indeed
12. Tomorrow
13. Consequently, So Long
14. Do You Feel It Too

Customer Reviews:

Love It!.......2007-05-21

I was very happy to find this CD and I'm very happy listening to it - the quality is great and the experience of ordering and receiving it excellent! Thank you!

Over-looked.......2006-02-09

Country rock bands like Buffalo Springfield and The Eagles get a lot of play while Poco seems to sit on the back shelf unknown to many. When it comes to country rock, Poco has a sound that blends in well with the likes of the afore mentioned bands. A great debut, but not the best I've heard. The music is well played but some of the songs tend to be a little short. However, for fans of country rock, I would recommend a Poco Greatest Hits album. For serious fans of country rock and Poco, this is a must have!

Good feelin'.......2005-11-13

Poco was the most uplifting band I ever saw and their debut album was the most joyful record of the sixties. From the ashes of The Buffalo Springfield Ritchie Furay and Jim Messina formed the definitive country rock band. The uniqueness of the band centered around the innovative steel guitar playing of Rusty Young and the almost ethereal high harmonic vocal blend of Ritchie, Jim, drummer George Grantham and bass player Randy Meisner. This was the only album to feature this lineup before Randy was replaced by the talented Timothy B. Schmit and though not as well produced as some of their later albums there is an innocence and overall good feeling that was never equaled.













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Poco Debuts With A Bang.......2004-11-16

Poco debuts with a bang on PICKIN' UP THE PIECES. This wonderful album proves that Crosby Stills Nash & Young weren't the only great country-rock-folk band to come out of California in the late 60s. This album deserved to do much better commercially than it did, and now that it's been remastered, it just might get its day in the sun. As it was, in 1969 this album was just too country for rock radio and too rock for country radio.

Very Unique Album Fueled By Trademark Power and Energy.......2004-11-05

On this album Richie Furay and Jim Messina literally pick up the pieces of their former band Buffalo Springfield and create a landmark in the history of music. Furay and Messina rounded out their band with pedal steel guitar great Rusty Young (whose great steel solo on Kind Woman, the finale of the last Springfield album, helped set the direction for what would later become Poco), the great Randy Meisner (who would later become famous to a generation of country-rock fans as the high harmony voice of the Eagles), and George Grantham, whose steady drumming and fantastic harmonies were a perfect fit for what would become a very tight band. The term "soaring harmonies" never fit as well as with Furay/Meisner/Grantham on this album. For fans of great guitar and steel guitar, the interplay that developed between Young and Messina on this album will truly amaze you. On this album, perhaps more than any other Poco album that was to come, Furay took center stage as the #1 songwriter, contributing to almost all of the tunes on this set. He truly set the stage for Poco's trademark upbeat music.

If there is a downside to this album it may be the fact that it actually could have been even better. A rift developed between Meisner and the band during the completion of the album and his lead vocals and some of his other contributions were erased from the final product. Messina was also never particularly happy with the fact that his hands were somewhat tied from a production/engineering perspective. There is also a noteworthy lack of anything even remotely resembling a candidate for hit status on AM radio, a fact that would haunt the band for years. There are also a couple of weaker tracks, but the power and energy of the title track, Calico Lady, Consequently So Long, What a Day, Make Me a Smile, and Rusty Young's instrumental Grand Junction more than make up for them.

This album is also interesting from the standpoint that nobody had ever really created a full-length album of rock music infused with the elements of country music prior to this album's release. The Byrds's Sweetheart of the Rodeo and the International Submarine Band's Safe at Home came close, but they both lacked the down home rock foundation of this album. Poco spent months perfecting the sound that you will hear on this work, and it stands out as a true milestone in the history of music.

I wouldn't recommend starting with this album if you are new to Poco (check out Good Feelin' to Know instead), but it definitely ranks up there among their best and if nothing else they should offer a money back guarantee if listening to these songs doesn't brighten up your day.

Average customer rating:

Pickin' Up the Pieces/Poco Poco Manufacturer: Beat Goes On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Deliverin'/Crazy Eyes Seven/Cantamos From the Inside/A Good Feelin' to Know From the Inside Head over Heels ASIN: B0001IW2QG Release Date: 2004-05-17

Tracks:

1. Foreword/What a Day
2. Nobody's Fool
3. Calico Lady
4. First Love
5. Make Me a Smile
6. Short Changed
7. Pickin' up the Pieces
8. Grand Junction
9. Oh Yeah
10. Just in Case It Happens, Yes Indeed
11. Tomorrow
12. Consequently, So Long

Tracks:

1. Hurry Up
2. You Better Think Twice
3. Honky Tonk Downstairs
4. Keep on Believin'
5. Anyway Bye Bye
6. Don't Let It Pass By
7. Nobody's Fool
8. Nobody's Fool/El Tonto de Nadie, Regresa

Album Description

UK twofer combines the country rock pioneers' 1969 & 1970 albums. 20 tracks. BGO Records. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Two Original Albums on a Single CD. Formed by Jim Messina and Richie Furay after the Break Up of Buffalo Springfield, These Albums were First Released in 1969 and 1970 Repectively.

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