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Let's Get Serious. This are the ORIGINALS! Stevie Miller!

Jim Traweek jjimt@wt.net | Texas | 04/07/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Let get SERIOUS fans. I'd like for you to cherish Sailor, Brave New World, and the other great Stevie Guitar Miller albums from the times that were... but you can't even get Brave New World! (one of the 3 BEST!) This FAITHFUL collection of the creme will leave behind the tracks of your tears. 'STEVE MILLER BAND the BEST 0f 1968 - 1973' has 19 of the best cuts (O-riginal! One and All.) from records YOU can't find now. There's Living in the USA (somebody give me a CHEESEburger!) My Dark Hour, Song of our Ancestors, Space Cowboy, Kow Kow, Don't let Nobody Turn you 'Round (some of MY favorites)... + More. All Gold. Steve, (boz scaggs at bass in the early days) frequently decorated his songs with the gulls' calls and wind of the west coast and he was an innovator of the Coast Sound of SF. Those WERE the days that were! Young Steve went from a sometimes off-key but brilliant, inspired musician on Children of the Future (Get it too, on Amazon!) to a politically hip cornerstone for more than a decade of THE finest era of music. His strong guitar and AMERICAN voice are well chronicled in this prized collection. Get this one the go out and hunt the rest. ENJOY! (I said yessir brother sherrif, and that's your WIFE in the back of my car! I'm a gangster... A gangster of love!) Excellent job of studio transfer to CD!"

A Good Compilation!

Morten Vindberg | Denmark | 01/28/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"No question that Steve Miller is a fine blues guitarist who writes occsionally great songs. But apart from "Brave New World" I was never very impressed by his original albums; they seem uneven and most of them have a releatively very short playing tiume.



So here you get the cream of his early albums from 1968 to 1973. No songs are included from his first album "Children of Future", but his second is well represented with 4 tracks. Fine tracks; very interesting how much "Song for Our Ancesters" have in common with the feeling of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". "Living in the USA" is the most catchy/commercial of them and has a nice harmonica solo.



The finest album must be "Brave New World", and it also contibutes 4 songs to this collection. Actually four very different songs. "Kow Kow Calculatior" has a unforgettabele bluesy intro, "Space Cowboy" must be his mostly catchy song before "The Joker"; the acoustic "Seasons" is one his most beautiful ballads, and the strange "My Dark Hour" has Paul McCartney helping on vocals in the chorus. Quite an odd song, which somehow must have appealed to Badfinger, since it was part of their live-set for a couple of years.



Only two songs are taking from 1969's "Your Saving Grace"; both okay and featuring nice bluesy guitars, but as songs not particularly memorable.



Also two tracks form "Number 5". The optimistic "Going to the Country" is a logical choice, and "Going to Mexico" is a solid blues track.



Two fine live-recordings are also included, taken from his 1973 album "The Joker". One ( "Come on to my Kitchen") is Steve alone with his acoustic.



The title track is well-known as it was his first number one hit-single.



Good compilation!"

Early steve, more bluesy and psychadelic

tupac wayne gacy | tha baghdad basement | 04/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"the music on here is not as immediately appealing as his hits from 1974-78, and the songs on here don't make as good a collection, but there are a lot of good old songs that are good listening on here. "my dark hour," "come on in my kitchen," and others showcase more of his songcrafting talents. There are several takes on older blues songs, and this music is essential to listen to for a complete Steve Miller collection. Get this one and the hits cd with the blue cover for all the Miller hits that matter (if you like Abracadabra, which I don't, you need to look somewhere else)."