It's Hard

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Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of The Who's 1982 album in a miniaturized LP sleeve with the original packaging intact. Limited to the initial pressing only, it also features all four of the bonus tracks included on MCA's U.S. reissue in the '90s! The extra songs are live versions of 'It's Hard', 'Eminence Front', 'Dangerous' and 'Cry If You Want'. 16 tracks total. 1999 reissue of 1997 reissue. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Gimme Shelter
Love In Vain
Country Honk
Live With Me
Let It Bleed
Midnight Rambler
You Got the Silver
Monkey Man
You Can't Always Get What You Want

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One of the Stones' most beloved albums, 1969's Let It Bleed was a benchmark for several reasons. First, founding guitarist Brian Jones died during the recording process. Second, the Stones take their last significant look at pure blues (Robert Johnson's spooky "Love in Vain") and country ("Country Honk," the two-stepping alter ego of "Honky-Tonk Women") before folding both styles into a cohesive rock & roll vision. Third, it contains some of the band's most eerie hits, such as the flame-enveloped "Gimme Shelter," the drug-reality anthem "Monkey Man," the epic "You Can't Always Get What You Want," and Mick Jagger's menacing "Midnight Rambler." --Steve Knopper

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OH MY GOD! MAYBE THIS IS THERE BEST ALBUM? ANOTHER MASTERPIECE!.......2007-07-11

Wow! What a line up! As soon as you hear the opening guitar of Gimme Shelter you know your in for something special! I love "Country Honk" How many groups have that kind of balls to not include a classic hit like "Honky Tonk Woman" and do a country version of that song for the album? Most groups could only dream of having enough great material to do something like that! The Stones were at the top of the game between "Beggar's" & "Exile". They managed to put out four of the greatest albums of all time, a fantastic live album(Ya Ya's) and an incredible hits set with Hot Rocks! This is an album that should be in every music lovers collection!

Stones And Guests make a classic........2007-07-05

The Rolling Stones and their guests made a great one with Let it Bleed. Keith is at his best, His song Silver is one of the best. Nicky Hopkins piano at the start of Monkey man is creative.Byron Berlines fiddle makes Country Honk better. Al Kooper plays Frech horn, Piano and Organ on Cant always get what you want. Bobby Keys has a good solo on Live With Me. Ry Cooders mandolin is good on Love In Vain. Mick is great on here his vocals are great and good harmonica on Midnight Rambler.

A another Stones classic.......2007-05-24

Led It Bleed is the follow up to Beggers Banquet and its just as good if not better than Beggers Banquest with its country, blues, and rock music.

Worth it?.......2007-04-29

The album has been reviewed for content excellently on these pages. I will only comment on this New Edition.
I have listened to this album since 1973, and have LP and CD.

Was it worth to buy this Remastered version?

Absolutely. I hear things in the mix that I'd never heard before (even with my older and well-abused ears!).

Same for Aftermath, and Beggars Banquet. There's a new freshness on these re-editions that is simply staggering.
Of course, only if you have listening equipment that can capture these details... But even on my old Quad and Heresy's the difference is amazing.

50/50 Classic Stone's Lulabyes...................2007-04-28

Keith is perfect in his 'You Got The Silver'. Other great and arresting songs are 'Gimme Shelter','Monkey Man".

The other half of the songs are pretty Sluggish for their usual fast pace.

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HIGH VOLTAGE ROCK N ROLL
If you want Blood You've got it
Bon Scott lives!
Feels like you were really there
AC/DC - 'If You Want Blood You Got It' (Sony)

If You Want Blood You've Got It
AC/DC
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ASIN: B00009MGR0
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
Bad Boy Boogie
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Whole Lotta Rosie
Rock 'N' Roll Damnation
High Voltage
Let There Be Rock
Rocker

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HIGH VOLTAGE ROCK N ROLL .......2007-06-28

THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT ALBUM FROM AC/DC ONE OF THE BEST LIVE ALBUMS OF THEM EVER RECORDED ONLY OFFICAL LIVE ALBUM WITH BON SCOTT ON VOCALS!!!!!ONCE IN A LIFETIME THIS CONCERT WOULD OF BEEN GREAT GREAT ALBUM ROCK N ROLL HAS NEVER BEEN THIS GOOD YOUR CRAZY IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING FROM THIS ALBUM BUY IT IF YOU STILL DONT HAVE IT!!!!!!

If you want Blood You've got it.......2007-04-10

Early CD by AC/DC and I think one of there best, Angus Young proves once again that he is a guitar god, his guitar solo's in A Whole Lot Of Rosie is superb. If your a AC/DC fan this is a must have.

Bon Scott lives!.......2007-03-21

This is one of my all time favorite albums (yes I have it on vinyl). Bon Scott is in his element and delivers one of the best live performances of all time. A must have for AC/DC fans!

Feels like you were really there.......2007-01-18

Ac/Dc is a very rare breed of band that never lets you down...you always know what to expect,which is great blues based rock at a super high volume with some great guitar playing and some great screaming vocals...this live CD "If You Want Blood" is no exception to that.
It includes 10 great rock and roll classics played live,with lots of crowd participation. What sets this CD apart from their next live album recorded many years later on the "Razor's Edge" tour,is that this feels much more intimate,like you were front row in a small arena right in the middle of the high volume onslaught. I like this,whenever you make a live album that feels like you were there it can be considered a success.The later live album feels much more thought out and commercial and it didn't feel spontanious at all. I much prefer this one,"If You Want Blood"...the band was very hungry for success and was touring for the "Powerage" album...the only complaint I have is that they didn't include a lot of songs that I think would have went over better...in particular Sin City,TnT,Dirty Deeds,and It's A Long Way To The Top...this is a great CD to pop in the car and crank to 10 and imagine being there watching this classic band tearing through some awesome rock and roll...if you are a hard core ac/dc fan you should already have this,if not go out and grab it now...if you are new to the band,buy a few of the studio albums first,mainly Back In Black,Highway To hell,High Voltage,and even Powerage...once you know the songs in the studio versions you'll be able to appreciate the live versions in a whole new way...one song in particular "The Jack" has completely new lyrics live as opposed to the studio version (I prefer the studio version but then again,I like being subtle,but the live version is great too)...this CD also includes the live version of "Whole Lotta Rosie" and one of my favorites "Rock And Roll Damnation"...this is another in a long line of triumphs for this great band and includes a GREAT guitar solo that shows what Angus can do and some great crowd interaction with the great Bon Scott

