The Street Giveth... And The Street Taketh Away [Original recording remastered]

Cat Mother And The All Night, Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1968
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001EZ3
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,668 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good Old Rock 'N' Roll

2. Favors

3. Charlie's Waltz

4. How I Spent My Summer

5. Marie

6. Probably Won't

7. Can You Dance To It?

8. Bramble Bush

9. Bad News

10. Boston Burglar

11. Track In 'A' (Nebraska Nights)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skip the import, May 23, 2005

By 

Matthew C. Cook "Mediawatch" (San Francisco, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Street Giveth... And The Street Taketh Away (Audio CD)

I haven't listened to the import, I assumed it was the same as the original, with the usual added tracks. But apparently it's missing songs. I can't imagine why someone decided to leave these songs off, but I liked the two songs that another reviewer says are missing, so I won't touch this ripoff. The original however, listed at the top, is one of the best albums in rock history. I'm not rich enough to pay the hugely inflated price, but I hope someone has the sense to release all the Cat Mother albums on CD at a more reasonable cost. These are some of the best albums you'll ever hear, five stars aren't enough. I've been told they're not to everyone's taste, but if you keep an open mind, I doubt you'll ever regret buying any and all Cat Mother albums. They are up there with the Beatles and the Doors in quality, though quite different in style(s). Someone please release these, I don't care if you remaster them or not. I'm still listening to the vinyl ones I bought years ago, and loving them.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless!!, December 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Street Giveth... And The Street Taketh Away (Audio CD)

I am delighted to see that this recording is once again available. I first heard this album in the late sixties, and songs from it have remained current in my mind since then. This band captured acoustic/electric eclecticism before any other groups really thought about combinig such instruments as fiddle and Hammond organ in a single cut. "How I Spent My Summer" is as sixties' political as anyone might ever want. The final tune on the album is a well played "live" jam. Good old Rock and Roll just makes you want to dance, even if you don't know how. And for you trivia fans out there--the banjoist on this album is the guy who plays at the end of "Bluebird" on Buffalo Springfield's 2nd album (Again). Buy this recording--you won't regret it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff, December 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Street Giveth... And The Street Taketh Away (Audio CD)

I saw Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys at the Fillmore East in Greenwich Village way back when. It was a great concert and I bought the album and loved it. Loaned it to someone and never got it back. Glad to get this CD. The music is varied. Some tracks are deep, some frivilous, some spark memories, some are toe-tappers, all are good. "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll" can get you dancing. "How I Spent My Summer" brings back memories of some of my activist days. My favorite has to be "Bramble Bush," a melancholy piece with the mood heightened by rain and thunderstorms. "Track in 'A'" is a solid instrumental. An unusual album from an unusual group. Try it, you'll like it.