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| 1. Like Honey - Argent | |||
| 2. Liar - Argent | |||
| 3. Be Free - Argent | |||
| 4. Schoolgirl - Argent | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Celebration - Ring Of Hands | |||
| 2. Sweet Mary - Ring Of Hands | |||
| 3. Cast Your Spell Uranus - Ring Of Hands | |||
| 4. Lothlorien - Ring Of Hands | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Hold Your Head Up - All Together Now | |||
| 2. Keep On Rollin' - All Together Now | |||
| 3. Tragedy - All Together Now | |||
| 4. I Am The Dance Of Ages - All Together Now | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. God Gave Rock And Roll To You - In Deep | |||
| 2. It's Only Money (Part 1) - In Deep | |||
| 3. It's Only Money (Part 2) - In Deep | |||
| 4. Losing Hold - In Deep | |||
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| Disc: 5 | |||
| 1. The Coming Of Kohoutek - Nexus | |||
| 2. Once Around The Sun - Nexus | |||
| 3. Infinite Wanderer - Nexus | |||
| 4. Love - Nexus | |||
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you're reading this then you are probably familiar with at least one or more of these albums.
It's rather ironic that the cover shows the band with John Verity & John Grimaldi who joined the band after these first five albums, so had nothing to do with them. This package covers the output in which Russ Ballard was the lead singer.
The first has a real feel of an album with many of the Zombies influences, which is understandable. Ring of Hands finds the band carving out the direction which would find them their greatest success. The highlights are Rejoice, Pleasure & Lothlorien.
All Together Now features Hold your Head up, Tragedy, and another two tracks that became live favourites Keep on Rollin' and Dance of Ages.
In Deep features It's only Money & God gave rock & roll to you. This was Russ Ballard at his creative best and there's much to enjoy here.
Nexus sees the band going in a more progressive direction with Rod Argent showing his keyboard talents to the full. It was a direction that prompted Russ to jump ship which was a shame.
The body of work here is classic Argent. Some of it sounds a little dated now, but there's some great songwriting and if you haven't replaced your old vinyl from the early 70's, this is a good place to start.
The Zombies have been touring regularly in recent years with great success, but a reunion of the original five members of Argent that recorded these original album classics, would generate huge interest.
They probably just don't realise the extent of their popularity still today.
A must buy!
It's rather ironic that the cover shows the band with John Verity & John Grimaldi who joined the band after these first five albums, so had nothing to do with them. This package covers the output in which Russ Ballard was the lead singer.
The first has a real feel of an album with many of the Zombies influences, which is understandable. Ring of Hands finds the band carving out the direction which would find them their greatest success. The highlights are Rejoice, Pleasure & Lothlorien.
All Together Now features Hold your Head up, Tragedy, and another two tracks that became live favourites Keep on Rollin' and Dance of Ages.
In Deep features It's only Money & God gave rock & roll to you. This was Russ Ballard at his creative best and there's much to enjoy here.
Nexus sees the band going in a more progressive direction with Rod Argent showing his keyboard talents to the full. It was a direction that prompted Russ to jump ship which was a shame.
The body of work here is classic Argent. Some of it sounds a little dated now, but there's some great songwriting and if you haven't replaced your old vinyl from the early 70's, this is a good place to start.
The Zombies have been touring regularly in recent years with great success, but a reunion of the original five members of Argent that recorded these original album classics, would generate huge interest.
They probably just don't realise the extent of their popularity still today.
A must buy!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Pure Class! I'd forgotten how good a band Argent were and these re-mastered re-issues show off their combined talents to the full. In Deep (one of my all time favourite albums) is still the real jewel in the crown of this pick but all the others are not far behind. Only disapointment is no insert or booklet to tell their story - still the music does that very well for them. Great value for the money and highly recomended.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This excellent value mini-box set enshrines the classy musicianship and song craft of Argent, one of the Uk's most underrated Prog Rock bands. When Russ Ballard was with them, he brought not only a strong sense of the melodic in his guitar work (never overly flash, always about playing the right notes, and not too many of 'em, either), but also a sense of economy in the songs. Sure, prog was always about musical virtuosity, but Ballard and Rod Argent, both having been with 60s Pop acts (The Unit 4 + 2 and The Zombies respectively), still had more than vestigial traces of Pop in there. Ballard was also a great, soulful singer, and he's in top form throughout. 'In Deep' is an underrated Brit Prog classic, although there's good stuff all over these five albums - even if the slip case photo features their post-Ballard line-up.
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A great set from a great band
This is one the best bargains I have ever bought. Argent were one of the finest bands around in the early 70's and these five album show their evolution very well. Read more
Published 21 months ago by 'Seventies' Simon
A great collection
Five great albums for a very good price. The music is just as good as I remember. A great mate was a mad Argent fan at school in the seventies, we saw them live four tjmes over... Read more
Published 23 months ago by M.D.SMITH
Perhaps not the best introduction
I bought this set as I wanted to hear some music by the band before the High Voltage Festival 2010. Overall, I'm not that impressed. Read more
Published 23 months ago by T. Braddick
"...There's A Man Who's Lost...He's Alone...He Bears The Cost..."
"Original ALBUM Classics" was released as a 5CD mini box set in March 2009 on Epic/Legacy 88697445472 and it breaks down as follows... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by Mark Barry, Reckless Records, London
Argent's top five
I was never a big fan of Argent, having been originally unimpressed by my solitary hearing of their debut album on vinyl. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2009 by D. J. H. Thorn
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