The Upside - very well produced live album,feels very intimate like you were there..includes some great classics like "Whole Lotta Rosie" "Problem Child" "Rock And Roll Damnation","hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be","High Voltage" and more...great booklet also comes with the remaster version with lots of great pictures and some cool stories

The Downside - missing some obvious hits like "TnT" and "Dirty Deeds" (they included 'Rocker' from the dirty deeds album but not the much more popular title track,not sure why) and "Jailbreak" which would have been a treat to hear Bon sing that one live..and again,no bonus tracks for the remaster version which would have been a nice treat to us fans

The Bottom Line - the best live collection of Ac/Dc songs so far...start with the studio versions and then crank this one up to 10 and relive a great concert...Ac/Dc is timeless and classic...go buy this one...donutman says so!!!

AC/DC - 'If You Want Blood You Got It' (Sony).......2006-11-16

Originally released in 1978,this live album came out after AC/DC had put out four lp's and just prior to 'Highway To Hell'.Ten full-throttled tracks of blistering in-your-face heavy rock&roll as only AC/DC can do it.Used to have the cassette of this lp,but it is great to have it on CD.Was nice to hear Bon Scott-versions of "Rif Raff","Bad Boy Boogie","Problem Child",the awesome "Whole Lotta Rosie"(my favorite of the entire disc),"High Voltage" and "Let There Be Rock" once again.Essential.

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It's Only R N R & The Stones Do It So Well
solid rock
4 1/2 stars.
Under-rated Stones Album--Give it a Listen
Underappreciated, Underrated and Pure Stones

It's Only Rock 'N Roll
The Rolling Stones
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Ain't Too Proud To Beg
It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It)
Till The Next Goodbye
Time Waits For No One
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If You Really Want To Be My Friend
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It's Only R N R & The Stones Do It So Well.......2007-05-21

Just another solid effort from the Stones with the rockers and ballads.The latest album from them,that I have decided to add to my collection.The classics and the not-so-familiar ones.It has the classics,If You Can't Rock Me,Ain't Too Proud To Beg & It's Only R N R. I have discovered some new ones too.Mainly hearing them from alternate radio.Those are Till The Next Goodbye,Dance Little Sister and If You Really Want To be My Friend,the latter,being my newest discovery.If you want to discover new classics,perhaps this album may be the one for you.it was for me.If you are a Stones fanatic,you probably know them.If you are casual,you will make a major discovery.Buy it and you will not regret it....

solid rock.......2007-05-07

Even though I'm giving this album a 4 rating, it's more like 3.5. I'm totally serious when I say my least two favorite tracks on this album are the title song (which was never interesting to me) and their version of "Ain't Too Proud to Beg". The rest of the album rules, though.

My favorites would be "Luxury" with its beautiful vocal melody, and the more emotional tunes such as "Time Waits for No One" and "If You Really Want to Be My Friend". Also on the album are short catchy little rockers ("Dance Little Sister" and "Short and Curlies"). The album closes with a really good groove rocker called "Fingerprint Files" and I mine as well mention that the album opens with the perfect hard rockin' "If You Can't Rock Me".

Also worth mentioning is that the piano playing throughout the whole album is the main highlight. I love it. It's the best thing about it, in my opinion. This album catches the Stones between going commercial and sticking with their hard rock roots. The whole "caught in between" period is interesting to me.

An album worth owning? Yes.

4 1/2 stars........2007-04-02

This album, like "goats head soup," suffers a bad hand of fate in the chronology of the rolling stones discography. Following closely on the heels of perhaps the greatest recording streak in rock and roll history, the 1968 to 1972 run of "beggars banquet," "let it bleed," and "exile on main street,"this album at first seems a bit weak. But be fair, the perfection of the `68 to `72 years could not last. If removed from the context of its proximity to those masterpieces, "it's only rock and roll," is an outstanding album. "If you can't rock me," "it's only rock `n roll," and "dance little sister," are three excellent rock numbers. "Time waits for no one" is a great, beautiful ballad. The reggae inflections juxtaposed with hard rock power chords on "luxury," equates to a pure piece of fun, and the gritty funk of "Fingerprint file," is another success. Even the seemingly tossed off piece of boogie fluff, "short and curlies," is listenable in its own slightly cheesy way. Throughout the record keith richards and mick taylor provide fine guitar licks, and jaggers vocals are effortly expressive, whether emoting cynicism, aggression, or just plain old swagger. This is a fine and fun rock and roll record. Any band should be proud to have made such a thing. And I would highly recommend that you pick up a copy. Makes a wonderful addition to any household.

Under-rated Stones Album--Give it a Listen.......2007-03-06

This is my favorite Stones album for sheer listening pleasure. It may not be as weighty or as blues-based as some of their other work, but it strikes a chord with me every time I listen to it. The songs are extremely good, with the rich, layered sound found on albums featuring guitar virtuoso Mick Taylor. After Taylor's departure, the Stones' music has a leaner, edgier sound. There's nothing at all wrong with that, but Taylor's melodic ear contributed so much to the Stones' music when he was with them.
'Time Waits for No One' is a masterpiece on many levels, as is 'Till the Next Goodbye', plus the album has the additional classic 'It's Only Rock and Roll". Many of the songs are less known, but are equal to the Stones' great works that preceded and followed this album. There is a nice mix of hard rock, blues, ballad, reggae, and humor.
Sure, the Stones did edgier work, but this one is just plain fun to listen to and never seems to wear out its welcome on my turntable.
Five stars.

