Long Train Runnin': 1970-2000 [Box set]

Doobie Brothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JZAY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Nobody (Single Version)

2. Slippery St. Paul

3. Listen To The Music (Single Version)

4. Rockin' Down The Highway (Single Version)

5. Toulouse Street

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Sweet Maxine (Single Version)

2. Neal's Fandango

3. Music Man

4. Slack Key Soquel Rag

5. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me)

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. What A Fool Believes

2. Here To Love You (Single Version)

3. Dedicate This Heart

4. Real Love

5. No Stoppin' Us Now

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Daughters Of The Sea (Demo)

2. Armadillo Death Chant

3. Osborne (Long Train Runnin')

4. Four Days Gone

5. Spiel

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Audio CD (September 28, 1999) Original Release Date: September 28, 1999 Number of Discs: 4 Format: Box set Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Label: Rhino / Wea ASIN: B00000JZAY

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A box full of good stuff, March 18, 2004

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John Nelson (North Fond du Lac, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Train Runnin': 1970-2000 (Audio CD)

70's music has become my favorite period of music. In an era of great singers and bands like The Eagles, Carly Simon, Steve Miller Band, the Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites, and while they may not have been anything revolutionary with the genre, they did very well. No major politics or religous preachings, the Doobies were about good fun and good music. LONG TRAIN RUNN'IN is a Doobie Brothers box set with 4 discs full of music, a large booklet of info and pictures. The first 3 of 4 discs are divided up for the most part among the band periods. The first being the early rock n' roll with country mix thrown in, the second being the closing of their rock sound (which never sounded better again) and getting into more of a groove with Michael McDonald joining and the band reaching their highest point ever. The third album closes up the smooth sounds of Michael McDonald and repoens the group with almost the same lineup as they did on the Toulhouse St album + roadie turned conga player Bobby LaKind for what sadly could be called their two "bad 80's albums". (Hey, I like the Cycles album and Brotherhood is tolerable, but neither one touches Stampede or The Captain and Me, even on their best day). An addition at the end is only available on a japanese import of the Sibling Rivalry disc, which is their cover of "Little Bitty Pretty One" Some of the tracks on these discs denote a "single release" in which things like extra singers (HERE TO LOVE YOU) are added or the song is shorter, in the case of WHEELS OF FORTUNE much shorter.

As I said a fourth disc is included which is the true gem of the album which includes rare cuts, demos and unreleased songs mostly from the groups beginings. Many are recorded complete with mistakes and talk from a crew or band member. Others are real early concept songs for later albums. One noteworthy cut is Sweet Maxine without the piano playing! The crown jewel on the disc is the studio produced song OLANA which is a song that I think could have really spiced up the McDonald years, along with others like it. The only other way to get this baby is a live version on the imported farewell concert disc. ARMADILLO DEATH CHANT is another great one. Other note, the BLUE JAY track is different then the one on the elusive EXCITEMENT import disc.

Sadly there are a few marks off but not enough to change my opinion in saying that this is a fantastic collection, but here they are anyway.

1 No DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA on the fisrt disc, the demo that you get with the box is nice, but this is one of my favorite songs and it takes me to a better place when I hear it.

2 No HOW DOES THE FOOL SURVIVE on disc 3, Jeff Baxter's minute and a half guiter solo at the end is one of the best I've ever heard.

3 No RIO on disc 2. Another good one.

4 No inclusions of the 87 reunion concert in which EVERY band member (sans the original bass player) participated in. That would have been sweet to hear.

Most of those complaints are trivial since NO boxed set ever gets all of what somebody wants. It's sadly give and take. The rest of the set is awesome and even if you already have all of the albums, and the fourth disc is warrant enough to purchase. Great set. Too bad there probably won't be another

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars All albums are not created equal . . ., October 16, 1999

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Kevin Wright (Vancouver, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Train Runnin': 1970-2000 (Audio CD)

All albums are not created equal, and this collection unfortunately reduces a four-star career to a two-star box set. "One Step Closer", "Cycles" and "Brotherhood" are gamely treated as the equals of franchise albums like "The Captain and Me" and "Takin' it to the Streets", which they clearly weren't. And no, four songs from "Takin' it to the Streets" are not enough. The choice of album cuts from "Living on the Fault Line" is especially bizarre ("You're Made That Way" and "Living on the Fault Line" are omitted in favour of "Chinatown" and "There's a Light"?). And, as I fast-forward through the filler (bad engineering as well as dubious songwriting) which makes up most of the last two albums, I wonder what happened to tracks like "Without You", "Ukiah/The Captain and Me", "Rio", "Carry Me Away", "You Never Change" and, HEY!, what about the tracks on the Farewell Tour album? The live versions of "Takin" it to the Streets" and "Don't Stop Me to Talkin'" are surely deserving of inclusion. Too bad; I was looking forward to this one. I enjoyed the rawness of Disc 4, though. Ted Templeman, take a bow. What an under-rated producer.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Back In The Daze #6, February 24, 2000

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PC Fields - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Train Runnin': 1970-2000 (Audio CD)

The Doobie Brothers developed a loyal following from the git-go, playing bars and hang-outs in San Jose and in the Santa Cruz Mountains. With their first single, "Nobody," they garnered both AM and FM airplay in the San Jose and San Francisco markets, and it's a befitting start to a definitive Doobies' collection. While the set, "Long Train Runnin'" is the ultimate statement on the band, it's also a story filled with switchyards and derailments making for a somewhat uneven listen. The sound is a vast improvement over the regular releases, it's in chronological order, the rarities are separated from the classic cuts, and Rhino has even gone one step - further - by including the single versions of several hits (with overdubs and edits that discriminating fans will appreciate). As academically it's a great box, the track audibly bends, as hearing the highs and the lows of the Tom Johnston and Michael McDonald eras, coupled by a questionable comeback, makes for a slow train ride. Fans of the early rockin' Doobies will find many of their album favorites denied passage on this journey, and the McDonald fans will wish they'd taken a cab or limo instead, as either of the two "Greatest Hits" collections will have gotten them there in half the time. However, if you've enjoyed the Doobie Brothers in their many incarnations, then, indeed, "listen to the music," without qualification, and without apology. For if anyone asks, you can always say you listened, but you didn't inhale.