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| 1. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Album Version) | |||
| 2. Can I Get A Witness (Album Version) | |||
| 3. Shake (Album Version) | |||
| 4. So Much To Say (Album Version) | |||
| 5. Little Miss Understood (Album Version) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Maggie May (Album Version) | |||
| 2. Mandolin Wind (Album Version) | |||
| 3. (I Know) I'M Losing You (Album Version) | |||
| 4. Reason To Believe (Album Version) | |||
| 5. Every Picture Tells A Story (Album Version) | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Sailing (Album Version) | |||
| 2. I Don'T Want To Talk About It (Album Version) | |||
| 3. Stone Cold Sober (Album Version) | |||
| 4. To Love Somebody (Album Version) | |||
| 5. Tonight'S The Night (Gonna Be Alright) (Album Version) | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. Young Turks (Album Version) | |||
| 2. Baby Jane | |||
| 3. What Am I Gonna Do [I'M So In Love With You] | |||
| 4. People Get Ready (Album Version) | |||
| 5. Some Guys Have All The Luck (Album Version) | |||
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Rock Star, songwriter, all round entertainer and national treasure, Rod is all these things and more. Storyteller is 64 tracks across four CDs and contains all the massive hits including "Maggie May", "Sailing", "Baby Jane", "I Don’t Want To Talk About It", "Handbags & Gladrags" and "You Wear It Well" as well as many fans favourites such as "Pinball Wizard", "Good Morning Little School Girl" and "Get Back". This package also contains a full colour deluxe booklet.
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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Okay, it isn't especially cheap. And it's another honker of a box-set. But this one also tells Rod's story very well, drawing on material from the various stages of his career. (Not much in the way of obscure rarities, however.) I don't know if it's now done in a "cost-reduced" form, like the "Beckology" set, but my (secondhand) copy comes in an LP-size box with a huge booklet. Some of the older material has an iffy sound quality, but that's hardly surprising. Doubtless it would benefit from being freshened up.
The first cd starts off with five early recordings, before moving on to three really excellent Jeff Beck Group selections. Up next are the non-album oddity "In A Broken Dream", followed by "Street Fighting Man" and "Handbags & Gladrags" from Rod's first solo album. "Gasoline Alley" is represented by four tracks, with things brought to a close with "Sweet Lady Mary" and "Had Me A Real Good Time" by the Faces. The second cd features a generous selection from "Every Picture Tells A Story", including five of the eight tracks. Then it's back to the Faces for "Stay With Me", before a whopping chunk of "Never A Dull Moment". The less-than-essential "Smiler" album provides two tracks, and the Faces' "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything" closes the second disc.
From here on, the collection does become a bit patchier. Rod had, arguably, passed his creative peak but was about to enjoy bigger commercial success. The third cd takes material from those albums recorded after his relocation to the USA. "Atlantic Crossing" yields three cuts, including the inevitable "Sailing". Then comes a relative rarity, in the shape of "To Love Somebody". This is a collaboration with Booker T & The MG's, whose members helped out on his first two American albums. Up next are the best-known tracks from "A Night On The Town", his decent cover of "Get Back" and three cuts from "Footloose And Fancy Free". Unfortunately, we're given the cringe-inducing "You're In My Heart" rather than the excellent covers of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" or "If Loving You Is Wrong....". But that's kinda understandable. Much like the inclusion of "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?". This was always a good bit of fun, however, in spite of its lascivious lyrical content.
Thereafter, just about all of us would agree that Rod's albums become distinctly hit and miss. The remainder of this box-set manages to be a decent trawl through this period, including all the stuff you'd probably expect. Some of the tracks are okay ("What Am I Gonna Do?", "Love Touch", "Forever Young") and some even very good ("My Heart Can't Tell Me No", "People Get Ready", "This Old Heart Of Mine" and "Downtown Train"). But the quality does, inevitably, dip quite markedly.
Even so, this remains a pleasing retrospective of Rod Stewart's career, up to 1990. A few more Faces tracks and a bit less of his eighties output would have been appreciated. As we all know, however, it's extremely rare for ANY four-cd box set to maintain the highest quality all the way through to the end.
PS. New copies of this are, indeed, done in a compact, book-sized, cost-reduced form.
PPS. And now available in a truly mega cost-optimised form. Just bought a back-up copy because it was so darned cheap.
The first cd starts off with five early recordings, before moving on to three really excellent Jeff Beck Group selections. Up next are the non-album oddity "In A Broken Dream", followed by "Street Fighting Man" and "Handbags & Gladrags" from Rod's first solo album. "Gasoline Alley" is represented by four tracks, with things brought to a close with "Sweet Lady Mary" and "Had Me A Real Good Time" by the Faces. The second cd features a generous selection from "Every Picture Tells A Story", including five of the eight tracks. Then it's back to the Faces for "Stay With Me", before a whopping chunk of "Never A Dull Moment". The less-than-essential "Smiler" album provides two tracks, and the Faces' "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything" closes the second disc.
