Best of Canned Heat [Extra tracks] [Import]

Product Description
Compilation of their Greatest Hits at Special Price.

Best of Canned Heat,Canned Heat,Disky Records,Blues-Rock,Boogie Rock,Modern Electric Blues,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Ageing hippy? This Is Sure A Can Of Heat A great musical flashback! Great Canned Heat Compilation and Great Sound The Bear is There

The Very Best of Canned Heat Canned Heat Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hooker 'n Heat The Best of Mountain Living the Blues Retrospective The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits ASIN: B0008G2ETQ Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

1. On The Road Again
2. Goin' Up The Country
3. Amphetamine Annie
4. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Live At Monterey Pop Fest, 1967)
5. Dust My Broom (Live At Monterey Pop Fest, 1967)
6. Bullfrog Blues (Live At Monterey Pop Fest, 1967)
7. Henry's Shuffle (Previously Unreleased)
8. Fried Hockey Boogie
9. Same All Over
10. Time Was
11. Low Down (And High Up)
12. Poor Moon
13. Let's Work Together
14. Future Blues
15. Human Condition
16. Whiskey And Wimmen'
17. Long Way From L.A.
18. Rockin' With The King
19. Rock & Roll Music

Customer Reviews:

Ageing hippy?.......2007-05-14

My 17 year old son, who was born 20 years after Woodstock bought this CD after he heard "On the road again" at a friend's house. The CD is great and brings back memories from the 60s and 70s

This Is Sure A Can Of Heat.......2007-03-21

I am a Chicago Electric Blues man and was brought up on that kind of music. When the white bands decided to start covering black muscic I was some what dubious. I remember when Canned Heat first came out. I was immediately impressed with their style it was almost like listening to some of the better blues artists at the time. This compilation has assembled a ton of good ear stuff. I particulary liked .......... "Dust My Broom," (almost an Elmore James sound)" Bullfrog Blues," (that cooks)" Rollin and Tumblin" (a traditional black blues song also). They have one of their John Lee Hooker tracts "Whiskey and Women" which is awesome. This sucker even has a Little Richard combo on it.....what more can you ask! Well you can ask for the two songs they are most noted for "On The Road Again," and "Goin Up To Country" ...awesome baby..but the icing on the cake to me was "Let's Work Together." Buy it, try it and you will like it. Joliet Jayke the Bluze Brother would not steer you wrong...now go order it so you can gettin some "Heat" in your soul.

A great musical flashback!.......2007-01-07

It had been over 30 years since I listened to a song by Canned Heat. I liked them somewhat in the 60's and early 70's but they were by no means one of Wow, I forgot how great they were. These guys could play some music. Maybe my tastes in music have matured as I have, I am now 54 yrs. old but I just really appreciate the talent that was Canned Heat. Kick back, and flash back, you will be glad you did.

Great Canned Heat Compilation and Great Sound.......2006-09-20

This CD is great! It contains the very best and most comprehensive collection of Canned Heat singles. And, the recorded sound is extraordinary...much better than the original releases in most cases. If you like Canned Heat, whose legend continues to grow, then you will LOVE this CD.

The Bear is There.......2006-07-19

This album is by far the best compilation out there, if you wish a good solid concise overview of one of maybe a half-dozen bands who could make po bedevilled blues lovers like me and my friends git down on our knees and cry! real tears! because they were (and remain, dead or alive) one of the absolute best blues bands ever. The respect these guys had for their material is evident in every song, and they practiced long and hard, obviously, to get the sound they wanted. Buy this, at any price between ten and fifteen bucks, I'd say, it's worth it. You might want to pick up "Future Blues" as well. Contrary to what some revisionists now say, that was the LP we decided was the ultimate blues album, back in the day. Noone would never top that. (After awhile on our knees, weeping again)...I've haven't heard any better since.

