Funk 49 [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

James Gang | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca Special Products
• ASIN: B000002QBG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,587 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT THE BEST "BEST OF", AUDIO-WISE, April 27, 2008

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BOB (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Funk 49 (Audio CD)

Between Joe Walsh retrospectives and James Gang compilations, there are a plethora of "best of" CD's that have been released thru the decades. This is one of them.

However, strictly from an audio standpoint, all pale to the 1998 Repertoire remastered "Best Of" 2CD collection. This remaster is even superior to the individual MCA 1999 remasters, and the later BGO remasters.

Unfortunately, the Repertoire disc also has the abbreviated "Bomber Medley", which is an enormous sore point for JG fans. Also, Repertoire allotted a major portion of the set to the non-Walsh JG years; only 14 of the 40 tracks are Walsh-era material. I'm sure many JG fans will have their opinions over excluded tracks, but the selections were made with input from Jim Fox, who contributes a song-by-song synopsis of each track in the booklet. There is also probably the best essay on the history of the band of any JG CD ever released.

But what 14 tracks they are; the Repertoire set is the James Gang album you never knew you really wanted. All the muddy sound of the MCA discs is gone; the percussion is clear, the bass thunders and Walsh is there in all his distorted glory.

It's a shame that Repertoire didn't produce individual editions of the first three JG albums, because they would have blown away the lackluster MCA discs. I've heard just about every other JG "best of", and the Repertoire set towers above them all.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Gang Album Ever, August 12, 2006

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Kevin F. Williams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Funk 49 (Audio CD)

The best rock trio of the seventies, espescially with Joe Walsh at the helm.Great guitar work and lyrics........Spend the money

8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock at its best, July 23, 2001

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james g. falkenburgh (islip, new york United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Funk 49 (Audio Cassette)

It doesn't get any better than this, for those of us that remember the early 70's. The entire album is filled with classic rock songs.