Title: SERIOUS OMISSIONS : CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, SPIRIT & MORE
Product review: While I would rate earlier editions as "must haves", this one is a huge disappointment. Other reviewers have noted serious omissions like George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Deep Purple (while the much inferior Black Sabbath has an extended coverage), Fripp and Free. The editors have also missed out on crucial artists like Captain Beefheart (classic albums Trout Mask Replica and Clear Spot) and the widely admired West Coast group Spirit (classic albums 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus and Spirit of 76 with the best cover version of Like a Rolling Stone available). Also missing : Joan Armatrading, Family, John Martyn, Searchers (big influence on Byrds, Petty, REM) and Jack Bruce (incl. the classic Songs for a Tailor). Not to think of the dismissal and low ratings of the great Scott Walker. To quote Captain Beefheart when in his younger days he was working as a vacuum cleaner salesman, and the author Aldous Huxley turned up in the door :"Sir, this sucks!"
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