- Audio CD (Sep 25 2001)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Original recording remastered, Import, Best of
- Label: Sony
- ASIN: B00005OAK9
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. I Can't Quit Her (Home Demo) | |||
| 2. Somethin' Goin' On (Demo) | |||
| 3. Autumn Song | |||
| 4. I Can't Stand The Rain | |||
| 5. Baby Please Don't Go (Live) | |||
| 6. I Let Love Slip Through My Fingers | |||
| 7. The Earthquake Of Your Love | |||
| 8. Bulgarya | |||
| 9. Nuthin' I Wouldn't Do (For A Woman Like You) | |||
| 10. New York's My Home (Razz-A-Ma-Tazz) aka The Street Song (Single Version) | |||
See all 19 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes (Live) | |||
| 2. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know | |||
| 3. This Diamond Ring | |||
| 4. Albert's Shuffle | |||
| 5. Bury My Body | |||
| 6. Season Of The Witch | |||
| 7. New York City (You're A Woman) | |||
| 8. I Can't Quit Her (Live) | |||
| 9. I Stand Alone | |||
| 10. Flute Thing | |||
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Product Description
From Amazon.com
Al Kooper's soulful stew of blues, gospel, rock, and jazz is as American as baseball--and every bit as ironic, allegorical, surprising, and downright fun. Though best known as a sideman (that's his trademark organ riff on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"), songwriter (Gary Lewis's "This Diamond Ring"), band founder (the Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears), and producer (everyone from B.B. King to Joe Ely to Lynyrd Skynyrd), this revealing double-disc anthology explores Kooper's rich and diverse career as a performer. Rare offers up demos, outtakes, and other rarities that wind from his first '60s single through three decades and a madly eclectic array of projects that include a down-tempo revisitation of Ann Peebles's "I Can't Stand the Rain," XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel" done as a 1900's English music-hall number (and rejected for a tribute album as too obtuse!), a glorious, pioneering horn-band take on "Hey Jude," a soundtrack outtake from the Crime Story TV series, and a couple of decades' worth of songs rife with his always unpredictable blues and pop instincts. Well Done collects better-known solo tracks and recordings from Blood, Sweat & Tears, the bestselling Super Session ("Albert's Shuffle"), and the Blues Project. Veteran journalist Jaan Uhelszki's notes manage the not-inconsiderable feat of both concisely chronicling and underscoring the import of Kooper's largely unsung legacy. This is a multidisc anthology that not only lives up to the medium's usually unfulfilled potential, but may just leave you craving more. --Jerry McCulley
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
This guy is great!,
By John Nucci (East Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 1964-2001: Rare And Well Done: (Audio CD)
Kooper is a legend and deserves a MUCH greater place in history...this collection shows why. The production and arrangements are flawless. Check out the "Rare" disc and see how light years ahead of the rock world Al was in the early sixties especially. Get this one!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
"Well Done" cooks, but "Rare" gave me salmonella.,
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This review is from: 1964-2001: Rare And Well Done: (Audio CD)
I give 5 stars to "Well Done" but 1 to "Rare". Don't get me wrong, I love Al Kooper. I just read his book "Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards" and could not put it down. This guy has done just about everything there is to do in the music business, and he has done it well. Plus he's one funny geezer.He played on a number of classic Dylan albums including "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Blonde on Blonde". He even practically produced "New Morning" but wasn't given credit for it. He formed "Blood Sweat and Tears" but quit/was fired before they got cheesey. I love how he talks about that group... (paraphrasing) "if they can live with 'Lucretia MacEvil', God bless 'em". He discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd and produced their first 3 albums. He claims that Ed King's guitar solo on "Sweet Home Alabama" is in the wrong key, but I disagree. I think 'G' is the right key! D/C/G = 5/4/1. Isn't that right, Professor Al? Anyway, Kooper has been on numerous songs you know - including the Stones "Can't Always Get What You Want" and he's produced some of the greats: The Tubes, Nils Lofgren, B.B. King, Ricky Nelson, and many more I can't remember. "Well Done" rocks convincingly. It makes a bid for Al Kooper as genius. The players he worked with in the '60s and '70's were all first rate: Mike Bloomfield, Shuggie Otis, Stephen Stills... What bothers me most about "Rare" is the new stuff. I wanted to like it so bad - especially after reading his book and how he has been persecuted lately by record companies and fans alike, but I just couldn't help feeling like he's lost his magic touch. Some of the older rarities are fun - I really liked the big band jazz feel of "Hey Jude" - you will hardly recognize the tune, but it swings! Anyway, one thumb up for "Well Done" and one down for "Rare", but overall it is worth the price of admission just to get a feel for Mr. Kooper's whole career. Go ahead, just be aware of what you're getting.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why is Al Kooper not in the R & R Hall of Fame?,
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This review is from: 1964-2001: Rare And Well Done: (Audio CD)
This is a totally dazzling collection of music from a man who is probably the most under-rated a least recognized musical geniuses working in popular music today. Not only that, he works in blues and is a great player. He's up there with Brian Wislon and Lennon & McCartney, only no one know it. I nominate Al Kooper to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
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