Anthology Maybe, Missing 2002 Self Titled Album, But Has Plenty of Extras!
932911
Really love these albums!  They even come with extras!  I would give 5 stars but only reason I'm throwing 1 star off is it does not include all of his albums, and a Anthology by definition is only a collection, and so it's named appropriately, sill, they could have thrown in his 2002 album self titled album too.  I guess the bonus CD in this collection make up for the one missing album.  In any case, you get one extra album with Daniel's works and his remastered Coming Down and Foolish Thing Desire CD's.  Can't beat it but it would have been even better with his other album, i don't really understand why he/they left it out?
734382
When I first found out about this release, I thought it was to good to be true. A total of 23 snippets and complete songs from Alice Cooper's pre-platinum days to the early '90's. Starts out with a couple of snippets that should've been a tad longer, like some extremely rarely (if ever) seen before scenes from "I'm Eighteen", "Black Juju" and "Levity Ball". Would sure like to have a copy of these tunes in their entirety. Remember the 1974 cult movie 'Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper' they used to show in drive-ins? There are four (4) songs from that unreleased film here, "Hello Hooray", "Billion Dollar Babies", "Sick Things" (with snake) and "Dead Babies". I also recall the "Elected" promo clip here on various late night television shows. A couple of his mellow ballads are included as well, "Only Women Bleed" and "How You Gonna See Me Now?" (from the 'From The Inside' comeback lp). Some clips I haven't seen in years are "Cold Ethyl", "Under My Wheels", "Department Of Youth" and "School's Out". You get the idea. I would assume that some of these clips might have come from Alice's own private stash of maybe 8mm or 35mm film. The quality is good. Recommended for any and all Cooper fans.
1073563
There is a few missing that I would have loved to have on here but it is still a very good album with a lot of tracks!
2315225
Hmm. Interesting set. Funny that the latest recordings are on the 1st disc, the earliest on the 2nd, and the "middle" ones (or most of them; there are remixes/edits of a couple of them on the 1st disc) on the 3rd!
 There are some good tracks here, a few hits, but most of them aren't among the Seasons' best. Most of their best stuff was recorded during the '60s, and strangely, this set barely covers that period --- in fact, it doesn't really "cover" it at all, as all of the '60s recordings here are from the early '60s, and most of the big hits even from that period are missing! (Can you believe that "Sherry," the group's first #1, has been excluded?!)
 Actually, this set seems to be an unusual "reissue" of two of the group's albums (one of their first ones and one of their later ones) and a comparatively more recent compilation disc. The songs on the second CD (the '60s recordings) made up the Big Girls Don't Cry album (from '63), and include the title hit and "Walk Like A Man" (both also #1s), and some other good, but mostly not very good songs. The third CD is really the Who Loves You album (from '75), which is good but not great in my opinion, despite the fact that "December 1963" and the title hit are on it. The first CD is the Oh What A Night comp from '95, which somewhat oddly consitsts mainly of edits and remixes of songs from the Who Loves You and Hope & Glory (from '92) albums. I think "Fly Like An Eagle" a.k.a. "State Of My Heart" is the best track on this disc.
I would say, don't bother with this set, at least if what you're looking for is the Seasons' best material, because as a hits/best-of set, it doesn't cut it.
[Edit: I don't personally own this set, but I found out about it before I went and bought it, and am familiar with the CDs.]
1939940
Excellent price especially considering it comes with bonus 12" EP in a gatefold sleeve!
4855213
I like this greatest hits collection, but it's too obvious that few singles are missing, which would be "Really Doe", "Ghetto Bird", "Wicked" and "Friday". I could have done without "What Can I Do? Remix" and the two new songs.

