Kaleidesopic Compendium: The Best of the Blues Magoos

Blues Magoos | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 5, 1992)
• Original Release Date: May 5, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001DVC
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,239 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "..they sure were an ace garage band..", February 14, 2000

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DJ Rix (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kaleidesopic Compendium: The Best of the Blues Magoos (Audio CD)

With two CDs, we could have the first Blues Magoos, Psychedelic Lollipop, Electric Comic Book & Basic Blues Magoos plus some B sides. But we'll settle. They weren't all that 'delic (neither were Strawberry Alarm Clock for that matter), but they sure were an ace garage band. All the "Hits" are here, although a different compiler (me, for instance) would have included "Dante's Inferno," "Scarecrow's Love Affair" & "The President's Council on Psychedelic Fitness" among others. Indispensable in their way - a life without "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet," "Gotta Get Away" & the Magoos' awesome cover of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" is a sorry one indeed.

Bob Rixon, WFMU

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A winner- and a great deal, April 17, 2001

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Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaleidesopic Compendium: The Best of the Blues Magoos (Audio CD)

Back in the late 60s I just about wore out my copy of "Psychadelic Lollypop" playing it over and over, and playing along with it. I drove my parents crazy playing both drums *and* guitar along with great tunes like "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet", "Love Seems Doomed" and thier version of "Tobacco Road"- in fact, I learned "Tobacco Road" from that album.

This album contains all those songs from that album and more- and at the price it's a steal. The Blues Magoos were a wonderfully raw and powerful group who could craft some great, catchy tunes- yet still played with a tremendous amount of raw punk energy. And any group that can brag (as they did on the liner notes of "Lollypop") that they were thrown out of their gig at the Whiskey for "playing too loud"- well, that just cements their proto-punk credentials in my book. If you haven't heard them and you're a fan of grungy 60s pop, get this album.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magoos Are News, November 6, 2000

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Linda Rizzo "Linda" (ny, ny USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaleidesopic Compendium: The Best of the Blues Magoos (Audio CD)

Let's not talk about the CD - you can read about that from all 6 of the other reviews below this one. Let's talk about the group and why anything by them is worth owning. I saw them play live 2 nights ago at the Cavestomp 2000 show in NYC. This was their first performance together in 32 years and they ROCKED. I grew up in the 60's and they are so much a part of my frame of reference. They sounded awesome, looked great and had an endearing sense of humor. I hope someone reads this and books them for more shows. I would love to see them again. And again.