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  • Audio CD (17 Jan 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B0000793V8
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,283 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Product Description

3CD set remastered versions of all 5 albums recorded for Mercury 1969 - 74, plus non-album rarities! Contains Rod Stewart Album, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment & Smiler

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76 of 77 people found the following review helpful
A goldmine 20 Oct 2003
By Docendo Discimus TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
This superb 2002 collection gathers every track Rod Stewart recorded for Mercury Records between 1969 and 1974, and the retail price is surprisingly moderate.

But that should not be taken to indicate any lack in quality. These 56 songs include remastered versions of all 46 songs from his first five solo albums, as well as ten outtakes (half of which previously appeared on the excellent double-disc "Handbags And Gladrags" retrospective). Ten non-LP songs isn't all that much if you already has all five studio albums ("The Rod Stewart Album", "Gasoline Alley", the fabulous "Every Picture Tells A Story", "Never A Dull Moment" and "Smiler"), but if you don't, this is an excellent way to acquire all of Rod Stewart's very best material in one fell swoop.

The non-LP songs include a good take on "Pinball Wizard", a heartfelt "Every Time We Say Goodbye", and Rod Stewart at his most "country", doing a really great "What Made Milwaukee Famous".

Stewart's first four studio albums went from great to sublime, after which "Smiler" was a bit of disappointment, but it too brings several fine songs to the party.
There are almost too many highlights to mention; originals like "Lost Paraguayos", "Gasoline Alley", "Every Picture Tells A Story", the beautiful "Mandolin Wind", and the classic "Maggie May", and some of the best cover songs ever, courtesy of the greatest interpretive singer of the last 40 years:
"Street Fighting Man", "Only A Hobo", "Country Comforts", an incredible "Cut Across Shorty", and the best ever rendition of "That's All Right".

To me, this tough, superbly melodic, and extremely well-arranged folk-rock ranks among the best music of the seventies.
The only drawback is that the flow of the original albums has been disturbed, but that is a minor complaint. Rarely has this much excellent music been gathered on one album.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Rolling Stone magazine called Rod the biggest waste of talent in Rock 'n' Roll and from this collection you can see why. If he continued on this passage he may be spoken of in the same sense as the true greats like Dylan, Van the Man and Bowie. But it wasn't to be.

This collection is almighty collecting albums of the highest calibre together, especially the first four. The star of the show is Every Picture Tells A Story which is wonderful. The way he takes the songs on make them unique and is his greatest talent yet his songwriting deserves to held aloft also with some very fine compositions.

This could be the only Rod Stewart purchase you need to make. Tread carefully if you want to go further. If you delve into his past and concurrent work with the Faces, it is a journey well worth making.
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Rod at his best ! 27 Jan 2003
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This box set is really a delight to the ear. Anyone who thinks Rod Stewart is a disco/AOR singer should listen to this. The music on this boxset is raw and honest rock with a country-rock/folkrock feel. (check out Ronnie Lane also). The remastering is very well done and this really is the complete Rod Stewart Mercury Anthology which covers the periode 1969-1974. I recommend this set to anyone remotely interested in good music.

Martin from Amsterdam

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Rod at his peak
This boxset is Rod at his peak. A lot of people listening to later Rod Stewart albums don't realise how good he actually was. This boxset is all you need to hear Rod at his best. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Gary Stoker
Forget old Rod
...once he was a genius and here it is along with his stuff with Jeff Beck and you have it all.
Published 28 days ago by Karl
Cool
Rod Stewart is my guilty pleasure !His early stuff is so folksy & bluesy & beautiful but you mention his name now & he is only remembered for crap like Do ya think I'm sexy ! Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Evans
Vintage Stewart revisited
This is a collection of Rod`s first 5 albums plus some more and it`s brilliant! The golden age between 1969 and 1974 when he was the new boy; lead singer in Faces and solo artist... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bowie2000
Nice package of old Rod
I love the young Rod and his old recordings, so this 3CD fits like a glove in my collection. Nice packageat a nice price.
Published 9 months ago by Vinylstugan, Sweden
rock voice!!!!
the great voice is back with a vengeance!!!! following the faces , rod sing rock, soul, rythm'blues, for our pleasure!!!! forget what he sings today , is totally crap!!! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Patrick Kever
Rod Stewart...Reason To Believe.
I've had a copy of this for a few years and bought this particular copy as a Christmas present. It is an excellent collection of music from Rod Stewart at his absolute best. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Highwayman
Best Of
I have grown up listening to rod stewart , maggie may was the track which first brought him to my attention after which i was hooked ,delving back into rods song catalogue with... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. J. Fulton
Rod at his best (2)
Early to mid (ish) Rodney with tracks from his most 'Rod the lad' ("She was tall thin & tarty/ And she drove a masserati"... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by Dylan fan
spot on Rod
Having been a Rod Stewart fan for over 30 years this is a must for all Rod fans. You forget just how good the early stuff was. Smiler would be a number 1 album now. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2009 by K. Geddes
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