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Tale of the Tape/Don't Say No

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Billy Squier is the most underated performer of the late 70's and 80's. I was obsessed with his albums as a kid. This is a great twofer!! the tale of the tape is a fantastic album!!! AND EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW how great Don't Say No is!! if this Label could follow this up with his previous releases with Piper (Piper and Can't Wait)as a twofer and his solo follow ups (Emotions in Motion and Signs Of Life) as A twofer I will be in heaven!!! By the way this disc has a great improvement in the sound quality department...Buy it now!!!

"Tale of the Tape" amazes me. For one thing this is the FIRST time I've seen the entire album on CD.
[This set is from 2004 so it was first--I know that Tale of the Tape is on CD by itself with Bonus Demos in 2006 and 2007]
Squire's 'Best of" Collections don't give it enough credit. Thanks to BGO (Beat Goes On) Records for giving us this 2 album set.

There is not one wrong track on Tale of the Tape. IF you love Power Pop then you will really enjoy this album.
1. Big Beat - awesome lead-off track
2. Calley Oh - a great song - should have been a Hit Single
3. Rich Kid - good song
4. Like I'M Lovin' You - good song
5. Who Knows What A Love Can Do - Should Have Been a Hit single
6. You Should Be High, Love - Should Have Been a #1 Hit
7. Who'S Your Boyfriend - Great Song
8. Music's All Right - Great Song
9. Young Girls - Great Song

"Don't Say No" is very good also. More great Power Pop but I'm not a big fan of "The Stroke". Still, there are 19 good songs here.

This CD sounds fine and is worth the price.

The music brought back great memories from the 80's. I wound up buying all the other albums to replace my vinyl records I sold.

Love it, love it, love it! Billy has never been better than the Don't Say No album, although I think all of his albums are great. Some of the oldest tunes "You Should Be High Love,", Who's Your Boyfriend" off Tale of the Tape still stand up with the best rock out there. It's songs like "Nobody Knows" that truly show Billy's versatility. He's not only a great guitarist and vocalist, he's a wonder writer as well. I bought 3 of these CD's, one for my car, one for my MP3, and one for the house CD player. Guess what gets constant play?

Thank You BGO records for all your "two-fer" releases of Classic early Rock releases. Please keep it up, there are soooooo many more debut albums out there that need to be offered to the fans. I bought this just to get Tale of the Tape. One of my personal favorites by Mr. Billy Squier. This used to be a very hard to find, out-of-print, rarity on CD. Amazon had used copies for as much as $100 !

I remember the summer of 1980 when "The Big Beat" was in steady rotation on our local classic rock station. Then I got to see Billy Squier Live opening up for Foreigner on their Foreigner 4 Tour. What a great double-bill that was. As usual, the music we listened to in our High School years will seem to stay with us forever. Squier is definately one of those underated performers who don't get there just share of praise. Most music people consider him just another "poser". Not really a good musician or song writer. Squier is definately a talented guy. I simply don't care what others think, I like his music and I always will. Brings back good 'ol memories and makes me feel good. Rock On!

Incidently, the quality of this release is "Top Notch". You won't be disappointed. Everything I've gotten from BGO Records has been excellant. Check out their web site for more titles.

Then you'll love this set of cd's. I have bought these already in album and cassette. But after moving to Scotland 5 years ago and not being able to find them over here and recently wanting to relisten to some of my ole favorites I just had to have these on CD as well. Well worth the effort especially if you are a Squire fan.

That's what I say! don't say no to these albums. Billy Squier
is a awesome songwriter and overlooked singer and guitarist.
If you never saw him in concert you don't know what you missed.
After his song "rock me tonite" video he seemed to have lost
a lot of fans which was unfair. Even the critics bombed him.
It's ashame because all of his albums are good if not great.
If you gave up on him, give me another listen and get these
albums. I also recommend Hear and Now.