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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Babe Ruth who named themselves after the American baseball legend were a progressive rock outfit from Hertfordshire who were on the Harvest/EMI label home of Pink Floyd. Commercial success eluded them during the early mid 70's here in Britain. They gained cult status across North America mainly with the Hip Hop DJ's who plundered their music for inspiration most notably "The Mexican/For A Few Dollars More" and "Keep Your Distance". This compilation draws mainly from their first 3 albums First Base, Amar Caballero and Babe Ruth reasons been that their guitarist Alan Shacklock the main driving force behind the group left after the third album. Their music is mainly a mixture of Blues, Funk, Jazz with smatterings of classical, a tiny bit Glam with their love of spaghetti western movies most notably For A Few Dollars More and A Fistful Of Dollars which they also covered with great affect. If you are a fan of the progressive rock movement of the 70's you wont go wrong purchasing this CD and it gives you a good insight what Babe Ruth were all about, it hits a home run
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I'm afraid I could never describe any compilation as a "classic album" and even if I did, this one would fall far short of qualification. To my mind only an album proper can be described as such. Babe Ruth's only classic album was their debut from 1972 "First Base" and, unfortunately, they would never reach that level or even match anything on it again as it was all down hill from there. The real Babe Ruth "Best of" is "First Base".
That debut had seven 5* and one 4* tracks on it and four of those 5* tracks are here on this compilation, namely "Wells Fargo", "The Mexican", "For a Few Dollars More" and "Joker". That and being described as a "Best Of" does not, however, mean that this compilation is even near to being in the same league as "First Base". Though compilations' contents are often subjective, this one has more filler than classic tracks, which is understandable as nearly all the classic tracks were on "First Base". Nobody, not even a fan, would want rubbish like "Gimme Some Leg" and "Doctor Love" especially when it's at the expense of a great little single like their cover of the soul classic "Private Number" written for Otis Redding, who unfortunately died before he could record it.
If you want a best of Babe Ruth buy the "First Base" reissue with the addition of a single mix and non-album B-side or for the same price see what you're not missing by buying the "First Base"/"Amar Caballero" combination (the only think you'll miss is that fantasic cover shot of Jenny in her heyday) but leave this one and the rest of their studio albums (bar the new one "Que Pasa") well alone.
That debut had seven 5* and one 4* tracks on it and four of those 5* tracks are here on this compilation, namely "Wells Fargo", "The Mexican", "For a Few Dollars More" and "Joker". That and being described as a "Best Of" does not, however, mean that this compilation is even near to being in the same league as "First Base". Though compilations' contents are often subjective, this one has more filler than classic tracks, which is understandable as nearly all the classic tracks were on "First Base". Nobody, not even a fan, would want rubbish like "Gimme Some Leg" and "Doctor Love" especially when it's at the expense of a great little single like their cover of the soul classic "Private Number" written for Otis Redding, who unfortunately died before he could record it.
If you want a best of Babe Ruth buy the "First Base" reissue with the addition of a single mix and non-album B-side or for the same price see what you're not missing by buying the "First Base"/"Amar Caballero" combination (the only think you'll miss is that fantasic cover shot of Jenny in her heyday) but leave this one and the rest of their studio albums (bar the new one "Que Pasa") well alone.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Right, I'll keep this brief. I would never describe this collection as great but there are more than a few songs that should appeal to any one with a liking for early 70s progressive rock, and at £2.99 I reckon you will be pleased with your purchase if you buy it. If I could have rated it at 3.5 stars then I would've.
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