Best Of..., Live [Live]

Vanilla Fudge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032OG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,367 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My World Is Empty Without You

2. You Keep Me Hangin' On

3. Take Me for a Little While

4. Shotgun

5. Eleanor Rigby

6. Ticket to Ride

7. People Get Ready

8. Golden Age Dreams

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible! It is the 1991 Rhino release. Catalog R2-70798.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 1 ex-Fudge + 1 Nugent cast-off does not a Vanilla Fudge make, May 26, 2004

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Bill Lynn (Riverview, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of..., Live (Audio CD)

Although this 1991 performance is credited to "Vanilla Fudge" the only original member on this recording is drummer Carmine Appice. The other musician that I can identify by ear, having known him since he was 14, is Derek St. Holmes. St. Holmes is the lead vocalist on this live recording and is likely handling most of the guitar work as well, having been Ted Nugent's lead singer/second guitarist during his rise to fame in the mid 70s. There's no arguing Appice's and St. Holmes' talent. And it isn't the first time they've collaborated. But neither of them sound like they care about the material. Let's face it. This is an unadulterated grab for your cash and the lack of musician credits proves it. Shame on you, Derek, for participating in such a blatant rip-off. Besides, when we we're in competing bands in high school you always hated our version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars RHINO fudges on this deal, March 9, 2007

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of..., Live (Audio CD)

WHY in the world is this fake VANILLA FUDGE album given a patina of legitimacy by a usually trustworthy label like RHINO records? This ain't the Fudge, folks-- it's Carmine Appice's attempts to drown out several poseurs with his heaviest percussion. Sadly, he doesn't succeed-- we can hear what's going on all too clearly, but after you've sprung for the album, it's a bit too late, isn't it?

Most surprising of all is NOWHERE within or without this package is the unwitting consumer given any information that would allow one to make an informed buying decision in advance. No personnel, recording dates, liner notes-- NADA. Clearly we were left in the dark intentionally, with quick-cash-in aforethought. For shame!

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 46:07

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad cd !!, August 7, 2004

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Little I Board (PASADENA, CA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of..., Live (Audio CD)

so Derek St.Holmes over dubs on the vocals, he was asked to do this so he did. He has to make money like everyone else. I did like his verions of the songs, he did a good job on it. It's not Derek's fault that the members of an old band was having a war w/ each other. Derek did what he had to do & at the time when the cd I think his wife was sick, so he needed this. And I think he did a good job as a singer, I had an opened mind to this cd when I bought it because i did enjoy Vanilla Fudge's music when I was growing up & also enjoy Derek St.Holmes vocals when he was singing For the Nuge. If anyone can get past that this is not the real singer, you might find that this cd isn't bad at all.