Underappreciated, Underrated and Pure Stones.......2006-12-28

Okay, there are a couple fillers, all found on side two: Luxury is a half-serious reggae sendup that really, really sucks; If You Really Want to Be My Friend, an overlong, dull ballad; Dance Little Sister is too repetitive for me, and Short and Curlies is a filler, a failed attempt to recapture the smutty brilliance of songs like Brown Sugar and Let It Bleed. But hey, this is a great album, all things considered, especially considering its predecessor was Goats Head Soup, arguably the Stones' worst ever; everybody's heard the title song, and it rocks; same for Ain't too Proud to Beg, a Tempts cover that's a radio staple; and If You Can't Rock Me, a live favorite. But there's more to this album than those: Till the Next Goodbye has got to be the most underrated Stones song EVER, a melancholy, slightly country-tinged ballad that really deserves more recognition than it gets - same for the whole album, actually. Time Waits for No One has one of my favorite guitar solos ever on it, I'd go out a limb and say it's Mick T's best ever, though there's some stiff competition (Sway, for instance). And Fingerprint File is pretty funky and paranoid, sort of proto-Talking Heads; and those lyrics, man... after Bushie's spying job on so-called "terrorists", they're still relevant today, no?
Okay, this ain't first-rate Stones. But if you've heard the classics, and want more (I couldn't blame you), go here.

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Not QUITE classic Coop, but worth a buy
Love it to Death Man
The Big Break For Alice And The Boys
Shock Rock Perfection
Clearly their best album

Love It to Death
Alice Cooper
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Not QUITE classic Coop, but worth a buy.......2007-04-13

Yeah, this is good, and better than the two preceding albums (Pretties for You and Easy Action), but it's not at the level of Killer or Billion Dollar Babies at all. I mean, it's likeable enough, and contains some of their best songs. I'm 18 is my favorite Coop song ever, thanks to the harmonica, guitar, and Coop's insightful but funny lyrics. Caught in a Dream and Long Way to Go are also great, and Hallowed be My Name is good. All of these make this a good purchase for even casual Coop fans such as myself (interestingly, I've heard all of ACG's albums yet consider myself a "casual fan"). But some of this is very, VERY bad. Like Black Juju. It goes on for nine freaking minutes! Okay, I like jamming when in the right hands, and the group sure had the chops to pull it off. But it's just BORING. That's not their strong suit - three minute muscular, riffy, catchy rockers with funny lyrics like, well... I'm 18. And they pull another with Ballad of Dwight Fry, thankfully shorter but still not very good. Second Coming and the concert favorite Is It My Body are just mediocre. Not bad, mind you, but mediocre. They exist merely to exist, and I don't get how Body made it on ACG's Greatest Hits in the place of, say, Caught in a Dream or Long Way to Go.
So this is an average album, with quite a few average songs, but it's not at all bad and has a few tremendous songs other than I'm Eighteen (as well as I'm Eighteen itself, of course). Don't start your Coop collection here - go with either Greatest Hits or Killer. But be sure to pick it up sometime, because Caught in a Dream and Long Way to Go are both very underrated.

Love it to Death Man.......2007-01-02

I remember hearing "Black Juju " and being blown completely away with the atmosophere it created. Alice Cooper has always been for me a larger than life experience. This cd was their turn around in turns of sound. Ezrin made these bad dudes even worse. Every song is a masterpiece and every song,for me,is a picture of my youth painted in the tapestry of the greatest shock rock act to date : Alice Cooper!!!

The Big Break For Alice And The Boys.......2006-12-07

"I'm 18 And I Like It"! With those immortal words that resonated with every 18 year old from 1971 to 2006 the Alice Cooper band became stars. "Love It To Death" was the first album for the band on a major label, and although it has it's flaws the good stuff on this album ranks with the all time best from Alice and the boys. This was also the first album with Bob Ezrin at the production helm. He would prove to be the catalyst for much of Cooper's output for years to come. The album contained two huge singles "18" and "Is It My Body" that still receive tons of classic rock airplay to this day. But the real meat of this album is the two longer pieces. "Black Juju" clocks in at more than 9 minutes and is the blueprint for the many horror epics that would be the Alice's trademark to this day. The band plays it up on this one too, with interesting instrumental passages that set the mood for the dark lyrics. The other truly great track on the album is "The Ballad Of Dwight Fry". This is prime fillet Alice and is still the theatrical centerpiece to his live shows today. In "Fry" Alice firsts discovers his alter ego character which he would refer to in the 3rd person in interview from this point forward. The sight of Alice on stage in a straightjacket singing "I gotta get out of here" still can send shivers up the spine. Two other interesting songs appear on the album both dealing with Christianity. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (written by Smith) and "Second Coming" (written by Cooper) explore interesting aspects of the subject. The Alice Cooper band was still very much a group project at this time with Bruce, Smith and Dunaway writing as much of the material as Alice. The only two songs that don't do much for me are the opener and closer "Caught In A Dream" and "Sun Arise". The Cooper Band's stage show would really start to develop on this tour as well, with theatrics becoming almost as important to the music. "Love It To Death" is the album that vaulted the band into superstardom and it is worthy of that achievement.

Shock Rock Perfection.......2006-09-15

Is there a better twisted hard rock album in existence? I doubt it. In addition to the instantly memorable melodies performed by the classic Alice Cooper line-up, we get Alice's uniquely weird lyrics to go with them. The songs humorously address such topics as teenage confusion/angst in the Top Forty hit "I'm Eighteen"; the occult in "Black Juju"; Christianity in "Hallowed By My Name" and "Second Coming"; and teen restlessness in the opening track "Caught In A Dream" and "Long Way To Go". This disc had way too much influence on me as a teen. Mental illness ("Ballad of Dwight Fry") seemed so fantastically exotic when Alice was singing about it. Alas, though I'm not as nutty as poor Dwight, I'm not quite right in the head either these days. Long rock songs tend to bore me but "Ballad" and "Black Juju" are perfectly justified in their length. There's not a wasted note in either song. This was the first Alice Cooper album produced by Bob Ezrin. Under his guidance the band really flowered. He would go on to produce the remaining classic Alice Cooper albums "Killer" through "Billion Dollar Babies". Check these out as well- they're almost as good as "Death".

Clearly their best album.......2006-09-04

This is when the band peaked. You had the perfect combination of legitimate rock, bold experimentation and trademark theatrics.

Alice Cooper started out as a band. They first made 2 very novice, "looking to find themselves" albums and then they hit their stride with this one. Subsequent works either went too far towards the theatrical side or focused too much on Alice Cooper the personality.

