Disco de Cheap Trick: “Original Album Classics”

I'm not sure if all of the re-issues of the albums sound like this ( kind of muffled, and they don't kick as hard as the original lps ) but if they do, I won't be tossing out the Vinyl versions any time soon, it's a good buy, and the sound quality isn't terrible, it just could be better

Still, it's nice to have the albums on a format that doesn't degrade after you listen to them over and over, they come in a little cardboard box, that has four little cardboard sleeves that look just like the original albums inside, that part is awesome !

Rating per LP:

**** = Four stars, excellent

***.5= Three-and-a-half stars, very good

*** = Three stars, good enough

**.5 = Two-and-a-half stars, better than average

Next Position Please **** Simply the best LP

Cheap Trick ever did. The bass work is incredible

as are Rob Zander's vocals and song writing on I

Can't Take It, which scumbag ex-bassist Pete Co-

mita now claims he wrote - evern though he was fir-

ed by the bans two years before(!). Rick and Bun E.

are in great form here as well. Hope the 'Tricksters

can put out the next 5 LP set with: The Doctor, One

On One, Standing on the Edge, Dream Police and Lap

of Luxury!

All Shook Up ***.5 Not as good as some think and not

as bad as the critics thought either. Though TP's fad-

ing bass work tries to drown out Rob's singing and Rick's

fine guitar work, it was originally recorded with Rick

singing World's Greatest Lover as a tribute to his fine

wife, Karen! Underrated work, mostly, on this gem. It in-

cludes Found All The Parts, ep.

Heaven Tonight *** A good but not great one. Too bass

heavy sounding! Songs are the best collection, by a hair

writing wise however. Oh Claire, the short jap.version

here, was a harbinger for the live versions later and

the complete version on '06's 'Rockford' (***). Best

studio LP of the first three. Neither over-nor-under

produced considering the overrated Tom Werman produced

it. Could have used Jack Douglas ('76-'77 C.T./Budokan I/

Standing on the Edge, producer).

In Colour *.5 Worst sounding CT LP to date, unless you

like/dislike Busted or Woke Up With A Monster. Totally

watered down except for You're All Talk, which rocks.

There's nothing wrong with the song writing, but after

the exciting debut, live in the studio, '76-'77 Cheap

Trick(which is not quite as good as the '97 Cheap Trick),

a disappointment. Sophomore slump, here?

Cheap Trick ['76-'77] **.5 Kinda hate to give this one a

somewhat low rating, but there is some filler on here.

I really love: Hot Love, The Ballad of T.V. Violence (ex-

cept for the stupid screaming at the end), Mandocello,

He's A Whore. Those plus 'Oh Candy' were on pre-MTV 1st

LP Promo film, recorded in Milwaukee in Dec. '76. This

LP kicked it into gear for the 'Tricksters, but they

REALLY peaked with Jon B. Brant in the '80's when MTV

FIRST came out. Better than the MTV garbage of today