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EDGAR WINTER-THE EDGAR WINTER COLLECTION: Blooze rockin' Texan Edgar Winter's COLLECTION only contains a pair of bona fide Top 40 classics, the chart topping instrumental freak-out FRANKENSTEIN and the Dan Hartman composed and sung blue eyed soul classic FREE RIDE...but that's hardly the point. The well respected keyboardist/saxman dabbles easily in country (ROUND & ROUND) pure high grade RNB (TOBACCO ROAD), brass-kickin' pop (KEEP PLAYIN' THAT ROCK & ROLL), earthy funk (WE ALL HAD A REAL GOOD TIME) and other genres. After sampling this flashy potpourri of rootsy musical styles, new fans are advised to check out the albums ROADWORK, a blistering live outing by Edgar's legendary soul revue White Trash, and the glam-jammin' 70s milestone THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT by the Edgar Winter Group. COLLECTION serves as a good jumping off point into the world of Winter's stylish output.

RATING FIVE SYNTHS

THE EDGAR WINTER COLLECTION, along with BEST OF EDGAR WINTER, EDGAR WINTER'S WHITE TRASH, THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT, and his latest, REBEL ROAD, are the first Edgar Winter albums you should buy. This one has several songs that were left off BEST OF, including "River's Risin'", "Hangin' Around", and "Round And Round." Like BEST OF, this CD/cassette showcases Edgar Winter's 70s guitarists- Floyd Radford, Ronnie Montrose, and Rick Derringer- extremely effectively, as each played with him at different times during his peak years. With the songs featured on this exceptional anthology, Winter, who's legally blind, proves that a disability doesn't have to be a handicap.

This is a record for good music lovers. You can't file it under just one music style. There are some furious blues/funk/jazz , like the first and other tracks with the 'White Trash' band , and also some more (beautiful)'comercial' songs, like Dying to Live . All material is first class, and it's a good introduction to Edgar Winter's music.

The best Edgar Winter collection available, partly because it includes the Dan Hartman hits from the Edgar Winter Group. Includes all the hits from the Edgar Winter Group such as Frankentstein, Free Ride, Rivers Risin, and Hangin Around, plus some of the best of Edgar Winter's White Trash. An excellent compilation.

They Only Come Out At Night is the genius of edgar held together with nuts and bolts. Plugged it in see Frankenstein hop. Shock treatment has good bits and pieces, but doesn't come close to They Only Come Out At Night. And this is a collection which is all over the place, but the man is always worth 3 stars