Three Dog Night Album: “Seven Separate Fools/Around the World with Three Dog Night”

5 stars for the actual recording effort on the bands part...1 star for the remaster disaster on Edsels part

Some people dont know when to leave well enough alone......The bass is weaker than the original CD ...the mids are notched way down...and the highs are excessively overdriven...to the point of being harsh and aggressive..causing major listening fatigue.

I find that many of these "so-called" remasters are victims of compression overdrive...seems to be techique these guys just have a need to over abuse...They did the same injustice to the JOURNEY catalogue....It's almost painful to the ears to sit and listen to the entire CD......We used to call it "listeners fatigue" back in my days of selling HiFi gear in the 70's.

I have waited for several months for the release of these 3 double cd sets by Edsel.....I just gave them a listen.....but the booklets are definitely worth the price

I was very pleased to order this double CD, since I've been searching for quite a while for the Around the World with Three Dog Night album. At first it was very expensive, later it wasn't available anymore. Through continuos searching as I constantly do I discovered the set. I hadn't heard this songs since the end of the Eighties. It's comforting to know the eventualy one can find what one is looking for. You got to have patient though, but it pays off as in my case with various artists. So far I've found albums by 5 different artists which (the albums) were either way too expensive or simply not avilable (yet).

I was actually disappointed in this release when I purchased it back in the 70's. I had been given a copy of

and found it surprisingly great! The mix between the three part harmonies and the raw energy of the musicians made that an outstanding sounding live album. So when "Around the World with Three Dog Night" was released I ran out and bought it only to find a very watered-down sounding group that basically ran through their hits without taking a breath. Nothing was included from the very early years. Songs like "Heaven is in your Mind", or "It's for You" that totally showed off the vocals and musicianship of the group were not included, or something as great as "Chest Fever" that took more that three and a half minutes was not present. I don't count "Jam" which was seven minutes long but really was a sorry piece of music that could have been left off the album and nobody would have cared.

Not that there weren't gems on the Around the World album. "Midnight Runaway" is so good that even my head-banging brother loved it. But for the most part, the live double album was very forgettable.

Just my humble opinion.

Seven Separate Fools is one of their weaker albums. Not very impressive. On the other hand "Around the World" is much more reflective of TDN's appeal. One Man Band is a great song but the album also loses its way and doesn't quite live up to TDN's standards. Overall I enjoyed it but was left unfulfilled.

The sound quality is what you would expect for a recording from the 70's. I had been searching for the live Around The World recording on CD for some time. It contains my favorite version of Never Been To Spain. I recommend this set for anyone who likes Three Dog Night.