While not a perfect album in any way, it does summarize the objective of a tough and gritty Detroit band trying to establish yet distinguish themselves among a landscape of the flower power movement. This is not a Led Zep II, CCR, Ziggy Stardust quality album yet it is a very honest and original work from a band that was going to be going places.

"I'm Eighteen". "Is it my Body" "Ballad of Dwight Frye" and "Caught in a Dream" are the highlights. "Sun Arise" is a nice song (I think it was a cover) that you would never expect from this band.

While Alice Cooper, the personality, was of a definite star power quality, I almost think that if the actual band stayed together they may have developed and qualified to become a legit heavyweight rock group on par with other bands from the era

This band would self destruct with "Muscle of Love" just a few years later.

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The Who Classic Masterpiece AS YOU NEVER HEARD BEFORE
A Landmark Classic Now Made Even Better.
A Milestone of Early Rock!
I Love it !
The Who's classic rock opera gets a 35th birthday celebration fit for a king!

Tommy

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The Who Classic Masterpiece AS YOU NEVER HEARD BEFORE.......2007-06-12

The Album is a masterpiece of all time rock n roll, even if this is "the less Who album" of the Who... but nevermind!
The Sound in both Stereo (from the original master tape discovered in the vault of UMG) and 5.1 (mixed by Pete Townshend himself) is great...
As you put the disc in your player you'll hear the great differences from the 1996 reissue even if you have only a "simple" CD player..
If You're a great Who fan and you a have SACD player buy ABSOLUTELY this album and enjoy it 'til the laser of your player won't work anymore...
The second disc is clearly for fans only but the quality of some track even if are demos or outtakes is very very good!!

A Landmark Classic Now Made Even Better........2006-12-26

One of the most important, groundbreaking amd influential albums in the history of rock and roll, The Who's 1969 magnum opus "Tommy", a rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball, is now better than ever thanks to the brilliance of SACD and DSD remastering techniques.

Every song on the cd sounds like it was recorded just yesterday. It is 100 % crystal clear, perfectly remixed and remastered. It gives you a clearer view of the story as well as a more pleasurable than ever listening experience. Pete Townshend and the people involved in this truly put their hearts into making "Tommy" better than ever.

The bonus disc is also worth it. A lot of awesome raritis. The liner notes are an interesting read, and the album itself is of course a masterpiece nobody should be without.

A Milestone of Early Rock!.......2006-09-29

"Tommy" is beyond question one of the big milestones of early rock. Musically the band were at the peak of their creativity.

All band members were obviously extremely talented musicians and both Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend were/are great singers. Apart from few exceptions like "Cousin Kevin" all songs are outstanding; and it's really great to have the whole story on one CD - compared to the old double vinyl album.

Though the storyline may seem a little weird today ( to me it always did ), there is so much great music on this album.

The second bonus CD gives a very interesting insight in the developement of some of the songs. Though the sound quality is exellent CD 2 will mainly be of interest to hard-core Who fans. None of these alternate versions are better than the ones chosen for the album, though a few come close. The studio version of "Young Man Blues" which did not appear on the original album is a nice addition too!

I Love it !.......2006-09-06

I was so blind-sided by this reissue - really. I have looked at this for a few years now, but I never picked it up. My impression of this was that it had some very good music along with some dated sounding tracks, so it wasn't a high priority. I'd been having very good luck buying hybrid SACD's even though I don't own a SACD player; the CD layers benefit greatly from the DSD mastering, making them stand head and shoulders above the latest PCM remasters (there are a few exceptions), so I decided to take the plunge.

The CD layer is stunning. I must have been sitting there with my mouth open after "Overture" began. I experienced emotion that wasn't there on previous listens to this on CD and vinyl. Yes, some of the tracks still sound dated, but most of this album is very good indeed, and this remaster is so incredible. If you own a great stereo rig, I highly recommend buying this - in fact, even if you don't have a great rig, I recommend it!

The Who's classic rock opera gets a 35th birthday celebration fit for a king!.......2006-08-13

The Who's fourth studio(and fifth overall) album Tommy was released in May of 1969.
The Tommy album by The Who was the make or break for the group because if Tommy had failed, The Who would have probably disbanded due to lack of funds despite their concerts selling out based on Pete Townshend's guitar smashing and Keith Moon's drum kit demolishing at the end of each gig.
Guitarist Pete Townshend, under the gun after I Can See For Miles failed as a single in the UK(although it was their biggest ever hit here in the US) came up with a rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind kid named Tommy whom becomes those aforementioned things after witnessing an event as a child that traumatized him(his father killing his step-father whom he considered his father).
Originally considered to be a single length album, the band felt it didn't make sense so they expanded it into a double album and the result is one of rock's Top 10 greatest double studio albums in history(alongside other classic double albums like the then-already released Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and The Beatles' White album and would help pave the way for more classics like The Rolling Stones' 1972 masterwork Exile on Main Street, The Who's 1973 release Quadrophenia, Elton John's 1973 classic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Genesis' 1974 masterwork The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Led Zeppelin's 1975 classic Physical Graffiti, Pink Floyd's 1979 masterpiece The Wall and Bruce Springsteen's 1980 classic The River among many others).
Alot of classics appear on this album like the Overture, the classic Top 20 hit Pinball Wizard, Amazing Journey, the Underture(best instrumental on here which is basically a repeat of the album's other instrumental Sparks), Go to the Mirror, I'm Free, Cousin Kevin(one of bass player John Entwistle's greatest compositions), Fiddle About(about the perverted Uncle Ernie), Tommy's Holiday Camp(another excellent ditty written by drummer Keith Moon whom did an excellent rendition in the film version of Tommy in 1975) and the classic finale We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me.
The other tracks on the album It's a Boy, 1921(You Didn't Hear It), Eyesight to the Blind, Christmas, The Acid Queen, Do You Think It's Alright, There's a Doctor I've Found, Tommy Can You Hear Me?, Smash the Mirror, Sensation, Miracle Cure, Sally Simpson and Welcome are all great pieces as well though tend to be overlooked.
The album made The Who legends for good and peaked at #4 on the Billboard chart and was their first Gold seller(eventually Platinum).
In 1996, the album was re-released as a remastered CD but used different masters for the remixed reissue.
In October of 2003(just in time for Tommy's 35th Anniversary), Geffen Records(formerly known as MCA) re-released the album as a 2-disc Hybrid SACD with the original mix on the CD layer and a killer 5.1 mix on the SACD layer and this version uses the very original tapes that were found in Universal's vault after being said that the original tapes were destroyed by Kit Lambert in a fire. As a result of the discovery of the original tapes, the sound quality is amazing on here.
Disc two has great outtakes and demos like I Was, The Who trying to record Sally Simpson with hilarious results and instrumental versions of Tommy Can You Hear Me and Tommy's Holiday Camp among many other rarities plus a cool booklet with rare photos.
Highly recommended.

