Kaleidescopic Compendium:The Best of the Blues Magoos

Kaleidescopic Compendium:The Best of the Blues Magoos Artist: The Blues Magoos
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731451231322
EAN: 0731451231322
ASIN: B000001DVC


Release Date: 1992-05-05

Kaleidescopic Compendium:The Best of the Blues Magoos


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Tracks:

  1. So I'm Wrong And You Are Right
  2. Tobacco Road
  3. Sometimes I Think About
  4. (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet
  5. Love Seems Doomed
  6. Gotta Get Away
  7. Queen Of My Nights
  8. She's Coming Home
  9. Pipe Dream
  10. There's A Chance We Can Make It
  11. Life Is Just A Cher O' Bowlies
  12. Albert Common Is Dead
  13. Summer Is The Man
  14. Baby, I Want You
  15. Rush Hour
  16. One By One
  17. I Wanna Be There
  18. There She Goes
  19. Sybil Green (Of The In Between)
  20. I Can Hear The Grass Grow
  21. Yellow Rose
  22. I Can Move A Mountain
  23. Chicken Wire Lady

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great guitar riffs.......2005-11-24

Hey guys...did you notice how the main guitar riff on "We aint got nothing yet" sounds very close to Deep Purple's "Black Night" riff? Looks like Blackmore was messing around with this albuns...

5 out of 5 stars The Greatest Garage Rock Band Ever?.......2004-08-03

While I'm satisfied with the Kaleidosopic Compendium collection, there has to be a re-issue of their Masterpiece "Basic Blues Magoos." It was truly a work of genius. It has to be heard back to front. Get to work somebody!

5 out of 5 stars Better than I remembered.......2003-08-04

My favorite bands back in the day were Jefferson Airplane, Blues Magoos, Electric Prunes. I lost my vinyl stuff almost 30 years ago. This CD went far above my expectations. The magoos were a very talented bunch. I especially like Tobacco Road. I like 21 of the 23 tracks on this CD. I think they should have put Gloria on instead of Yellow Rose and Chicken Wire Lady. I always thought Yellow Rose sounded like the singer was trying to puke and it only sounds slightly better to me now. The CD loses a little momentum after track 14 but there are still highlights after that with There She Goes and I Can Move a Mountain. The latter song is one of my favorites and the gong like sound effect toward the end seems less clear than it did on vinyl. All in all this CD proved the Blues Magoos could really rock in a psychedelic way with the best of them. Theres a Chance We Can Make It is a big hit with those I play the CD to. I find myself playing this CD often. Their sound holds up well over the years. Now can we please get a collection of all their other recordings after these first two albums! How about some new stuff and a tour!

4 out of 5 stars The return of the Blues Magoos.......2001-12-12

I thought that the only way to enjoy the incredible sounds of the Blues Magoos was to dig up some old four track tape cartridges or an LP which provided services as varied as wall decorations to ash trays and beer coasters.
As for the four star rating, too many songs were left out. To compile the best of the Blues Magoos, you start with the first selection of Electric Comic Book and end with the last selection of Basic Blues Magoos. Never Going Back to Georgia deserves recognition, but it didn't capture the fun of the original line-up. As for Kaleidescope Compendium: the Best of the Blues Magoos,
my review is based on the vivid memories that I have of playing the original LP's, which I recorded on to a home-made 8-track cartidge tape, so that the original LP's wouldn't get trashed from wear and tear. When I order the CD, I trust that a copy of the "Electric Comic Book" will be enclosed.

5 out of 5 stars A winner- and a great deal.......2001-04-18

Back in the late 60s I just about wore out my copy of "Psychadelic Lollypop" playing it over and over, and playing along with it. I drove my parents crazy playing both drums *and* guitar along with great tunes like "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet", "Love Seems Doomed" and thier version of "Tobacco Road"- in fact, I learned "Tobacco Road" from that album.

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