Customer Reviews

Billy Preston: The Best

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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.

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.

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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songs that are fun and funky and upbeat that's the genius of billy preston.his 70's grooves were no joke they hit hard and still sound great.this man along with jimmy smith can make an organ talk.

I thoroughly enjoy Billy Preston and his songs. I have been looking for one of his cd's for a while and was not able to find one anywhere until I came to Amazon.com.

Billy Preston is a master of the keyboard. A lot of people these days play like they've never even had a lesson, Billy plays like a pro. This album is full of upbeat, danceable songs that make you wanna get outta' your chair and groove. It's a very complete set of Billy's hits, I highly reccomend it.