Average customer rating: Mildly Interesting Water Turning To Wine THIS ONE IS TIGHT, SCORCHER BLUES OF THE PSYCHE-SIXTIES Reply to mellowb780 Hard-luck band gets kicked in the can!

The Best of Canned Heat Canned Heat Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Essential Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield Kinks (The Ultimate Collection) The Very Best of Canned Heat A Space in Time ASIN: B000002UDQ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. On The Road Agian
2. Same All Over
3. Let's Work Together
4. Bullfrog Blues
5. Time Was
6. Boogie Music
7. Going Up The Country
8. Amphetamine
9. Rollin' And Tumblin'
10. Fried Hockey Boogie

Customer Reviews:

Mildly Interesting.......2006-07-23

I really wanted to like this album and I do really like about three of the songs, but the rest didn't do anything for me. Maybe this is just not my style of music and it's not fair for me to be reviewing the album, but I have listened to it several times and own a copy. In spite of the untimely deaths a long time ago of two of the important band members (Alan Blind Owl Wilson and Bob Hite), the band is still around, kept going by Fito de la Parra. I still think this rates 4 stars, even though it didn't thrill me that much.

Water Turning To Wine.......2006-01-12

Interesting band from the deph of the Woodstock era, and way short lived, due to the deaths of Blind Owl Wilson and Bear Hite what a tragedy. Anyways lets not bum you out too much with this review, they had some funfilled blues in this set, perfect driving song like On The Road Again, or a cool little peaceful jingle like Let's Work Together, from an anthem to Woodstock Going Up The Country, or to the stay away from the evil drugs Amphetamine Annie. This album really packs the punch of pure blues and jugband pleasures. I would recommend this for any 60's rock and roll lover, and would also recommend the Woodstock album that has them performing Change Is Gonna Come, that's a good number too.

THIS ONE IS TIGHT, SCORCHER BLUES OF THE PSYCHE-SIXTIES.......2005-10-26

Remember these dudes. You really probably do from some point in your life. Not everything these guys ever did was exceptional, but they have left their mark in pop culture.
This highlights the original CANNED HEAT from the late sixties but without all the hippy dip
This album is somewhat short, but this is ok, because its a solid album. I think I need to break this one down....oooh, shake it baby...

ON THE ROAD AGAIN: This is a very rich song. You should recognize this as one of the two WOODSTOCK theme songs, I know it was on the Pepsi ads during WOODSTOCK 94. I used to think it was kind of goofy, but really it isn't. The lyrics are cool and the music is very full, a really great tune to play at the bar. By the way, it is not the one that WILLIE NELSON sings, I'm not a hokey fruit loop.
SAME ALL OVER: Sing along blues, good people everywhere you go. Maybe good at the bar when everyones good and tipppp-ssy.
WORK TOGETHER: As hippy as this album gets, and it is still cool for a pop song. These guys weren't hippies, they played music for hard livin. Hard edgy vocals make this tune a triumph.
BULLFROG BLUES: Good message, its all a nice way of explaining something that he caught from his girlfriend.
THIS WAS: This takes us back to the woodstock sound, a slow groove here, not as popular as the former, but you will like this number.
BOOGIE MUSIC: very funky... I dig... put SOME WATER on it!
GOING UP THE COUNTRY: This IS the WOODSTOCK theme song. Tell me you don't know it and I'm willing to bet you are humming it in your head right this very moment. I like it.
AMPHETAMINE ANNIE: Somewhat of a story song, the hook you'll never forget, "YEAH, SPEED CAN KILL YOU TOO BABY!" The man never sounds happier than when he's telling people about the line between drugs and death. The first time I ever heard this song i was zipped up on something- and I loved every word!
ROLLING AND TUMBLIN: Blues cover, version sixthousand and seventy two of this particular standard. Good though.
To end you get the REFRIED HOCKEY JAM which is like a band soul stew, where everyone demonstrates their chops over a nice lengthy jam, its a good close out.
If you like groovy bluesy classic rock, this album is sure to please- I wouldn't look any further, this one keeps it straight, the larger hits packages have to much "hits" to keep it playing out. This little package is just enough.

