Spare Shells (A Tribute To The Specials) - Various Artists

Advantages: Recognisable tunes
Disadvantages: Neither fish nor foul. Best stick to the original

...I was prompted to shake the dust off a neglected corner of my record collection by a review posted by Nar recently. "The True Legacy of a Legendary Musical Divorce?" is about the Album "Legacy, a Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours" - a CD of cover versions of the songs from the classic Mac album 'Rumours' released in 1977. Nar also said that he was '…forever on the look out for new versions and covers of songs by leading artists known and unknown.'. For completeness then, here is one for his collection and maybe one which may have escaped your attention the first time around. The String Quartet Tribute's declared aim is to concentrate on one well known performer or group at a time and produce classical (instrumental) versions of the songs 'note for note'. Some albums are compendiums of the original's more well known titles; others... Read review

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Advantages: Nice thought, initially great --originals--
Disadvantages: Not the LP originals but cover versions, horrible voices and bad sound quality

...Dear Ciao members and Linkin Park fans, My first Ciao test report ever will be on >A tribute to Linkin Park<, a CD by various artists which you will find listed below in the track listings. [Please don't be too hard on my English, as my maternal language is German ^^° ...But let's get back to the report!] As said in the title, the CD is tributed to the American Nu Metal band Linkin Park which inspired the CD (as all of the tracks are simply cover versions of their own hits, in fact), whereas the band itself was not engaged in the process of CD making (and I'm not even sure whether they are informed about its existence at all...). ***** The CD - some brief info: ***** CD release date: September 23, 2002 Number of discs:1 Label: Anagram ASIN: B00006HCKM Price: £8.99 (you will find the CD @ www... Read review

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Advantages: Yet more King Alice!!
Disadvantages: Some really strange covers on here!!

...Yes I'm sorry folks,but it's another Alice Cooper review.But my little chums,not all is as it seems! This is an Alice Cooper tribute album.His greatest famous fans have covered some of his greatest hits in tribute to the Grand Daddy of shock Rock. The CD Cover On the front of the CD cover we have Alice drawn In a Marvel comic style by illustrator Tommy Pons.It shows just the corner of his face,and one eye.This is a very grey portrait of the man,and is projected onto a grey background. In the left hand corner is a Black Widow spider dangling near the words Humanary Stew,A tribute to Alice Cooper. The back of the inlay card has the track listings written in acid yellow over more pictures of babies heads and a guillotine. The actual Cd itself is grey in colour with the Black Widow spider again straight in the centre. The back... Read review

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