Red Nichols & Miff Mole 1925-1927 - Red Nichols/Miff Mole

Advantages: superb, timeless songs
Disadvantages: no more recordings / performances from Redding

...A great party record, this one - plenty of cracking dance tunes, and a decent quota of slow tunes for later on. It's also some of the best quality soul music ever produced, and all of it produced during a very short period of time - during the mid-60s, until Redding died in a plane crash in 1967, aged just 26. Redding himself wrote many of the songs, songs as good as: # "These arms of mine" - his first single to chart, in 1963, it's a simple ballad, almost 50s crooner style. It's just a love song, about a guy pleading to his girl, but oh so persuasive. # "Respect" - Aretha Franklin recorded the definitive version, but it's definitely worth hearing the Otis original. # "Love man" - It might sound like a macho boast but I'm not so sure. When Otis stammers "cau cau cau cause I'm a love man" it sounds more like a man who... Read review

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Advantages: All the great songs which they did!!!
Disadvantages: Most songs have already been released (obviously) so they'll have been heard.

...The red hot chiili peppers have been around years and have realeased some absolutly great songs. This album brings together most of them. 16 tracks. Over an hour of outstanding music and great lyrics. Taken from By the Way - Californication - One Hot Minute - Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1) Under the Bridge - this song i'd say is the very very best RHCP have done. Originally written when a band member died in 1988 (or so i beleive) this ong has some great gutairing and superb lyrics, if you haven't heard this song then you haven't lived it's absolutly great!! 2) Give it Away - I personally don't like this song, it's not rubbish or anything but it just doesn't hit the right tone for me. 3) Californication- Now this song is absolutly brilliant!! It is taken from their album of the same name and lasts just over 5 minutes, this song... Read review

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Advantages: It will make your body rock
Disadvantages: You won't be able to turn it off

...Great split record by two bands from Texas! Red Animal War thrash out hard hitting well thought out indie rock music. Great lyrics and melodies that draw you in from the start. Slowride take the slightly more punk road and get a hold of you and make you want more and more. An excellent record filled with distinctive verses and catchy chorus' that will have you singing along all day! Highlights for me are Red Animal War's '77' and Slowride's 'Dear John'. If you buy this record you will not be dissapointed and that's a fact! I'd say this is for fans of Hot Water Music, Braid, Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Face To Face. All in all, a quality, hard hitting, rocking, punk, indie record!... Read review

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