Reply to mellowb780.......2005-02-26

Since the reviews that are already here seem to say just about anything I could add, I'll just offer this website: http://www.cannedheatmusic.com

Hard-luck band gets kicked in the can!.......2003-09-04

One of the best American blues bands from the late '60's, Canned Heat could have even been greater and more successful, except for one thing: they were the original hard-luck boys. On the verge of breaking out after their first album, the Heat was busted in Denver and had to sell the rights to their songs to get out. (To this day, drummer and current bandleader Fito de la Parra relies on live work, not royalties, to help him make ends meet.) Plus, even though most of their songs were sung by the fabulous growl of Bob "the Bear" Hite, their two most famous numbers featured the vocals of Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson. Now, "Blind Owl" was a musical genius, the best harpist in the world according to John Lee Hooker, but some fans feel his falsetto vocals are an acquired taste. Their most famous song, "Going Up the Country," with the equally famous flute solo, might give the casual listener the expectation of a completely different style of music; say, the Grateful Dead at their most tribal, rather than a hard-core blues-boogie band. Wisely, "Blind Owl" is limited to three numbers on this disc (all are excellent). Luckily, "the Bear" is at his most playful and fun-living on his numbers, with "Same All Over," "Let's Work Together" (his only hit as singer), and the morality tale "Amphetimine Annie" the standouts of his seven songs. The album closes with the wonderful jam "Fried Hockey Boogie," featuring a segment from each instrumentalist. Here, Henry Vestine's guitar work will blow your mind, sending it out to orbit the solar system before bringing it back gently to earth. The band would never sound better than this. Sadly, the final reason Canned Heat never achieved the success they deserved is that both Alan Wilson and Bob Hite (and, much later, Henry Vestine) would die too young from their self-destructive lifestyle. Thankfully, they left a pretty good legacy for a band that was kicked in the can by life once too often.

Average customer rating: As good as it gets on CD great cd / great sound good music, better memories Boogie On Great, but if you liked this band go to their website!

Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat Canned Heat Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hooker 'n Heat Canned Heat 1967-1976: The Boogie House Tapes Canned Heat 1969-1999: The Boogie House Tapes, Vol. 2 Living the Blues The Very Best of Canned Heat ASIN: B000002TQA Release Date: 1998-09-28

Tracks:

1. On The Road Again (Alternate Take)
2. Nine Below Zero
3. TV Mama
4. Rollin' And Tumblin'
5. Bullfrog Blues
6. Evil Is Going On
7. Goin' Down Slow
8. Dust My Broom
9. Help Me
10. The Story Of My Life
11. The Hunter
12. Whiskey And Wimmen
13. Shake, Rattle And Roll
14. Mean Old World
15. Fannie Mae
16. Gotta Boogie (The World Boogie)
17. My Crime
18. On The Road Again
19. Bonus Track
20. Bonus Track

Tracks:

1. Evil Woman
2. Amphetamine Annie
3. An Owl Song
4. Terraplane Blues
5. Christmas Blues (Alternate Take)
6. Going Up The Country
7. Time Was
8. Low Down (And High Up)
9. Same All Over
10. Big Fat (The Fat Man)
11. It's All Right
12. Poor Moon
13. Sugar Bee
14. Shake It And Break It
15. Future Blues
16. Let's Work Together (Let's Stick Together)
17. Wooly Bully
18. Human Condition
19. Long Way From L.A.
20. Hill's Stomp
21. Rockin' With The King
22. Harley Davidson Blues
23. Rock & Roll Music
24. Bonus Track
25. Bonus Track

Album Description

Aussie 41 track compilation for the hard-luck blues-rock band featuring Dr. John, John Lee Hooker & Little Richard.

