Disco de Cheap Trick: “The Collection (Cheap Trick/in Color/Heaven Tonigh”

THE COLLECTION provides you with the first three Cheap Trick albums- CHEAP TRICK, IN COLOR, and the sensational HEAVEN TONIGHT- all in one place. Taken together, this three-disc set shows Cheap Trick's evolution from oddball punk-style rockers into a strong power-pop outfit with a uniques sense of humor. However, the humor doesn't mean that the band is a novelty act, as they combine the metal of Ted Nugent, Foghat, and Montrose with Beatle-esque pop. If you get this set, you won't need to search out the original albums.

If your exposure to Cheap Trick began with "at Budokan," please buy these albums. Each has its own charm and the price is just unbeatable.

For those of you who think that "Live at Budokan" is the best Cheap Trick album out there, you'll love these, their first three albums, which have been re-released in one box set at under 20 dollars. Back in the 70s, CT personified good old American power pop at it's best. Fueled by Rick Nielson's sometimes astonishing guitar work, the steady drumming of Bunezuela (Bun E.) Carlos, and Robin Zander's soaring vocals, the endlessly touring Trick established itself as one of the hardest working bands in the country. Original versions of "Budokan" classics "Surrender", "Clock Strikes Ten" and "Come On Come On" are here, along with a lot of great stuff that shows them growing as a band and rocking the house in the process. Highly recommended--one of the best deals on Amazon!

First three studio LPs. This is when

Tom Petersson was real good. I am

still not a big fan of the 12-string

Bass, but they actaully started reco-

rding in the studio in 1975 with Sou-

thern Girls (Elvis was there that day

in Memphis, according to the liner

notes in Sex, America, Cheap Trick,

which I much prefer since it has all

these tunes and so much more. Get it

if you like Cheap Trick when they were

young, fresh, but hadn't peaked yet. I

first saw them in 1977 and have seen

them 30 or more times since. They

were better 1981-87 though. No offence,

TP...