Wow JSZ, I did not realize that "Rainbow: Ballads and Instrumentals" even existed!!!
I have often thought that a Blackmore-all-instrumental was merited, whether compilation or new stuff. And there it is.
From the DP days, we have a few more of those to toss in...
Yeah ..it is very cool. Not your typical greatest hits package, but I like the concept behind it, having that track listing, order of play and that sort. Thats why I still dig physical copies. Being able to sit down and appreciate a certain style of that catalog condensed into a package .
UFO Best Of The Rest is what I always recommend to people who never followed UFO to much after Schenker. I like the Paul Chapman era just as much.
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Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
I love both of these, but Vol II of the "Duane Allman Anthology" was fantastic and key to my learning some of his slide licks...
Any of the Alligator Records collections.
From the analog world:
Capricorn. An awesome collection of only live cuts. The Dickey Betts "No Hard Times" was prior unreleased. Gregg Allman, ABB, Sea Level, Grinderswitch, Marshall Tucker, Bonnie Bramlett, Wet Willie, Dixie Dreggs. Cover art is kinda lacking 
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I got the live Hotels, Motels and Road Shows. Haven't played it since about 1985. I think Dickey"s unreleased live track was from his solo tour fall 1974 live at the Winterland Ball Room in San Francisco. Gregg's was from his spring 1974 solo tour. The ABB track was Statesboro Blues off Fillmore East. They should have used something we hadn't already heard a million times.
Gregg's was from his spring 1974 solo tour. The ABB track was Statesboro Blues off Fillmore East. They should have used something we hadn't already heard a million times.
I agree. The discs are more notable for the Dickey cut and the other bands. I am not sure how much, if any of their cuts are available elsewhere.
From the analog world:
Capricorn. An awesome collection of only live cuts. The Dickey Betts "No Hard Times" was prior unreleased. Gregg Allman, ABB, Sea Level, Grinderswitch, Marshall Tucker, Bonnie Bramlett, Wet Willie, Dixie Dreggs. Cover art is kinda lacking
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Hey Tony, is that a little residue I see there in the inside of the gatefold? Looks like all of my albums! Hard to be that glossy surface!
Any of the Alligator Records collections.
Yeah, the Alligator releases are all great. Along those lines, get Chess Blues 1947 -1967. It's four discs and covers a lot of great stuff. Some of the artists most people wouldn't know but many are recognizable. I remember the first time I heard "Ice Cream Man" on this by John Brim. It's one of my favorite Van Halen songs. I had no clue they covered an old blues song and of course, changed it dramatically.
Everything in Moderation. Including Moderation.
Smithsonian Jazz and Blues collections are both great
Along the same line, The Harry Smith Collection from 1952 has always been considered a keystone folk music release - 6 LPs of folk from 1926-33 - Smithsonian Folkways put it on CD in 1997, also there was a 2001 concert dedicated to the album, they called it The Harry Smith Project
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Tesla's Real to Reel releases are pretty good