Customer Reviews:

As good as it gets on CD.......2007-04-01

The definitive 'best of' for this band is the double LP "Portrait", but, as that's not available in a digital format, this is the next best choice. While known for the Woodstock anthem "Going Up the Country" and the hit "On the Road Again", these guys are blues musicians at heart and love to play amped up Southern Delta boogie (they famously backed John Lee Hooker for a time). Good stuff.

great cd / great sound.......2006-01-07

I bought this CD a few years ago when the best 3 lps from Canned Heat were not available on CD ("Boogie with Canned Heat","Living the Blues" & "Halleluja"). It was the closest "best of" to get the most songs from these 3 lps. I was not that familiar with the other songs by Canned Heat. But after receiving this CD, I found the earlier and later stuff are great too. You can now get Boogie with Canned Heat, Living the Blues & Halleluja on CD. But this CD does a great job to also cover the best of the rest of Canned Heat songs. Highly Recommended

good music, better memories.......2004-03-13

I hadn't heard this stuff in decades, and if anything, it was better than I remembered. Very cool California hippie/biker blues band. Clearly repectful of the tradition, these guys were good players (fine harp and guitar) and evolved a unique sound. I'm surpised (like another reviewer) that they left off "Fried Hockey Boogie," but I guess this disc is meant to emphasize the straighter blues stuff and downplay the 60s wierdness. Too bad, if you ask me. Still, a fine, bluesy party disc. Recommended.

Boogie On.......2003-04-11

I first heard Canned Heat when they released their second album, "Boogie With the Canned Heat" and I was hooked for life. They were the best "white boys playing the blues and boogie" of all times. Alan Wilson was a great blues songwritter and guitar player. His singing was also very good. Larry Taylor was, and is the best bass player around. He never gets the recognition he deserves. He turns up everywhere, even on Tom Waites albums. Bob Hite was a great and underrated blues shouter and master of ceramonies. De La Para was as solid as they come on drums, and still is. The real standout of the original lineup was Henry Vestine. A forgotten standout blues guitar player. Hendrix used to go see him play, and John Fayhe sings his praises to this day.Unfortunately these boys lived the blues and personal demons got the best of three of them. Wilson, Hite and Vestine have all departed this life, but they left behind some great blues and boogie for us.Canned Heat continues to this day, but to realy experiance them, you must hear the early band. This is a good sampler of that band. Due to drug and substance abuse problems, Harvey Mandell plays guitar in the band in place of Vestine on a number of songs. He is also a great, and forgotten, blues guitar player.Also, check out one of their early live albums for a feel of what they were all about. I hope that one day they receive their due. They have certainly paid their dues. In the words of Bob Hite, "Don't forget to boogie!"

Great, but if you liked this band go to their website!.......2002-09-17

This is a great compilation double CD with many of their best and some rarities. BUT if you like this band and think they deserve the royalties from their music, which they have never gotten!!!,... Yes, you can get those hard to find albums too. They still make good new music too!

Average customer rating: TRIPAS, CORAZON Y BOOGIE..QUE MAS QUERES?????

The Very Best of Canned Heat, Vol. 2 Canned Heat Manufacturer: Friday Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at the Turku Rock Festival /Finland 1971 Human Condition Revisited/I Used to Be Mad! (But Now I'm Half Crazy) Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969 Under the Dutch Skies 1970-74 Live at Montreux 1973 ASIN: B000HT36YQ Release Date: 2006-11-21

Tracks:

1. Cherokee Dance
2. Wait And See
3. I Love My Baby
4. John Lee Hooker Boogie
5. Drifting
6. Saturday Night Fish Fry
7. Oh Baby
8. Mercury Blues (Live)
9. Saturday Blues
10. Little Wheel (Hooker`n Heat)
11. Let's Work Together (Live)
12. I Used To Be Bad
13. The Hucklebuck
14. Keep It To Yourself
15. Younderswall (Live)
16. Hell's On Down The Road
17. Shake 'N Boogie(live)

Album Description

Right in time for the holidays, The Very Best of Canned Heat Volume Two will make the blues enthusiasts and rock collectors happy for sure! Jam-packed with seventeen rarities, unreleased, and hard to find tunes, this collection is truly their best to date.

