Definitive Collection [Original recording remastered]

Humble Pie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000G73U5E
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,580 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only 2 x SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection From Humble Pie!, October 2, 2006

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Barron Crist (Somewhere, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Definitive Collection (Audio CD)

Seeing as though A&M Records here in the United States has pretty much ignored Humble Pie's catalog (most are available from Japan as expensive imports) this collection is way long overdo. Founded by ex-Small faces Stevie Marriott and who's lineup included one highly talented guitarist/songwriter named Peter Frampton who originally was a member of The Herd, a British pop rock act, Humble Pie are best compared to Led Zeppelin in that they played soul combined with rock n' roll with lots of grunt. This collection includes seventeen tracks spanning the band's seventies career. The standouts are many including several songs from the band's excellent "Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore" album with "I Don't Need No Doctor" and "Four Day Creep". Other superb tracks include "Natural Born Woman", "Big Black Dog", "Live With Me", "Shine On", "Stone Cold Fever", "Hot N' Nasty", "30 Days In The Hole" and "Black Coffee". Frampton would leave after three years with the band to pursue what would become a highly successful solo career. Humble Pie continued to record several excellent albums following Frampton's departure such as "Smokin" and "Eat It" but unfortunately the followup albums "Thunderbox" and "Street Rats" were unsuccessful for the most part and when Marriott reformed Humble Pie in the eighties the few albums released then were hardly noticed. In 1991 talks of a reunion with Peter Frampton would unfortunately never materialize due to Marriott's death that year and the world lost an extremely talented singer/songwriter. The remastering on this "Definitve Collection" is excellent with crisp highs, increased midrange and extended output levels. A must have for classic rock fans worldwide.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good collection !, June 17, 2008

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F. A. Lage Filho (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Definitive Collection (Audio CD)

Marriott and Co. tackled blues & rock with enthusiasm and competence in the 60's and 70's and this collection is representative of their best work.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 'remastering' doesn't sound any better..., May 24, 2009

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D. STIMSON - See all my reviews
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This cd claims to be 'remastered'. You would think that means it would sound better than previous releases. But it does not.. not at all. I bought this one, assuming it would have a better sound than the 1999 'Best Of' cd I already had. In fact, it sounds exactly the same. Don't bother buying if you have any old cd's of Humble Pie.