A today both interesting and giving sampler not concentrating on the then most catchy or crowd pleasing, but instead combining odd picks from still famed acts with trials from artists now long forgotten by the large public. A mix of soul, prog, jazz, blues, folk and psych tracks and though most of them never even got close to be a top 10 single still of very high quality here conveyed by excellent audio. The Miles Davies effort could be called modern jazz, but so out there it transcends any genre tag. The rest is a little easier to grasp and to me it feels very good to get more or less odd cuts from The New York Rock Ensemble, Laura Nyro, Soft Machine, The Flock, Dreams and Spirit on the same plate. Further from the less famed acts - Bill Puka "Nothing At All" a soft wistful ballad from his 1970 one-off album, Fraser & DeBolt "All This Paradise" rather traditional folk and Elvin Bishop Group "Don't Fight It" uptempo soul. And if you're ususally into more ordinary acts Hollies, Poco, Johnny Winter, Big Brother & The Holding Company and Tom Rush may be an icing on the cake. It seems that to be able to cram in nineteen cuts on a single LP with remaining good audio they decided to shorten most of the cuts giving them earlier fades than on the original albums. Still not a dealbreaker for me as I do get 57+ minutes of good music. Listing on rear sleeve doesn't answer to the the vinyl sequence at all, record has the same cuts but in a totally different order. Also released in Canada, there on the "two-eye" label. Don't know of any other issues. Premiere US had label as shown here and glossy cover with inner carrying some info on artists, albums and songs plus a "fill-in" form to join Columbias "Playback program". (YZÄ*) (SÄM*) (FÄV*)
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