DAVE EDMUNDS/THE BEST OF DAVE EDMUNDS SS 59413 (-81) SCANDINAVIA

 If you're a vinyl collector in love with melodic rock'n'roll carried by flashy guitars, that for some reason missed Dave Edmunds, this is a highly recommended taster. Containing tracks recorded between 1968-79, from what he did with Love Sculpture over Rockpile and solo. Two early world wide hits - "Sabre Dance" and "I Hear You Knocking" - coupled with mostly later seventies efforts. There's a lot of good guitar rock going on here. Apart from the aforementioned - "Girls Talk" that he got from Elvis Costello and issued before the mans own release, his heavy version of John Foggerty's "Almost Saturday Night" and "Deborah" that he co-penned with Nick Lowe. Apart from "Sabre Dance", which is him rearranging a classical piece,  every track is catchy happy positive rock'n'roll of the kind that will make you smile and maybe wanna dance, all carried by good solid guitars. I havent heard everything he's done so I can't say if this is his absolutely best, but to my taste every track is a winner and the audio is lovely, so certainly good enough. Issued and/or reissued pretty much all over the world through the years on vinyl, CD and/or cassette. Japan 2008 limited ed in paper sleeve CD on Lost House Archive Club (LHAC 7012). First Scandinavian had label as shown here in a fully laminated cover. It seems the original 45 and album versions of many of his songs are locked to Youtube and not possible to "borrow". The ones below were the best I could find.   (DÄWÄ*)  (CCÖ*)