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Anthology: The Early Years

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"Anthology: The Early Years" is a reissue of previously avialable material. If you couldn't aready get the discs from which these tracks were taken, this collection would be the next best thing. All of these tracks (and more) are available on discs which are currently available on Amazon.com. These discs are as follows: "Sunrise", "Discovering the Blues", "Schizophonic", "Live, Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford"

If you can get these other discs, buy all but Schizophonic (not my favorite) for a more complete collection. "Live" is especially wonderful and shouldn't be missed. Otherwise, this may be the best way to sample Robben Ford from my favorite of his musical periods, the early 1970's. Many of the cuts feature Paul Nagel (Fender Rhodes), Stan Poplin (bass), and Jim Baum (drums). For most of these performances, Robben's guitar is a Gibson Super-400CES. There are even a few cuts of Robben playing sax!

Blues Revuethis is vintage blues at its best. the king of the blues mr.bb king would be very glad to welcome this anthology of mr ford into the pantheons of the greatest blues collection of a single blues artists. ford has been playing the blues as early in the sixties with his family,,the ford blues band band and he honed his chops under tha watcful eyes of chicago bossman muddy waters and harmonica giant charlie musselwhite.with such a huge credentials tucked under your belt,you cannot go wrong with robben ford. this album is fully loaded with salty blues guitar licks. and if you are into jazz,, the same is also covered in this anthology FAITHFULKLY IN CD 2 OF THIS COLLECTION.buy this album and you will not regret it..strongly recommended for blues and jazz lovers,

Although Ford was a young man when these songs were cut, he played blues like a bluesman and jazz like a jazzman. His guitar playing could also rock as well. There are some lengthy pieces here with room to jam and fans of great guitar playing will like this. If you're strictly a fan on one style, this may dissappoint as he doesn't stay locked in one groove for too long.

This anthology consists of early recordings of Robben Ford from the years of 1972-1976. The music on these two CD's is truly electic -- ranging from straight blues to fusion pieces with three tracks of Robben on the tenor sax. Personally, I didn't particulary like the fusion pieces, and found myself enjoying the blues stuff much better. The only exception to this being the track "Eighty One" which is a straight modern jazz number showcasing Ford's tenor sax chops. I think the first disc was better than the second. It's a good anthology, but I would've prefered a straight blues CD to this one for the price.