Friendly Strangers: The Warner Bros Recordings

Ides Of March | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Rhino Handmade
• ASIN: B0001LYFY0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,374 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. One Woman Man

2. High On A Hillside

3. Vehicle [Single Version]

4. Lead Me Home, Gently

5. Vehicle

6. Factory Band

7. The Sky Is Falling

8. Home

9. Wooden Ships/Dharma for One

10. Bald Medusa

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. We Are Pillows

2. Prelude to Freedom

3. Freedom Sweet

4. Tie-Dye Princess

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked the IDES OF MARCH...you'll love this!!, November 29, 2005

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Lee J. Davito - See all my reviews
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I will tell you this....Rhino did a superb job on the mastering and production of this 2cd set....

The sound quality is very clean and clear...considering the era of its origin....the booklet is informative...and basically has both album covers and backs....to include any and all inside liner notes from the original albums..they also added alot more pics and info for your reading pleasure...a nice treat was that they also included the single version of "Vehicle"....the 2cd set comprises of both albums plus the rare unreleased tracks from those recording sessions...so you have here the COMPLETE Warner Bros recording sessions...you dont get that if you buy the 2 other cd's separately...this set was pricey...but the best usually is.

I am not going to get into a breakdown review of each and every track..as so many other reviewers like to do...cuz it really has no bearing...if you never heard the songs or are even familiar with the band...if you ARE familiar with the band and the songs...you really dont need to have somebody trying to relate what they thought the band was trying to say in their music.....all you really need to know..or care about knowing...is...how is the sound quality..production...packaging..contents....and are you getting your monies worth...isn't that about accurate?

I was always an IDES fan...as I remember seeing them back in their heyday of 1970 at the WILD GOOSE in Joliet as a young music addict....the Chicago area was a music mecca back in those days. Well those days are long gone...but the music is still very much alive....You have to love people like Rhino for bringing it all back....I have never purchased any IDES cd's up to this point....just have the original vinyl lp's stashed away....so this was a real find and worth waiting for.

BUY THIS CD!!!!!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Friendly Strangers, March 17, 2004

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Jeffrey Ellmann (UNITED STATES of AMERICA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Friendly Strangers: The Warner Bros Recordings (Audio CD)

Finally someone has released a CD with many lost treasures such as this one. There are songs on here that were never even released. This is the most under rated group around. Warner Brothers and RCA dropped the ball. If you ever get a chance to see them perform, don't miss it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! Better late than never...and better than ever, July 26, 2004

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R. Sobkoviak "DHTML mentor / former radio per... (Chicagoland, USA) - See all my reviews
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Hopefully people will re-discover The Ides of March...favorite sons of Berwyn, Illinois ("Berwyn?!") It's so great to hear a clean copy of "L.A. Goodbye", and there are some of my personal favorites here, too, like "One Woman Man" and the 1968 CTA-like "Time For Thinking". If you can own only one Ides' CD, this would be the pick.