Chronological order of the songs and the "We Be Clubbin' Remix" feat. DMX instead of the original would have been a cool addition as well. Other than that this collection is great, just shy of 5 stars. Ich Cube is one of the greatest. One
4153560
Awesome collection of most of this bands (non-bootleg) single. It's almost all gone, and judging by the the collector scum, yeah scum, marking up prices to absolute is silliness...so if you can find a copy snatch it up and share this great rock-en Espanol punk band with a friend. Additionally, check out the bands LP "El Acto," which is more polished than this release, but awesome nonetheless. A more complete anthology, that has this, the LP and other stuff, exists somewhere, but to date not available for the average collectors $$$, for being severely over-priced due to being out of print.
1140764
THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A FIVE STAR COLLECTION.  BUT, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VINYL ISSUE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT?  IN THE ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE IT SAID THAT A VINYL VERSION WITH 3 LPS WAS GOING TO BE RELEASED. THE THIRD LP WAS GOING TO CONSIST ENTIRELY OF ALTERNATE TAKES THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED ON THE 2 CD/DVD SET.  IT WAS ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE A BONUS POSTER AND BOOKLET.  THANKS.
2553467
I just want your half! Ever see those Best Of CD's in the store, pick it up thinking, "Oh does this have that ---- song on it?" then get all bummed out that the song isn't on it? Yah, well, you won't have that with this collection. Love it. Love it!
4697396
A good compilation, although as the other reviewer said, would be nice to have the singles versions as well.  Missing is the psych-pop B-side "Poor Old Mr. Jensen", an essential track in my opinion.
2276711
Personally, I like to have my supplemental (b-sides, versions, non-album tracks) divided out after their parent albums. In order to have all the officially released Japan material, you NEED to buy the compilation albums "Assemblage", "In Vogue", and "Exorcising Ghosts".
  That isn't to say this isn't a great and cohesive album on its own merit! "Assemblage" collects tracks from the band's first three albums, on the 'Hansa' label. Great collection! Not comprehensive of the band's entire discography, but enough earlier highlights to enjoy or introduce someone to.
4600190
I would buy this in a minute if it had the bonus tracks. As it is, I will not buy it.

What is up with the Replacements' catalogue? Why can't we get their albums on vinyl? (Oh gee, we can: Hootenanny is on Amazon for $354.91.) Why is Rhino's CD version of Tim with bonus tracks not available any more?

This new release seems like another cynical attempt to extract money from Replacements fans without giving them quite what they want--which Rhino no doubt intends to defer for another day, when more extraction can occur. In a word, Unsatisfied.
260530
Released on Oct 2012, this 2lp set includes 3 new songs (liner notes from the producer say it's composited from separate recordings from the remote truck that captured previously released songs). The album art is nice and the inner jacket has Bruce Botnick (producer) and "surviving" member (Ray, Robby, and John) notes. Bruce's notes conflict with the sticker on the plastic bag about the "new songs" - presenting the "entire legendary live show available now for the first time."

Hello, I Love You; The Wasp; and Spanish Caravan are noted as recovered "Lost Tracks" on the plastic outer wrap. I labeled them below by side.

It's so amazing, I wish it were a three disk set with more time between tracks from the live action. However, the sides of the set list play out well to keep the flow of the show going. I would have liked the sides in the description, but I guess that's skipped since only applies to vinyl.

Disc: 1 Side 1
1. Show Start/Intro
2. When The Music's Over (Composited)
3. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
4. Back Door Man (Composited)
5. Five To One
6. Back Door Man (Reprise)

Side 2
7. The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) (Lost Track)
8. Hello, I Love You (Lost Track) (Composited)
9. Moonlight Drive
10. Horse Latitudes
11. A Little Game
12. The Hill Dwellers
13. Spanish Caravan (Lost Track)

Disc: 2 Side 3
1. Hey, What Would You Guys Like To Hear?
2. Wake Up!
3. Light My Fire
4. The End (Segue)
5. The Unknown Soldier

Side 4
6. The End (Segue)
7. The End

Between 180g and a clean press, I'm very happy with this purchase. Prime shipping & packaging is nice, everything arrived in tip top shape.
4354198
Notably 'SWF Sessions' is some unreleased My Solid Ground  material with a healthy dose of bonus tracks from 2001 with band member guitarist Bernhard Rendel directly involved. Tunes here that make this CD a decent pick are the suitable opener "Hysterical", the well-received "Short Waves", the ten-minute "1-40" (a fine progressive cut, I'll admit), "Frogster" and the eleven-minute epic (so to speak) "Mystery Metal Thing". Not as out-standing as their self-titled 1971 lp but 'Swf Sessions' definitely has it's moments. Might appeal to fans of Sperrmull, 2066 And Then, Arzachel and possibly Os Mundi.
4324446
This is part of the Turtles' budget 5 disc box-set put out by Delta/Laserlight, and I find it odd that all five discs are ALSO availble separately. As it stands, though, they're all nice little compilations,  with liner notes that actually manage to trample all over Sundazed's (for  shame!) There are ALSO quite a few surprising rarities here, including the  single mix of Chicken Little. However, this doesn't even APPROACH being in  chronological order, and makes more sense in its proper place in the  boxed-set (as there, even though it isn't in chronological order, there's  more of a sense of completeness). A nice-enough sampler, with some great  tunes, but otherwise, stick to the albums.
1174301
I'm in agreement with earlier reviewers who lament the lack of bonus materials on this release.  Sure, having "Sweet Pain" with a different solo is nice, but there were LOTS of additional songs recorded for "Destroyer" that could have been - and were originally rumored to be - included on this package.  A "Deluxe Edition" a la recent Def Leppard releases would have been a truly spectacular 5-star item.  I'll enjoy the vinyl version of "Destroyer," especially with the original artwork, but this will be the fifth time I've purchased this album now:  1976 vinyl, 1982 cassette, 1986 CD, and 1998 remastered CD.  *sigh*  Fool me once, shame on you, fool me five times...well, you get the picture.  Still a classic album by the hottest band in the world...but it could have been REALLY special, and this just isn't.