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Still Worth 5 Stars
Vaudeville carries on...
A must have for the real Rock Collector.
Good hard rock album
Rubba dub dub, two half naked people in a tub..

Force It
UFO
Manufacturer: Caroline
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Strangers in the Night

ASIN: B00003OO3O
Release Date: 2007-06-19

Tracks:

Let It Roll
Shoot Shoot
High Flyer
Love Lost Love
Out In The Street
Mother Mary
Too Much Of Nothing
Dance Your Life Away
This Kid's (Including Between The Walls)

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of '75 album. Tracks include 'Let It Roll', 'Mother Mary', 'Shoot Shoot', 'This Kid's' and 'Out In The Street'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Remastered Reissue. Package Comes with Sleevenotes and a High Quality Booklet.

Customer Reviews:

Still Worth 5 Stars.......2007-02-13

How can you not give this five stars? This is great guitar orientated rock even though Andy Parker's cymbals sound awful. I have never tired of playing this album for over thirty years and it is still one of my favourites. There are five classic songs that the band still perform live. "Let it Roll" and "Shoot Shoot" are great heavy rock standards and "Mother Mary" and "This Kid's" are two of the many highlights on the "Strangers" live album. Add to this the wonderful "Out in the Street" and you can forgive the dated production. The whole thing comes packaged up in another magic cover by Hipgnosis for less than a fiver (English pounds folks!) What joy!

Vaudeville carries on..........2007-01-29

UFO had reinvented themselves on their third studio album 'Phenomenon' but they were not quite a great band yet. What they needed to do was to utterly lay to waste their dopey space rock origins and dive bomb into the early metal years. On 'Force It', released in June 1975, the band created the first of their many stellar hard rock albums. With Michael Schenker fighting a language barrier that isolated him from his English bandmates you would think that album #2 would slip in quality but in fact 'Force It' leaves it in the dust. The songs are amazing and the classics are true classics, just as "Doctor, Doctor" and "Rock Bottom" are. The record kicks off with "Let It Roll", an absolute loud and obnoxious monster which begins with Michael's trademark sustained tone and launched into riffs galore!. "Shoot Shoot" is probably my alltime favorite UFO song, good boy meets bad woman and pays the price, the song is a masterful, commercial hard rock song! Even the ballads are outstanding including "Out in the Street" which includes another amazing lead break from Mr. Schenker plus a great emotional vocal from Phil Mogg. The lyrical quality of many of these songs is also a huge step above what the band had accomplished thus far. "Love Lost Love" is much is the same vein as "Shoot" with great guitar melody and chorus, "Mother Mary" (a riff monster in the tradition of Sabbath) and "This Kid's", the album closer and set favorite (like about half the songs here) are intense with their crunch and strut. Quiet times "High Flyer" and "Between the Walls" take nothing away from the sonic brilliance of this amazing record. Easily my favorite UFO disc and probably the most unsung great album in the history of seventies heavy metal. By the way, love how the remastered version put a t-shirt on the girl, my version has the faded picture where she is obviously nude. All in good taste and fun!

A must have for the real Rock Collector........2007-01-08

Ufo has had many ups and downs. And in a way it has made them who they are now. Like a great wine they just keep getting better with age. Released in 1975 "Force It" had the bands lineup with Phil Mogg - Vocals, Andy Parker - Drums, Pete Way - Bass, Michael Schenker - Guitars, and Chick Churchill - Guest on Keyboard.

1. Let It Rock
2. Shoot Shoot
3. High Flyer
4. Love Lost Love
5. Out In The Street
6. Mother Mary
7. Too Much Of Nothing
8. Dance Your Life Away
9. This Kid's (Including Between The Walls.)

You can't go wrong with a CD by UFO if you are into this style of hard rock.

Good hard rock album.......2007-01-03

This is a really good album to listen to , it has a mix between hard rock tunes with good vocal melodies.The song that blew my mind is Mother Mary it sounds very modern . Just try and buy this album!!!!

Rubba dub dub, two half naked people in a tub.........2006-05-11

When I first bought this on vinyl some twenty years ago, I was not too impressed with it. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because I loved ' Phenomenon ' so much and was disappointed that it didn't sound more like that album. Maybe it's because most of the songs didn't catch on at first listen. Maybe it was the song titles, which I don't think rank amongst their best. Whatever the case was, I remember not liking it that much and foolishly traded it away. Some twenty years later, I bought this on CD and now realize how wrong I first was about this album.

Yeah, the songs are not as immediately likable as the tunes from ' Phenomenon ' and the high points aren't as high, but taken on it's own terms, this is a great album. Tunes that didn't catch my ear at first, like the two opening hard rockers, ' Let It Roll ' and 'Shoot Shoot ', I now absolutely love and tunes that I liked the first time around, such as the ballad ' High Flyer ' and the crunchy hard rocker ' Mother Mary ' , I like even more now. This is certainly a more aggressive and heavier album than it's predecessor, but it's also more diverse in terms of material. Keyboards, courtesy of Ten Years After keyboardist Chick Churchill, make their first appearance on a UFO album and definitely add, as opposed to subtract, from the overall sound. The keyboards are at their most effective on the album's closing track, ' This Kid's (including ' Between The Walls '), particularly during the last two and a half minutes. At the moment, this is my favorite song on the album. It fades out with some mournful sounding church (or ' Churchill '!) organ, leaving me wanting more, which is a nice way to end on album.

