The Jam Album: “15 Greatest Hits”

15 GREATEST HITS (my copy says 16 GREATEST HITS) is a great anthology of the best moments by one of the premier American hard rock acts of the 70s. It opens with the one-two punch of "Walk Away" and "Funk #49", and then moves on to the epic rock suite "The Bomber", before moving through a series of diverse rockers and ballads that you never quite get to the bottom of. If you get this and THE JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN, you have the essential James Gang library.

I ordered the item pictured but that is not what the seller sent me. And, in what the seller did send, they included a hand-made cover. I returned it right away even though the seller wasn't exactly ... reasonable.

Had I gotten what I ordered, I am sure that I would have given it top ratings. This is one of my favorite CDs.

Advance apologia for the "seedy" summary; James Gang had however been hailed by critics as a forerunner of what rock would become in the decade to follow. Pre-cogniscent man! The Eagles became mega stars, and these early jams persevere as evidence to the greatness that lay ahead (more misogyny?). "Walk Away" remains a touchstone work of classic rock.