Original Album Series [Box set]

Note since I wrote this review Amazon have actually produced the long for track listing but at the time of writing this was not the case.

I simply could not read whats on the back of the CD featured so thought I d list the CDs and the tracks that are on.
Amazon describe this set as being 1 CD it is of course 5.

Hope this is of use?

Randy Newman (1968)
1. "Love Story (You and Me)" - 3:20
2. "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad" - 2:00
3. "Living Without You" - 2:25
4. "So Long Dad" - 2:02
5. "I Think He's Hiding" - 3:04
6. "Linda" - 2:27
7. "Laughing Boy" - 1:55
8. "Cowboy" - 2:36
9. "Beehive State" - 1:50
10. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" - 2:55
11. "Davy the Fat Boy" - 2:50

12 Songs (1970)
1. "Have You Seen My Baby?" - 2:32
2. "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield" - 3:03
3. "Mama Told Me Not to Come" - 2:12
4. "Suzanne" - 3:15
5. "Lover's Prayer" - 1:55
6. "Lucinda" - 2:40
7. "Underneath the Harlem Moon" - 1:52
8. "Yellow Man" - 2:19
9. "Old Kentucky Home" - 2:40
10. "Rosemary" - 2:08
11. "If You Need Oil" - 3:00
12. "Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues" - 2:15

Sail Away (1972)
1. "Sail Away" - 2:56
2. "Lonely at the Top" - 2:32
3. "He Gives Us All His Love" - 1:53
4. "Last Night I Had a Dream" - 3:01
5. "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" - 2:00
6. "Old Man" - 2:42
7. "Political Science" - 2:00
8. "Burn On" - 2:33
9. "Memo to My Son" - 1:56
10. "Dayton, Ohio - 1903" - 1:47
11. "You Can Leave Your Hat On" - 3:18
12. "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" - 3:36

Good Old Boys (1974)
1. "Rednecks" - 3:07
2. "Birmingham" - 2:45
3. "Marie" - 3:07
4. "Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)" - 2:45
5. "Guilty" - 2:30
6. "Louisiana 1927" - 2:54
7. "Every Man a King" - 1:02
8. "Kingfish" - 2:42
9. "Naked Man" - 3:06
10. "Wedding in Cherokee County" - 3:07
11. "Back on My Feet Again" - 3:30
12. "Rollin'" - 2:53

Little Criminals (1977)
1. "Short People" - 2:54
2. "You Can't Fool the Fat Man" - 2:44
3. "Little Criminals" - 3:04
4. "Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father" - 2:40
5. "Jolly Coppers on Parade" - 3:46
6. "In Germany Before the War" - 3:39
7. "Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America" - 3:02
8. "Baltimore" - 4:02
9. "I'll Be Home" - 2:47
10. "Rider in the Rain" - 3:54
11. "Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)" - 3:35
12. "Old Man on the Farm" - 2:14

Well, this is terrific one stop shopping: Randy Newman's first five studio albums. Arguably his best five studio albums, as well. At an excellent price. That's the good news.

The bad news? These presented in low budget mini sleeves and without any bonus tracks or liner notes. Some of these albums have been issued in "deluxe" editions with lots of bonus material. Serious fans will absolutely want that bonus material. But if you're a casual fan, or just want to see what the fuss is all about, you really can't go wrong with this collection, especially at the price.

its exactly what it says - a collection of five albums - a great retrospective for anyone new to this guys talents ... equally great for anyone still replacing vinyl with CD copies