Monday, February 1, 2010

Tower Of Power - Urban Renewal (Japanese Pressing WPCR-12911)


Tower of Power
URBAN RENEWAL
Japanese Pressing WPCR-12911

This is my all-time favorite Tower of Power album, and it's no difficult reason to see why. Some of the tunes catch me right where I live ("It's Not the Crime"), and some are unusually prescient (such as "There's Only So Much Oil In the Ground"). That's not to mention the classic R&B/funk contained here.

Glenn Frey - Classic (The Universal Masters Collection) EU Pressing


Glenn Frey
Classic (The Universal Masters Collection)
EU Pressing

A very good best of collection, as good as (or better than) Don Henley's. This copy has a really good sound, and a great (if not complete) selection of tunes.

Glenn Frey - Live (U.S. Pressing)


Glenn Frey
LIVE
U.S. Pressing

This is sort of a lead-in to the next item, a UK pressing of a Glenn Frey Greatest Hits collection, but this is a great live album in its own right. Recorded during the Eagles hiatus in Ireland, the rendition of "Wild Mountain Thyme" is the stand-out track, dwarfing even Eagles covers.