Catchy guitar riffs, singalongable vocal melodies AND guitar solos are in abundance throughout the album, even on what I think are some of the album's weaker cuts such as ' Dance Your Life Away ' and ' Love Lost Love '. Oh yes, and I almost forgot to mention Pete Way's ' Too Much Of Nothing ', which has a very early Alice Cooper-like bass and drum section in the middle. Oh yes..again..I like Andy Parker's very solid drumming on ' Shoot Shoot '. See, there is a bunch to like on ' Force It '! You should buy it!

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A great album from a great band.
Aging gracefully....
Another Strong One
Back in good form - 5 star effort
great depth and beauty

Where It All Begins
The Allman Brothers Band
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000002A4D
Release Date: 1994-05-03

Tracks:

All Night Train
Sailin' 'Cross The Devil's Sea
Back Where It All Begins
Soulshine
No One To Run With
Change My Way Of Living
Mean Woman Blues
Everybody's Got A Mountain To Climb
What's Done Is Done
Temptation Is A Gun

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The popular aphorism that "there are no second acts in America" has been contradicted by the surprising reincarnation of the Allman Brothers Band after highway deaths, drug trials and artistic lethargy hammered more than one nail in the group's coffin. After breaking up in '81, the four surviving original members, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe, reunited for a 20th anniversary tour in 1989. The results were so unexpectedly good that the band decided to stick together and have released their fourth post-reunion album, Where It All Began. Why did the Allmans' reunion succeed where so many rock and roll reunions have flopped? The Allmans' concept hasn't changed, but like the jazz and blues legends they admire, they play a little differently each time. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

A great album from a great band........2007-07-04

I can only echoe the sentiments of the previous reviewers. This is really a fantastic album from a fantastic band. All of these songs sound like the logical follow up to the great 70's classic albums the band has released.
For me, the song that really shines on this album is change my way of living. It is a song that I listened to off and on and one day it hit me. I could not stop listening to that song. The slide work is phenomenal. This album shows what an integral part of the band Dickey is. I saw AB a couple of years ago without Dickey and it was like seeing half the band. Don't get me wrong, There are enough Greg Allman songs to make a great show, but the show would have been better with DB there.
If you like the Allman Brothers you will like this album. I recommend it highly.

Aging gracefully...........2007-06-23

This is another brilliant album from the Allmans after their amazing comeback in 1989 with Seven Turns. It's fantastic that Seven Turns, Shades of Two Worlds, and this album are as great as they are. Many bands who reunite do so just for the cash, and put out mediocre work (Crosby, Stills, and Nash put out a rash of crappy albums in the 1980's while touring). The Allman Brothers Band seem to have more on their plate, and the 3 albums after the reunion are amongst the best in their career. My favorite here is the title track, which boasts 2 amazing solo by Betts and Haynes. I would also like to give a shout out to Marcos Quinones, the percussionist who was added on Shades of Two Worlds, and here is credited as a full time band member. His work really enhances this album beautifully. This is a huge group effort, with Gregg writing or co-writing more songs than usual. The band sounds like they haven't aged a bit. They're still kicking, and are probably going to kick for a long time.

Another Strong One.......2007-01-25

The Allmans continue their comeback with another strong album from the mid-90. Overall I don't find this album quite as strong as "Shades", but it is another solid effort from the band. Highlights include the 10 minute title track written by Dickey Betts. I also like "No One Left To Run With" by Greg Allman. It has a Bo Diddly riff and lyrics that just about anyone over the age of 40 can relate to. The rest of the album is pretty much vintage Allmans blues rock. Not a bad song in the bunch, but not a lot that really stands out either.

Back in good form - 5 star effort.......2006-03-08

I found this cd in a used shop and got it for only 5 bucks! What a great deal!! This is not The Fillmore Concerts or Eat a Peach but it delivers. The title track is a real stand out. And 'Nobody Left to Run With' is a fantastic song that got some airplay. Both of these songs do what the brothers do so well - create a mood. In this case the mood is a very good one. There's a lot of joy on this entire album. I love it all the way through.

great depth and beauty.......2005-10-11

This is a highly under-rated album, suprisingly. Yeah, the production is itself somewhat understated and mellowed, but there is great depth and beauty in it. A great line up and altogether a great album that I highly recommend.

-Robert, Illinois.

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I am glad I didn't buy it !
Enjoy RED Heads!
I had to buy it to believe it....
There's a fine line between writing about your life experiences and just being a shill
sammy is still staying on top

Livin' It Up!
Sammy and the Wabos
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Yeah!

ASIN: B000G1ALLQ
Release Date: 2006-07-25

Tracks:

Sam I Am
Livin' On A Coastline
Mexico
The Way We Live
I Love This Bar
One Sip
Rainy Day Women
Halfway
Sailing
Let Me Take You There
Someday

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Having long ago earned his rock wars stripes as working class foil and foiled Van Halen superstar, Sammy Hagar finally understands who's laughing best. A half-dozen albums into a post-VH second solo career where Hagar has sometimes seemed more like Dorian Grey than Red Rocker Redux, the veteran rocker kicks off his shoes again--along with some longstanding presumptions. Hagar succeeds here by nimbly channeling the Ghost of Jimmy Buffet Whenever--even if the veteran rocker's Gulf of California acoustic blues is about as authentic as Robert Johnson's Delta surfing legend. The opening "Sam I Am" sets the tone, a slice of slide-guitar autobio-blues that borrows from the folks who stole it from the people who nicked it from the southern blues masters; Sammy's "Ice Cream Man," if you can forgive him (and after his greasy cover of Dylan's "Rainy Day Women" you might not). Hagar does a subtler job suggesting the spirit of Brian Wilson via the harmonies of the loping "Living On a Coastline," channels a little faux Tennessee twang into "Halfway to Memphis" before a thoroughly Hagar-ized cover of the Pointers "I'll Take You There" and the surprisingly tender lullaby "Some Day" close the album out on a high note. With tracks like "I Love This Bar" and "One Sip," it's a party-hearty record whose crafty appeal seems to vary in direct proportion to one's number of empty cerveza bottles. This is music with a purpose: to make sunburned drunks dance badly. Sober pale people take heed. -- Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Get into the Cabo Wabo spirit with a brand new solo album of high-powered studio material from legendary hard rock frontman and guitarist extraordinaire Sammy Hagar!

