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Anthology-History of Peter Frampton

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Any Frampton die hard already owns all 16 of these classics. But to have them all together is a treat. Rediscovering such rockers as Live With Me and Natural Born Boogie from Peters Humble Pie Days are wonderful. And The Herds "From the underworld" is still terrific. They sound as fresh today as they did over 25 years ago. Wow, 25 years and still rockin! A studio "Shine On" makes an appearance on this collection along with the studio cuts of Lines on my face and the classic Do You feel...but the one tune that will leap out of your speakers is "I don't need no doctor" which is for anyone who has seen Peter recently perform live, is his closing JAM with Bob Mayo trading guitar licks. The only throw away here is the vanilla I'm In You. BUY IT!!!

There are at least 4 or 5 Peter Frampton compilations out there, but this is the only one that covers not just the solo years, but also covers the years prior to Frampton's first solo album in 1972.

The first half hour of "Anthology: The History of Peter Frampton" (16 tracks, 78 min.) includes one single from the Herd, which Peter joined at age 17. I had long forgotten about that song, "From the Underworld", but I instantly recognized when it played. Even better are the next 5 tracks, from Peter's days along with Steve "Small Faces" Marriott in Humble Pie, with whom he made 5 albums in less than 3 years. Best of them is the live song "I Don't Need No Doctor".

The remainder of the set showcases Peter's solo career. Beware, there is only 1 track from "Frampton Comes Alive" ("Show Me the Way"), all the other tracks are in studio form. Which doesn't matter, because if you are anywhere interested in Frampton, you already have that CD. The set closes with "I Can't Stand It No More" from 1979. Not that Frampton has stopped making music, as llast year's underrated album "Now" shows. "Anthology" is an excellent set, that showcases very nicely Cincinnati's best known resident musician (yea, I had to slip that in here...).

This is the collection to get if you are only a casual fan of PF as it resurrects an old Herd song 'From the Underworld' and continues with tracks from his time with Humble Pie including 'I don't need no Doctor' from Rocking the Filmore. The remainder of the album concentrates on his seventies output with the obvious 'Show me the Way' from Frampton Comes Alive. That is probably the only gripe as it would be refreshing to hear the studio version of this song as FM rock stations seem to overlook it.

A terrific overview of Frampton's career from 1967-1979 and not overly long winded, it would have been tempting to issue a 2 CD set covering his entire career but enough is enough and this does the job of introducing PF to the uninitiated handsomely.