Canned Heat's leader Fito De La Parra personally hand-picked, annotated, and of course drummed on all of the tracks on this fantastic collection.

There are rare, import-only, and unreleased versions of tunes like " Cherokee Dance" " I Love My Baby" plus important live archival material like " Shake "n Boogie" with Hollywood Fats, and of course hits like " Let's Work Together" from the rare Turku Festival show in 1971. Bob Hite truly gives his best on these and his other contributions on this collection.

Later tracks like "The Hucklebuck" and "Wait And See" get equal star treatment from later versions of the Heat. Rare glimpses into their 40 year history are all here for the avid fan and new converts alike.

Completely re-stored remastering and wonderful photos never seen from the Canned Heat archives, this authorized collection is one of a kind . As Bob Hite used to say "Don't Forget to Boogie"

Customer Reviews:

TRIPAS, CORAZON Y BOOGIE..QUE MAS QUERES?????.......2006-12-26

CANNED HEAT...DIFICIL ENCONTRAR HOY LA MAGIA ARROLLADORA DE UNA BANDA QUE SE FORMO BASADA EN EL LEGADO DE LOS CAMPOS DE ALGODON, CON EL AULLIDO CRUDO DEL BLUES PRIMITIVO, COLECCIONANDO DISCOS QUE SE CONVERTIRIAN EN LA BASE DE SU DESPEGUE...HAN TOCADO TANTO COMO ENSEÑADO..ALCANZANDO A GENERACIONES EL MENSAJE INDOMITO Y DOLOROSO DEL CANTO RURAL,DEL BLUES MAS NEGRO, Y A SU VEZ, TRANSFORMANDOLO EN UN MENSAJE CAUTIVANTE Y CALIENTE..... QUE DECIR DE ESTA NUEVA EDICION? EXCELENTE, CON SEMEJANTE BANDA ES RARO NO SEGUIR ENCONTRANDO PERLAS ESCONDIDAS...ESO SI..SEGUIMOS MUY POBRES CON EL ARTE DEL BOOKLET...SE REPITE LO DE SIEMPRE...ESTAS COMPILACIONES REQUIEREN INFORMACION PRECISA SOBRE EL ORIGEN DE LOS TEMAS, AUTORES, DISCOS DONDE HAN SIDO PUBLICADAS, ETC....ESTO DIFERENCIA UNA BUENA EDICION COMPILATORIA. AQUI COMO EN EL CASO DE LA ULTIMA COMPILACION DE MOBY GRAPE, LA INFO ES ESCASISIMA...LAMENTABLEMENTE, EN ESTE CASO, ES UN MIEMBRO ORIGINAL DE LA BANDA QUIEN LA PRODUCE, Y ASI EL ERROR PASA A TENER MAYOR DIMENSION....LA BANDA HA SUFRIDO NUMEROSOS CAMBIOS A LO LARGO DE SU PERIPLO Y SERIA INTERESANTE DESCRIBIR ESOS CAMBIOS..ESTAS EDICIONES (THE BEST OF...) ACERCAN A MUCHA GENTE QUE DESCONOCE LA BANDA..ES DECIR COMPRAN ESTE DISCO PARA CONOCER QUIZAS LO MAS DIGERIBLE PARA DESPUES AHONDAR UN POCO MAS SI ES DEL GUSTO DE UNO...ASI QUE PARA LOS FANS DE LA BANDA, PUEDE NO SER NECESARIO, PERO PARA MUCHOS OTROS SI...EN FIN, SON CUESTIONES DE GUSTOS....UNO OPINA SIMPLEMENTE COMO CONSUMIDOR DE UN PRODUCTO QUE REPITO, MUSICALMENTE ES UN TESORO! NO SE OLVIDEN DEL BOOGIE!!!!!!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Reasonable Compilation

