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  • Audio CD (April 25, 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Elektra / Wea
  • ASIN: B0000033IE
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsDon't miss this one!
By MamaRoux Jax on May 1, 1998
Format: Audio CD
The Very Best is exactly that, the very best of Mac Rebennack, aka, Dr. John. This CD covers it all. Blues, funk and typical New Orleans beat. Its hard to sit still while listening to any of the tracks on this CD... but Goin' Back To New Orleans remains my all time favorite, although its tough to pick just ONE! Don't miss this one at all!
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Doctor's COMPLETE 1st & 3rd LP, best of rest til 1973
By W.T.Hoffman TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on September 19, 2011
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This 2CD compilation is just a flat out AMAZING VALUE. First off, a word about Mac Reneback's psychedelic Voodoo incarnation as DOCTOR JOHN. Before 1967, Mac was famous as THE piano session player, even showing up on Sonny and Cher albums. Then the Hippie thing hit him heavy, transforming him into a Voodoo priest sprinkling gris gris on the audience, dressing in african dashikis with feathered wizard's staff, calling himself DR JOHN the NIGHT TRIPPER. (Tho the NIGHT TRIPPERS were his back up singers too, apparently.) He had a single ZU ZU MAN, that you find on this $2 best of early Dr. John albums, that lead to his signing for a deal with Atlantic Records, and the recording of his first Dr. John album in 1968, GRIS-GRIS. This album is downright scary to listen to EVEN NOW, with his chorus of french cajun women chanting in call and response fashion, DEEP DARK tattoo conga drums thumping in the bottom end, and DR JOHN's raspy, French Creole incantation-lyrics, that intone some bizarre psychedelic mysticism, unlike ANYTHING ANYONE ANYWHERE was doing. GRIS-GRIS is a true masterpiece, and to this day, Dr. John has never bettered it. The Rolling Stones picked up on what he was doing first, as rumor spread about this album. THIS ENTIRE FIRST ALBUM IS INCLUDED ON THIS COLLECTION, all 7 songs in the correct order. Dr. John's next outing in 1969, BABYLON, was a weaker album in some ways, but had the same dark, swampy sound and psychedelic Voodoo concept. The songs like "Patriotic Flag-Waver", and "Barefoot Lady", are pulled from that album. Even without a nationwide hit, the Doctor's fame was still spreading. DR JOHN was mentioned as one of Lennon's favorite musicians in JOHN LENNON's famous 1970 Rolling Stone interview.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsLes' Scosious
By Lozarithm on December 12, 2005
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Cut down from Rhino's 2CD anthology Mos' Scosious from the previous year, this 18-track non-chronological collection manages to weave its way through the various styles of Dr John's albums in such a way that they seem to fit together despite their disparate nature, from the mystic voodoo of the Gris Gris album and the New Orleans roots of his piano playing to the lushness of the two tracks from In A Sentimental Mood. Most of the most popular singles are included (missing are Wang Dang Doodle, Let The Good Times Roll, Rite Away, Let's Make A Better World and a few others), as well as some illuminating album tracks made for Atco (to 1974), for Warner (1989-1992), including the Grammy-winning duet with Rickie Lee Jones, Makin' Whoopee; and the Baltimore-based Clean Cuts (a solo piano tour-de-force found on Joe Liggins' Honey Dripper)(1981)
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5.0 out of 5 starsTHE AMBASSADOR OF NEW ORLEANS: DR. JOHN
By S. Finefrock VINE VOICE on February 20, 2003
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Dr John (aka Mac Renneback) has helped popularize the many exciting sounds of New Orleans over the years. This collection shows what makes Dr John a special performer. The gumbo of styles that make New Orleans music so joyful are expertly rendered by the good Doctor's peppery piano and bluesy vocals. From his funky classic hit Right Place, Wrong Time to the pyschedelic voodoo classic Walk on Gildeded Splinters, there is not a weak track here. One could quibble that some of the songs covered here are done better by their originators, but these are all fine performances. Use this as a springboard to discover more of the great more artists that have made New Orleans a musical capital such as The Meters, Professor Longhair, etc. Enjoy!
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot the best of compilation I would have made
By TouchTheMoog on September 3, 2003
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It's always going to be the case that when someone puts out a best of compilation of an artist you really dig, the opinion on which songs should have been included and not is always going to be a question. Where is 'Life', 'Traveling Mood', and 'Just the Same' all off his classic album - In The Right Place? What about 'Blow Wind Blow', 'Tipitina' or 'Somebody Changed The Lock' not to mention others from Gumbo? I don't think this compilation is compiled all that well, but what are you going to do, everyone has their favorites. Dr john is a legend. Buy Gumbo, In the Right Place, Gris Gris, and anything the man is releasing because he's still got it. So three stars although it hurts me to do so.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot for everyone, but a great CD just the same
By finulanu on August 13, 2006
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Contrary to popular belief, The Night Tripperhad more good songs than just Right Place, Wrong Time, sadly the only Dr. John tune most can identify. For starters, the stripped-down voodoo music (no better term) I Walk on Gilded Splinters does a better job of sending chills down my spine than anything death-metal has to offer (that crap makes me laugh, but that's off-topic). That tune is easily one of the 100 best songs ever recorded. Incidentally, the chorus of the song is not "Till Alberta" but "Till I burn out". Anyway, I'm also a big fan of Right Place Wrong Time Such a Night, Junko Partner (I especially get a laugh out of that opening line), Wash Mama Wash, Loop Garroo, Iko Iko, Tipitina, Qualified, What Goes Around (Comes Around), Honeydripper and Goin' Back to New Orleans. Each of these tunes can go toe-to-toe with virtually every radio hit by the much more-famous Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. Dr. John's music is very niched, a combination of funk, blues, jazz and voodoo grooves, but it's great stuff just the same and should be heard by all music fans. Granted, it might just be too left-of-the-center for you. Only one key track was left out: Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-ya, which could've easily replaced Mos' Scocious. The Doctor's vocals and piano are strong through the album, and every song is good. Why not?
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