ETA:  I can confirm that 1) the vinyl DOES include the "skip" at measure 4, beat 1 of "Flaming Youth" (and wow, what a numbskull mistake to have on the final mastered copy!), and 2) the vinyl DOES NOT include the second version of "Sweet Pain."  Beautiful, 180 gram LP, nice liner notes, but the track listing is for the CD only!  That, combined with the unforgivable mistake at the beginning of "Flaming Youth," makes me really shake my head with regret.
3432122
When it comes to finding compilations of some specific Country singers of the 1960s-1980s I am usually bemoaning the complete lack of CD coverage in each case, especially any offering what nationally-charting singles they had to their credit not to mention the B-sides. Among those for whom I have pointed this out in coverage of their available used vinyl(LPs and 45-rpm discs)  are Earl Scott, Eddie Middleton, Priscilla Mitchell, Don Bowman, The Cates Sisters/The Cates, Jay Lee Webb, Merle Kilgore, Buddy Cagle, Pal Rakes, Peggy Sue (Webb), The Hagers, Alice Creech, Ruby Falls, Terri Hollowell, Pat Roberts, Susie Allanson, Norro Wilson, Brian Collins, Randy Cornor, Sunday Sharpe, Ron Shaw, Connie Cato, Billy Larkin and Hugh X. Lewis. All told, that's some 200 nationally-charted singles, many of them Top 30 and quite a few Top 10s, which that element of the buying public known as the "completist hits collector" can pretty much forget about ever seeing available in quality CDs.

Incredibly, that also applies for the most part where singer/guitarist and songwriter John Wesley Ryles (born in Bastrop, Louisiana on December 2, 1950) is concerned, and I say "incredibly" because this guy racked up 27 such singles, including one Pop cross-over, from 1968 to 1988, 12 of them Top 40 and 8 of those Top 20!  So what do we get in terms of CD coverage? A 10-track volume titled Tell It Like It Is from Jukebox Records released in 2011 and a 7-track entry from Vanilla OMP, also in 2011, both way over-priced for what you're getting and likely containing new recordings, even of those that represent a couple of his hit sides. In any event, I'm not about to fork over the asking price for either just to find out I'm right in my assumption. Until I see a 25-30 track offering from a reliable source, or hopefully a box-set from someone like Bear Family of Germany - I'll be content with the vinyl sources. And that may take a while because, in that span of 20 years he recorded for a variety of labels as you will see from the list of his 27 charted sides which I show in the Comments below.

The LP covered here, "John Wesley Ryles" (ABC-Dot DO-2089) was his second after 1969's "Kay" at Columbia, and emerged in August 1977 containing: 1. Fool; 2. Here I Stand; 3. Lying In The Arms Of Love; 4. When A Man Loves A Woman; 5. Warming Love; 6. Once In A Lifetime Thing; 7. Easy; 8. Tell It Like It Is; 9. Out Of Your Heart; 10. In The Middle Of The Night.

Represented in the album are versions of his two charted singles with Music Mill Records in 1976 - his covers of Tell It Like It Is (# 83) and When A Man Loves A Woman (# 72) - as well as his first hit with ABC-Dot, Fool (# 18 in 1977), Once In A Lifetime Thing (# 5 in 1977) and Easy (# 63 in 1978), as well as Warming Love, the non-charting B-side to his late 1977 # 13 Shine On Me (Te Sun Still Shines When It Rains) - which was not part of the LP.

I understand he turned to doing demo work and the occasional gig as a backing vocalist once the hits dried up in 1988.