Fricke Picks Seger's Vol.1
January 14, 2010
Bob Seger's first official crawl through his vaults, Early Seger Vol. 1 (Hideout), is both a blessing and frustration. The second bit first: The album has only 10 tracks, a seemingly random mix of out-of-print orphans and never-issued songs. And none of them are that early. Seger skips over his entire late-Sixties run, on 45 and LP, of Michigan-garage might and metallic psychedelia. Here's the blessing: Several early-Seventies nuggets - including the Chuck Berry-style blazer "Get Out of Denver," Seger's burnt-road-dog growl in the Allman Brothers cover "Midnight Rider" and the brassed-up locomotion of "Long Song Comin'" (with new overdubs) - highlight Seger's funky-church and Detroit-muscle charge on wilderness-era records such as Back in '72 (1973) and Seven (1974). As for the previously unreleased numbers, what was Seger thinking when he left the seductive rolling melancholy of "Days When the Rain Would Come" on the shelf back in 1985? At 35 minutes, Early Seger is over way too quick. It is not short on gems.
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michigander_kmk - 20 January, 2010
Frustration is right
I remember seeing Bob Seger at Eastern Michigan University in the late 60's when he was a "warm up act" for some long forgotten group. His power on "Heavy Music" (I & II) was a joy-- and he(& Mitch Rider) are the only ones I know who can scream in tune. From the days of CKLW radio, I have long loved Bob's music. I laughed when I moved to California in '77 and everyone here was blown away by this "new band". If they only knew!! Rank:
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MOPARKID - 07 March, 2010
moparkid
When I was growing up late sixties and early seventies, you BOB hit me with sound that I always loved and always will. Greatest rocker of all time! Your music will last a life time. Hall Of Famer keep up with your writing, its the best! Rank:
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- 21 March, 2010
life
whew,what can i say.the music of my life,love u an the band.bob seger and the silver bullit band.rock on,cause iam going too....shelby...southern illiniois Rank:
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arkansasfan - 26 April, 2010
Early Seger
I wasn't fortunate enough to have been around in the early years and due to being the daughter of a super strict bible belt minister, didn't get to even hear Seger's amazing voice until the late 70's. I cherish every single album, song, or piece of memorabilia I can get my hands on. I'll buy a million more of these short gems! For me no one will ever fill this man's shoes or come anywhere near his talents in moving the soul! Rank:
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