Customer Reviews:

I am glad I didn't buy it ! .......2007-05-29

After listening to the songs on the album, and then hearing a song from "The Pointer Sisters" -- Let me take you there -- I decided not to buy it. I could not listen to Sammy sing the song, the same one I heard the Pointer Sisters sing in Vegas, years ago. Man, what happen to the old Sammy?

Enjoy RED Heads!.......2007-05-15

You have to be a TRUE RED Head to totally appreciate what Sam has put together on this release. I love the addition of the Country version of Half Way to Memphis, it works. Rock On Sammy and I'll see you in Cabo!

I had to buy it to believe it...........2007-04-03

...but it's true. Sammy's gone country. There are 2 MAYBE 3 tracks on this whole album that are any good. My taste in music is very broad with one exception - country. If I had to name one rock icon of mine, it would be Sammy and...Sammy...you really let me down with this album. It pains me to say so, but I can't recommend this album to the classic Hagar rock fan.

There's a fine line between writing about your life experiences and just being a shill.......2007-02-15

The Good
I want to get this out of the way before we get started; I love Sammy Hagar's music and I love Cabo Wabo Tequila. With that being said, on to the review. The Red Rocker toots his own horn on the acoustic/country opener "Sam I Am." The track has an incredible bounce to it, as Hagar drops references to his past and present life. "The Way We Live" starts off with a great rock riff, but breaks down to a heavy vocal track. Hagar's new found affection for country music is expressed again on the touching ballad "Halfway to Memphis." Sammy's always had a way with the ballad, but come to think of it, his heavy stuff was kind of pumped up ballads. Anyway, it's another great emotional acoustic ditty with "Sailin'."

The Bad
Tough to be the hard rock Jimmy Buffett when your new album has you sounding almost exactly like Buffet. There's a lot more country influence to Sammy's sound. In fact, two of the songs were co-written by country music stars; "I Love This Bar" (Toby Keith) and "One Sip" (Kenny Chesney). And if you didn't know that Hagar lives in Mexico, owns two bars, a tequila company, and lives to tell you all about them; you certainly will after listening to this album. Livin' It Up is basically an advertisement for all things Sammy.

It would be fine if it was subtle, but it's too in your face. For example; "Living on a Coastline" (about Mexico), "Mexico" (um, Mexico again), "The Way We Live" (Cabo Wabo Cantina), "I Love This Bar" (um, Cantina again), "One Sip" (Cabo Wabo Tequila disguised as a love song), and "I'll Take You There" (it's a cover, and Hagar found a way to work his cantina and a former Van Halen song [Cabo Wabo] into the lyrics).

The Verdict
Livin' It Up is a decent lounging album, but its more so catered to Hagar's bars (or any Mexican themed bar). It's not so great for fans of Sammy's hard rock past or rock music fans in general. There's a fine line between writing about your life experiences and just being a shill for your lifestyle. Sammy Hagar has crossed the line into shillsville. (Guess I blew my chance at some free tequila?)

sammy is still staying on top.......2007-01-27

sammy hagar, one great shouter, with a holiday like album, pure rock with fun and power.

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Great KISS all around.
Let's Just Be Glad for The Time Together...
EXCITER!
Very Good
2nd best KISS album of the 80's

Lick It Up
Kiss
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ASIN: B00000AF94
Release Date: 1998-09-01

Tracks:

Exciter
Not For The Innocent
Lick It Up
Young And Wasted
Gimme More
All Hell's Breakin' Loose
A Million To One
Fits Like A Glove
Dance All Over Your Face
And On The 8th Day

Customer Reviews:

Great KISS all around........2007-06-20

This CD really sounds amazing and the songs make it worth listening to this over and over.

Let's Just Be Glad for The Time Together..........2007-06-02

Great record. It's funny on this one because I notice that even though the make-up is off, Gene is still in his demonic character with songs like "Fits Like a Glove" and "Not for the Innocent". This trend, unfortunately, would not continue for Gene. Paul grooves really well and I think he really felt liberated without the make-up with the title track, "Exciter" and Eric's "All Hell's Breakin' Loose". This album sounds to me similar to Creatures of the Night, but it's a little more metallic and friendly with catchy choruses. Great playing from Eric Carr again drives the album and the band to rock harder. And let's not forget Vinnie Vincent who co-wrote 8 songs on here. He was a major contributor even though later he went nuts. If the original band couldn't stay together, and the make-up wasn't working anymore, this album and image proved to be the right move.

EXCITER!.......2007-03-11

The band called Kiss has made many great songs. The song "Exciter" is my personal favorite. I like the first 5 songs on this CD and I don't really care much for the last 5. Five good songs on one CD isn't too common which makes this CD worth buying if you like 80's metal and you don't already own it.

Very Good.......2007-01-05

I'd say that this album gets very good reviews. The album has a few filler tracks on it, but that can be ignored. This is the first studio album by KISS without their makeup, but it's still part of their unfocused period. It's also the last studio album with Vinnie Vincent playing lead. The band was tired of his attitude, so they fired him. When they found that they had nobody to fill in for the tour, they had to rehire him! After the tour was over, they fired him/let him go due to problems with his contract. Although Vinnie Vincent wouldn't play lead with KISS anymore, he returned as a songwriter for the "Revenge" album.

2nd best KISS album of the 80's.......2006-04-27

THE BAND: Gene Simmons (bass), Paul Stanley (guitars), Eric Carr (drums & percussion), Vinnie Vincent (guitars).

THE DISC: Released Sept 1983. Recorded at Right Track Studios, NYC. 10 songs clocking in at approximately 42 minutes. The band's first album without make-up as the front cover proves. This remastered edition was released in 1998 on Mercury's label. Much improved sound in my book (deeper bass guitars and crisper highs). Included with the disc is a 6-page booklet containing song titles and times, writing credits, song lyrics and thank you's. Underneath the disc on the inside cover, there's an informative 5 paragraph history of what the band was going through at the time.