Best of Canned Heat Canned Heat Manufacturer: Disky Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000006XEN Release Date: 1997-02-28

Tracks:

1. On the Road Again
2. Amphetamine Annie
3. My Crime
4. Time Was
5. Going Up the Country
6. Sugar Bee
7. Whiskey Headed Woman
8. Bullfrog Blues
9. Let's Work Together
10. World in a Jug
11. Fried Hockey Boogie
12. Rollin' and Tumblin'
13. I'm Her Man
14. Dust My Broom
15. Parthenogenesis: Nebulosity/Rollin' and Tumblin'/Five Owls/Bear Wires

Album Details

Compilation of their Greatest Hits at Special Price.

Customer Reviews:

Reasonable Compilation.......2002-07-24

This is a reasonable compilation of CH's GHs from 1967-1970. But although the blurb for this Disky release says its original release date is 1999, my EMI release copy says its copyright 1989 and it has a different title ("On the Road Again"). So if you collect compilations, make sure you don't already have it.
I recently bought this in Melbourne Australia for $AUD[price] (maybe $USD[price]?). Its a useful addition to my 'shut out the office and boogie at the keyboard' collection at work.

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The Very Best of the Blues Years Canned Heat Manufacturer: Cleopatra ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Blues Rock | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Blues Rock | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004SDDC Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

1. Spoonful
2. Big Road Blues
3. Pretty Thing
4. Louise
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Dimples
7. Don't Hold On (Talk To Me Baby)
8. I'd Rather Be The Devil
9. Straight Ahead
10. Got My Mojo Working
11. Sweet Sixteen
12. Wish You Would
13. Bull Frog Blues
14. Dust My Broom

Average customer rating: The Best of Hooker'N'Heat Hooker Plus Canned Heat Equals Sterno!!! one of his best Hero and Worshippers = + Don't waste your money

The Best of Hooker 'n Heat Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Detroit Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hooker 'n Heat ASIN: B000002U53 Release Date: 1996-05-28

Tracks:

1. You Talk Too Much
2. Burning Hell
3. Bottle Up And Go
4. The World Today
5. I Got My Eyes On You
6. Whiskey And Wimmen'
7. Just You And Me
8. Let's Make It
9. Peavine
10. Boogie Chillen No.2

Customer Reviews:

The Best of Hooker'N'Heat.......2007-03-27

Like ice cream pizza, Hooker 'n' Heat is a pairing of two great things that doesn't quite work. The record company realized that the original 2-disc Hooker 'N' Heat release was overbloated, so they pared it down to this 1-disc....but it's still just not worth the money.

Find a Hooker compilation that includes "Burning Hell" (which is nearly ANY Hooker compilation) and you're good to go.

Hooker Plus Canned Heat Equals Sterno!!!.......2004-03-06

Hooker 'N Heat is almost universally considered the greatest album in the long and storied careers of both Delta bluesman John Lee Hooker and California boogeymen Canned Heat. These wonderful songs are as improvisational as any jazz session: Hooker finds a beat, starts off, and lets the boys in the band play catch-up until they run out of musical ideas and the song ends. Hook has special praise for Alan Wilson, the Heat's wunderkid harpist, noting that Wilson is the best harmonica player ever: "I don't know how he follow me, but he do." In this best of the best compilation from those sessions (a great idea for us budget-minded listeners), standout songs include "Burning Hell," which is the Hook's rockin' and rollin' take on the afterlife, "The World Today," a talking piece circa 1970, in which the fiftysomething Hooker identifies with young people and is glad "the old coots are gone," and "Boogie Chillen' 2," an 11-minute jamfest of Hooker's first hit that will have you jumping out of your seat. For their part, the Heat add outstanding instrumental support (singer Bob "the Bear" Hite adds no vocals, but aids in production duties); as noted above, Wilson's harp work is fabulous, and this record must be seen as the crowning achievement of his career. (Sadly, he died while waiting for the record to be released; thats his picture on the wall in the album photos.) In short, a thrilling offering from two of the rockingest, boogieingest (is that a word?) artists ever, and one to surely lift you out of your seat. Get this disc and turn up the heat!!!

