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I Don't Want to Go Home/This Time It's for Real

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If you're searching for Southside Johnny albums, you're going to definitely want the first 3, which are not really easily found these days in the US. The best-of is good, but you really owe it to yourself to hear the first 3 records, complete. Since the 3-fer box is out of print, you should pick this cd up (it's a UK import) and then go score a copy of Hearts of Stone (total s/b around $30 all-in) and you'll add three essential Jersey albums to your collection. They're must-hears for fans of Bruce, a testimony to Miami Steve's genius, songwriting & production chops and good taste, and SSJ and the Jukes ain't too shabby live either (if you get a chance to see them).....

Superb songwriting, soulful singing, and the band ROCKS! These are the first two albums of that great Jukes Triumvirate. I bought "This Time It's For Real" at the time of its release, and I still listen to it at least once a week. This music is like fine wine - it only gets better with age. If these don't move you to your soul, nothing will. . .

If you are reading this, then you know the music itself is 5 stars. I beleive the liner notes are rather extensive than the originals, and possibly re-mastered. But c'mon, Amazon, the Asbury DUKES? It's the Asbury Jukes...this ain't Hazzard County.

Let's just say Bruce Springsteen was the other guy who helped contribute to the "Asbury sound". It always amazes me how many Springsteen fans know so little about Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. That is truly a shame. These first two albums reissued on a single CD is a fine place to start for anybody yearning for some great rock & roll with one of the finest singers & a crack horn section to boot. Oh, the guest appearances are great too, Lee Dorsey & Ronnie Spector duet with Johnny on a couple of numbers. Springsteen & Van Zandt contribute heavily to the writing & arranging of these 1st two albums. Steven Van Zandt was then still a member of The Asbury Jukes before becoming a full-time E Streeter behind Bruce. The fact that Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes have not yet been considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is an injustice. For more info on Jukes CDs not available here-go to southside johnny.com. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes are America's best kept secret.

a good sound from the southside johnny band,can't wait to see them @ the end of the week!!!

Great music; great album but please be aware that this is a single CD that contains music for the two albums: "I Don't Want To Go Home" and "This Time It's For Real". Looking at the description, you'll see LISTEN TO SAMPLES and the way its presented, you're likely to believe you're getting 3 discs (you're not) and that the music on the third disc (from the album "Hearts Of Stone") is included - its not!

Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes produced three critically-acclaimed albums for Columbia Records (with a greatest hits album released around the time the band signed with Mercury Records), and this neat set is the initial two recordings from 1976 and 1977.

Ronnie Spector and Lee Dorsey make guest appearances on I Don't Want to Go Home, which is about as far away as the band could get from its previous house-band status at the Stone Pony nightclub. Both albums are drenched in R&B and in the sweat of band members who truly made each gig a special one for the audience.

Southside truly shows that there can be heart and soul in rock-n-roll. Both albums are not always easy to find and the 2-in-1 is a throwback to the days of such packaging of albums from popular artists on a cassette tape.

these two albums along with hearts of stone and better days are the best horn driven music in music.Southside johnny is one the most underated talents in music along with little steven and graham parker. both these albums are highly recommended.

Southside Johnny and the Jukes first 2 albums was a one-two punch that only great new bands can pull off. A type of R&B rock not heard anymore and probably gone forever. But to hear it now after too many years reminds one of the incredible talents of producer and princible song writer Steve Van Zandt, the Jukes, and oh yes, the contributions of the Boss. I'm so glad I got hold of these great works again!

Please be advised - when you pull up the player to hear music samples, it includes the third album "Hearts of Stone", which is NOT part of this current deal. Included are only the first 2 albums by SSJ - 20 songs on 1 CD. Don't be misled into thinking that you're buying 3 for 1. Perhaps Amazon should revise the music player sample selections to reduce any confusion. Still, this is a good deal and the remastering of the second album is a vast improvement over the original recording - which sounded like you were picking it up over an AM radio station (was that the intent?). You really need to buy "Hearts of Stone", too, to complete the collaborative story with SSJ, Springsteen, and Little Steven.