Billy Preston: The Best

Billy Preston | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002GAX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Outa-Space

2. Will It Go Round In Circles

3. That's The Way God Planned It

4. Struttin'

5. Your Are So Beautiful

6. Nothing From Nothing

7. Get Back

8. I'm Really Gonna Miss You

9. Space Race

10. I Wrote A Simple Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "BILLY'S MUSIC SCREAMS FOR A MAJOR REMASTER AND REPACKAGE!, April 24, 2000

By 

J. Williams (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Billy Preston: The Best (Audio CD)

Although I own this CD, every time I listen to it, I am dissatisfied. Firstly, the sound is muddy for it was created in the early days of CD trans- fer; so the company that owns A&M's masters should consider a remaster and repackage of this material. They may have this on the drawing board (I sincerely hope so!). As for the music itself, most of his major hits are represented on this package, except the notable omissions of "You're So Unique" (1973), "(Theme From) Slaughter" (1972), a personal favorite "Wide Stride" (1978), album cut "There's a Train A Comin'..." (1973) culled from "Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music" LP, and his last big hit, 1979's mega-hit duet with Syreeta Wright on the Motown label "With You I'm Born Again", taken from the movie which I've forgotten but starred the man who played "Kotter" on television... All in all, with the 20-24 bit remastering and re- packaging of this material, it could become a best seller all over again. Billy's music deserves the respect it earned.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Of Billy Preston, February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Billy Preston: The Best (Audio CD)

This album is a very good compilation of Billy's hit singles. Although many of the songs are arranged differently from their popular versions (e.g., Get Back and You Are So Beautiful), it is still musically interesting and fun. If you enjoy 70's keyboards and upbeat songs, then this album is for you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Billy Preston, June 25, 2002

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sandra draper - See all my reviews

This review is from: Billy Preston: The Best (Audio CD)

I have always been a Billy Preston fan because he is such a versatile musician. He plays and sings. He is also a gospel artist. I hope a boxed CD will be cut so that music fans of his can better appreciate his talents musically and his gospel/soul singing.
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