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Summary: great cd
Comment: great for anyone who is a steve miller fan who wants there greatest
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Summary: TELL THE LADIES: " SHU BA BA DU MA MA MA !!!!"
Comment: WOW, I meant to review this thing ages ago! Can't believe I never did. Steve Miller is a cool dude. His music isn't revolutionary, but it is some stuff that you can party to. Nowadays there is a single disc hits retrospective, that covers his career from '68 up until-sometime in the eighties... but if you wanna rock the party out... I recommend that you get (first) the 74-78 hits disc, and then this one.
You get pretty much all that is great from Stevie Guitar Miller. 74-78 has all the ones that you hear at the beachside bar on summer days, but 68-73 has some more hippie, trippy, bluesy tracks, that are just as easy to party to, as they are to chill out and listen to while your cookin' in the kitchen or doing something else in the basement. LIVING IN THE USA, SPACE COWBOY, MY DARK HOUR...COME ON IN MY KITCHEN these songs are timeless in the sense that they are feel good songs, ladies like to shake it when they are played, and almost everybody can dig when they are lettin' loose. Along the mix the Miller band touches on some folk like ballads here and there, probably recorded on some hippie stuff, but no problem from me. Good Stuff all around!
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Summary: Mind Blowing
Comment: This stuff is great. So many people don't recognize who playing as they are only aware of Miller's later, more commercial tunes. This album is a great way to hear his earlier stuff (some with Mr. Boz Sgaggs) The sound is huge - they did a great digital transfer. Get into this!
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Summary: A Good Compilation!
Comment: No question that Steve Miller is a fine blues guitarist who writes occsionally great songs. But apart from "Brave New World" I was never very impressed by his original albums; they seem uneven and most of them have a releatively very short playing tiume.
So here you get the cream of his early albums from 1968 to 1973. No songs are included from his first album "Children of Future", but his second is well represented with 4 tracks. Fine tracks; very interesting how much "Song for Our Ancesters" have in common with the feeling of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". "Living in the USA" is the most catchy/commercial of them and has a nice harmonica solo.
The finest album must be "Brave New World", and it also contibutes 4 songs to this collection. Actually four very different songs. "Kow Kow Calculatior" has a unforgettabele bluesy intro, "Space Cowboy" must be his mostly catchy song before "The Joker"; the acoustic "Seasons" is one his most beautiful ballads, and the strange "My Dark Hour" has Paul McCartney helping on vocals in the chorus. Quite an odd song, which somehow must have appealed to Badfinger, since it was part of their live-set for a couple of years.
Only two songs are taking from 1969's "Your Saving Grace"; both okay and featuring nice bluesy guitars, but as songs not particularly memorable.
Also two tracks form "Number 5". The optimistic "Going to the Country" is a logical choice, and "Going to Mexico" is a solid blues track.
Two fine live-recordings are also included, taken from his 1973 album "The Joker". One ( "Come on to my Kitchen") is Steve alone with his acoustic.
The title track is well-known as it was his first number one hit-single.
Good compilation!
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Summary: Steve Miller Band - 'The Best Of, 1968 - 1973' (Capitol)
Comment: Nineteen track compilation,of greatest hits,best known cuts,etc.Either way,it's a rather nice collection of those '70's gems many of us loved hearing on FM radio.Tunes like "The Joker","Living In The USA","Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma"(hadn't heard this song in years),"Space Cowboy","Gangster Of Love","Little Girl" among others are here for your listening pleasure.Enjoy.
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