one of his best.......2001-06-21

i rarely rate anything 5 stars, but this one makes it. when john lee plays "peavine" i can hear it coming down the tracks. and the 11 minute version of "boogie chillen" is excellent. the version of "burnin' hell" is my fav of all time - the harp is excellent (like john lee said, "i don't know how he follow me but he do."). i've got at least a half dozen of his cds and this one may be the best.

Hero and Worshippers = +.......1999-03-19

This recording for those of you that weren't around, was a meeting of a giant bluesman and some of the best original 60's hippie bluesmen. Hooker at the time was only known to bluesheads or ghetto dwellers.The Canned Heat, well what more to say. No frills, no wah wah's, just Gibson guitars playing mean mean ol blues. There was no SUPERSTAR "Hooker", just a bunch of guys that felt the music and laid it down as it was for them at the moment. Very little production or editing, just live blues in the studio. A seminal recording, have owned it since it was released.

Don't waste your money.......1998-08-14

There are plenty of John Lee Hooker cds that are way better than this one. It is boring. Besides, Canned heat has a double disc best of release that makes all others seem unnecessary.

Average customer rating:

Very Best of Canned Heat Canned Heat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A2PK58 Release Date: 2003-08-19

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Guitar Rock (1990 Time-Life Music 2 CD Set) Lynyrd Skynyrd , Rod Stewart with The Faces , Eric Clapton , Bachman-Turner Overdrive , The Allman Brothers Band , Stephen Stills , Brownsville Station , Grand Funk Railroad , The Jimi Hendrix Experience , and Rick Derringer Manufacturer: Time Life Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000S2Y40W

Product Description

Very rare first "Guitar Rock" release from Time-Life Music in 1990 titled "Guitar Rock". 2 CD set with 38 songs. Track list: CD ONE: Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience/Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company/Bang a Gong (Get It On) - T.Rex/You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive/All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople/You Really Got Me - Kinks/The Bitch Is Back - Elton John/China Grove - Doobie Brothers/We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad/I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton/Hot Blooded - Foreigner/Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer/Maggie May - Rod Stewart/Mississippi Queen - Mountain/Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd/I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four/Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band/Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton/Layla - Derek & Dominoes CD TWO: I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock & Roll Band) - Moody Blues/(I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart & Faces/Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple/After Midnight - Eric Clapton/Radar Love - Golden Earring/Smokin' in the Boys' Room - Brownsville Station/I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker/Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills/Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band/American Woman - Guess Who/Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream/On the Road Again - Canned Heat/All Right Now - Free/Heart Full Of Soul - Yardbirds/Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive/Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh/Funk No. 49 - James Gang/Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Very Best of Canned Heat Canned Heat Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEO7R Release Date: 2001-09-19

Tracks:

1. On the Road Again
2. Amphetamine Annie
3. My Crime
4. Time Was
5. Going Up the Country
6. Sugar Bee
7. Whiskey Headed Woman
8. Bullfrog Blues
9. Let's Work Together
10. World in a Jug
11. Fried Hockey Boogie
12. Rollin' and Tumblin'
13. I'm Her Man
14. Dust My Broom
15. Parthenogenesis: Nebulosity/Rollin' and Tumblin'/Five Owls/Bear Wires

Rock Music:

1. Best Of [Import]
2. Between the Polecats
3. Big Guns-Very Best of [SACD] [Import]
4. Bloody Basin
5. Blue Night [Import]
6. Blues With a Feeling [Enhanced] [Original recording remastered] [Import]
7. Borrowed Heaven/Talk on Comers/for [Import]
8. Cavenline [EP]
9. Clever Clever Where Is Your Heart
10. Clor [Import]

Rock Music