A Rock N' Roll Collection

A Rock N' Roll Collection Artist: Johnny Winter
Label: Sony
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 074644698527
EAN: 0074644698527
ASIN: B0000027G9


Release Date: 1994-01-25

A Rock N' Roll Collection


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Tracks:

  1. Johnny B. Goode (Live)
  2. Good Morning Little School Girl (Live)
  3. I'll Drown In My Tears
  4. When You Got A Good Friend
  5. Be Careful With A Fool
  6. Miss Ann
  7. Hustled Down In Texas
  8. Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo
  9. Rock Me Baby
  10. Rock & Roll
  11. Sitting In The Jail House
  12. Baby, Watcha Want Me To Do (Live)

Tracks:

  1. Bony Moronie (Live)
  2. It's All Over Now (Live)
  3. TV Mama
  4. Drinkin' Blues
  5. Walking Thru The Park
  6. I'm Not Sure
  7. Guess I'll Go Away
  8. Thirty Days
  9. Come On In My Kitchen
  10. Highway 61 Revisited (Live)

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Bring it, Johnny!.......2004-12-02

Winter's rock n' roll collection contains several gems and is a good representation of his style, with some of the caveats noted by other reviewers. Although not really a 'hits' collection, which ruffled reviewer #1, this is still a great dual CD set and worth every penny. The last three songs on Disc 2, Thirty Days, Come On In My Kitchen, and Highway 61 Revisited really scream. The openers, Johnny B. Goode and Bony Moronie are fun and revved up as well. That lil' country boy sure can play!

3 out of 5 stars Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent!!.......2003-11-14

In 1994, Columbia records released A Rock And Roll Collection, a compilation of Johnny Winter's albums released on that label (and it's subsidiary Blue Sky) from about 1969 to 1980. This two disc set is a perfect showcase for his talented, megawatt guitar playing, but it also illustrates the problems in marketing such a gifted artist. Was he a bluesman, a classic rock and roller, a talented soul/funk/r and b player, what? Not to mention, the one and only bona-fide hit in this whole set ("Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo") was a major chart success only for the guy who wrote it (Rick Derringer), and not the guy who first recorded it (Winter). So, what we have here is a compilation of excellent originals ("Thirty Days," "Hustled Down in Texas,"), some very fine covers ("Miss Ann," "When You've Got a Good Friend," "Rock Me Baby"), some very good live numbers ("Bony Moronie," "Good Morning, Little School Girl," "It's All Over Now","Highway 61 Revisited"), one absolutely Titanic guest appearance by Muddy Waters and his band ("Walking Thru the Park"), and the rest of the cuts, which are mostly pretty mediocre. Some of these songs are hurt by strange decisions in the studio (Why ruin Robert Johnson's classic "Come On In My Kitchen" with a FLUTE solo? And who deleted the lusty background vocals by the Sing Sing Singers on "Thirty Days?); the entire package suffers from a rather bewildering track selection (Why only one cut apiece from Saints and Sinners and Still Alive and Well, two of Winter's best early works?). In sum, this is only a fairly good collection: it seems that Winter solved the material/marketing problems himself by recording nothing but the blues after about 1977; most of his later efforts are much more consistent and listenable. So while you may be discontented with much of A Rock And Roll Collection, there is still much to satisfy the patient listener. Rock on, Johnny!!!

4 out of 5 stars Get It.......2002-10-22

This is a good primer of Winter's early Columbia recordings, 1969-73, for those of you who missed it the first time around or need to restore their collection. It has the two best cuts from the first two albums, "Be Careful With a Fool" and "Highway 61", both unreal guitar showcases, and then other early 70's classics such as "Rock n' Roll Hoochi-Koo" and "Good Morning Little School Girl (Live)". It is varied with straight blues, rock 'n roll and Winter's classic hard driving blues-rock. Well worth the price, as you get the best of about five albumns.

4 out of 5 stars

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