COMMENTS: One word - REBIRTH... new songs, new band members, new manager, new look (no make-up). Kiss' best albums were clearly behind them, but "Lick It Up" proves to be a decent album over all. Especially if you consider all the other albums that the band released in the 80's that were average at best. The band was definitely trying to find the groove after Ace Frehley and Peter Criss departed, and lackluster album sales from "Unmasked", "Music From The Elder" and "Creatures Of The Night". If I had to rank Kiss' albums of the 80's - my favorite (easily) is "Creatures Of The Night". This "Lick It Up" is a distant 2nd; and all the others are 3rd. Track 1 starts right where "Creatures" ended... "Exciter" is probably my favorite tune on the disc - some great rhythm guitar work and wonderful singing from Paul. "Lick It Up" and "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" were the two hits, but not necessarily the best tunes here. I always felt the title track was too repetitive (for the record, they say "Lick It Up" 32 times in the song). My 2nd favorite song is Paul's "A Million To One" - a great slower tune. Once again, I feel Paul's songs are lyrically far superior to Gene's. Simmons continues to write songs with a cheap feel to it, i.e. "Young & Wasted", "Fits Like A Glove", "Dance All Over Your Face". Vinnie Vincent proved so much more than just another session guitarist on "Lick It Up". Where Paul co-wrote 5 songs; Gene 6 songs; and Vinnie co-wrote 8 songs. Vincent's guitar solos are for the most part premeditated, but he lets loose and shreds on "Young And Wasted" and "Gimme More". It's a shame egos and attitudes got in the way and Vincent's time with the band was short lived (1 album only). Eric Carr (R.I.P.) proves to be an accomplished drummer - and more complex and capable than Peter Criss ever was. Not a strike against Criss, but if you were ever able to sit them down together to hear them play, I'd choose Carr 9 times out of 10. Carr's drumming, like it was on "Creatures" is thundering. Though far from Kiss' best album, "Lick It Up" is an absolute essential disc in the Kiss catalog (3.5 stars).

Let It Rock: The Best of the Georgia Satellites

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Georgia Satelites
If you like Webb Wilder or Jason and the Scorchers, or Cheap Trick, you'll love these guys!
KEEP THIS ONE FOR YOURSELF!
****1/2 - superb!
Good compilation!

Let It Rock: The Best of the Georgia Satellites
The Georgia Satellites
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ASIN: B000002HB4
Release Date: 1993-01-19

Tracks:

Don't Pass Me By
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Battleship Chains
The Myth Of Love
Can't Stand The Pain
Nights Of Mystery
Let It Rock (Live)
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Mon Cheri
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Hard Luck Boy
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Dan Takes Five
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Georgia Satelites.......2007-01-13

A very fun, enjoyable, rocking CD. For those into Southern Rock(esp. 'old' Southern Rock) you'll enjoy listening to this CD. It brought back memories for me of when I was younger.

If you like Webb Wilder or Jason and the Scorchers, or Cheap Trick, you'll love these guys!.......2006-06-07

Outstanding 20 cut sollection of
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sonnel changes over the years. I saw
them live twice here in Virginia and
they are very good, though they didn't
have the original memebers still, then.
Pick Up On It!

KEEP THIS ONE FOR YOURSELF!.......2005-11-18

One of Southern Rock's last gritty, greasy great gasps, these guys kicked more hiney than a high school football coach, letting fly with a raunchy, raspy ROCK 'N ROLL attitude flecked with country, blues, and bar band boogie. Helmed by bad boy belter/geetar slinger Dan Baird, the Satellites had it all... brontosaurus chops, snotty swagger, AND a sense of humor (which never hurt NOBODY nohow in the music biz). Monster hit KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF sets the piledriver pace for this career roundup appropriately named after one of Chuck Berry's most tread upon pieces (Bob Seger's good, but he ain't THIS good!). Crash 'n burn covers (HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE, originally written and performed by Chan Romero, Caesar's son), Ringo's DON'T PASS ME BY (one of but two Beatles tunes he penned), and a party perfect John Fogerty medley of ALMOST SATURDAY NIGHT/ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD blend seamlessly with Baird's bare bones double entendre OPEN ALL NIGHT and the bloozey ALL OVER BUT THE CRYIN'. Cranked to an especially high thrash threshold is Terry Anderson's BATTLESHIP CHAINS, not quite three minutes of rock so primitive I'm surprised Fred and Barney didn't write it. Love it loud? Need it nasty? Crave it crazy? Trust me. The Georgia Satellites will put you into orbit! RATING: FIVE BEER BLASTS

****1/2 - superb!.......2004-06-26

This excellent 20-disc compilation gathers almost all the best from the Georgia Satellites three studio albums. I picked it up some ten or twelve years ago on a whim, knowing little or nothing about the Satallites, but I loved it straight away, and I still take it out and play it from time to time.

Equal parts Chuck Berry and AC/DC, the Satellites played rough, tough and gritty rock n' roll, joyous three chords romps with lots of firepower and the gap-toothed Dan Baird in front alongside lead guitarist Rick Richards.
Their debut album, which featured the hit single "Keep Your Hands To Yourself", got lost amid the pop metal of the mid-eighties, and the next two ones sank without a trace, which is a real shame, because the Satellites did what very few other bands could or would in the 1980s - they played real rock n' roll.

And there are plenty of highlight here. From "The Georgia Satellites" come the tough-as-nails hard rock of "Can't Stand The Pain" and the Hindu Love Gods' "Battleship Chains", and the album "Open All Night" provides songs like "Mon Cheri" and a supremely gritty rendition of Ringo Starr's "Don't Pass My By".
"In The Land Of Salvation And Sin", the Satellites' last album, was more stylistically diverse than its two predecessors, and the acoustic shuffle "Another Chance" is one of the group's best songs...all four musicians sing, and Baird's lyrics are some of his best ever.

"Let It Rock" also includes a few non-album tracks, like the title track (a live rendition of the Chuck Berry-number), and a fine medley of John Fogerty's mid-70s classics "Almost Saturday Night" and "Rockin' All Over The World", and a nice little essay by Jimmy Guterman.
This is a near-perfect introduction to an often overlooked little rock n' roll combo which deserved better.

Good compilation!.......2004-04-29

This is a good compliation of the Satellites. But where you need to start is with "In The Land of Salvation and Sin" record and go from there. That is an all time classic of rock and roll. This has tastes from that record, but you need more than an appetizer!

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