From here on, the collection does become a bit patchier. Rod had, arguably, passed his creative peak but was about to enjoy bigger commercial success. The third cd takes material from those albums recorded after his relocation to the USA. "Atlantic Crossing" yields three cuts, including the inevitable "Sailing". Then comes a relative rarity, in the shape of "To Love Somebody". This is a collaboration with Booker T & The MG's, whose members helped out on his first two American albums. Up next are the best-known tracks from "A Night On The Town", his decent cover of "Get Back" and three cuts from "Footloose And Fancy Free". Unfortunately, we're given the cringe-inducing "You're In My Heart" rather than the excellent covers of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" or "If Loving You Is Wrong....". But that's kinda understandable. Much like the inclusion of "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?". This was always a good bit of fun, however, in spite of its lascivious lyrical content.
Thereafter, just about all of us would agree that Rod's albums become distinctly hit and miss. The remainder of this box-set manages to be a decent trawl through this period, including all the stuff you'd probably expect. Some of the tracks are okay ("What Am I Gonna Do?", "Love Touch", "Forever Young") and some even very good ("My Heart Can't Tell Me No", "People Get Ready", "This Old Heart Of Mine" and "Downtown Train"). But the quality does, inevitably, dip quite markedly.
Even so, this remains a pleasing retrospective of Rod Stewart's career, up to 1990. A few more Faces tracks and a bit less of his eighties output would have been appreciated. As we all know, however, it's extremely rare for ANY four-cd box set to maintain the highest quality all the way through to the end.
PS. New copies of this are, indeed, done in a compact, book-sized, cost-reduced form.
PPS. And now available in a truly mega cost-optimised form. Just bought a back-up copy because it was so darned cheap.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
storyteller is great value not long ago the long box version cost over £40.
i believe that the contents are the same apart from a smaller booklet.
which has rod's notes on every track that are very interesting.
i would have preferred to pay a few pounds more for a modern book pack.
many of the songs are the full length album versions.
some of the biggest hits were double a sides these are all included.
no b sides are here but many were just album tracks.
the music is a great overview of his career up to 1990.
there was not much very exciting after that apart from tom traubert's blues.
rod stewarts solo albums up to 1980 and all of the faces albums are well worth having.
these should be reissued as mini cd album collections.
the later ones were quite patchy and he has only released the 5 volume american songbook in recent years.
there are a multitude of greatest hits albums that are all now redundant.
if you love good music buy this and relive rod the mod's glory years!
Storyteller
i believe that the contents are the same apart from a smaller booklet.
which has rod's notes on every track that are very interesting.
i would have preferred to pay a few pounds more for a modern book pack.
many of the songs are the full length album versions.
some of the biggest hits were double a sides these are all included.
no b sides are here but many were just album tracks.
the music is a great overview of his career up to 1990.
there was not much very exciting after that apart from tom traubert's blues.
rod stewarts solo albums up to 1980 and all of the faces albums are well worth having.
these should be reissued as mini cd album collections.
the later ones were quite patchy and he has only released the 5 volume american songbook in recent years.
there are a multitude of greatest hits albums that are all now redundant.
if you love good music buy this and relive rod the mod's glory years!
Storyteller
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Rod Stewart recorded some incredible work during the 1960s & 1970s, this collection covers many of the highlights from those decades and also the 80s and 90s work.
The Jeff Beck group is fairly well covered, The Faces only includes a few tracks which is the biggest disappointment, his solo work in the 1970s was his strongest and thankfully is very well covered here in this collection.
There is no really rare or unreleased stuff, just the hits and classics, a good set for the price for sure.
The Jeff Beck group is fairly well covered, The Faces only includes a few tracks which is the biggest disappointment, his solo work in the 1970s was his strongest and thankfully is very well covered here in this collection.
There is no really rare or unreleased stuff, just the hits and classics, a good set for the price for sure.
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Good collection
Ok, if you already have all Rod's CDs, this one is repeating all the stuff. But if you're an hardcore fan and you don't mind having another CD with most of the same titles, just... Read more
Published 1 month ago by LauraB
Rod Stewart
The item arrived in good time as it was a christmas present. I havent heard the CD so unable to comment any further.
Published 3 months ago by 007
alot of nostalgia
I loved this cd I am a big fan of Rod Stewart and love his early work it reminds me of my younger days. A must have for fans Lovely pictures to jog the memory.
Published 3 months ago by Ms. E. Colley
fantastic rod
Great cd. Rod steward singing all the hits and more. 4 discs and full of fast and slow music. Love the golden oldies.
Published 4 months ago by lhasoapso
Rod Stewart For christmas
Bought as an additional surprise Christmas gift for my wife. Perfect!!!!!
Ordered and delivered in 3 days, thats what I call service. Read more
Ordered and delivered in 3 days, thats what I call service. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Peter Craddy
Mainly very good
Many of Rod's most famous pieces, especially on Disc 2 + 3. Some fairly obscure stuff on 1 + 4 aswell but overall a good selection of his work and well worth the price.
Published 4 months ago by Red Devil 10
yanna
Fab pressie, love Rod's music and was delighted to receive as part of xmas pressie, thanks for the promt service
Published 4 months ago by ali
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Excellent product with many songs that I have not heard before. Great to have all the !old man's! songs in one set.
Published 4 months ago by Mr. M. R. P. James
Rod Stewart
I bought this CD for my sons Christmas and he was really pleased.
Said item came faster than I expected and I was pleased with this
Said item came faster than I expected and I was pleased with this
Published 4 months ago by Susan Turnbull
An excellent buy
Bought this for my mum for christmas as we both like Rod Stewart and I am still waiting to "borrow" it. Exellent box set for any Rod Stewart fan.
Published 4 months ago by ruftytuftyrider
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