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Title: Wrong title- Great, though not the greatest...
Review: Calling this "the best of NRBQ" was probably the idea of some marketing guy at Columbia after a few beers- which, coincidentally, is a great way to listen to this compilation from the original NRBQ lineup. This is pre- Al Anderson 'Q, featuring the great Steve Ferguson on guitar, whose solo stuff you should search out IMMEDIATELY, and whose influence can be heard down the NRBQ guitar line, in both Big Al and Johnny Spampinato.NRBQ was only with Columbia for, like, one and a half albums (the "half" being "Boppin' The Blues," which is half NRBQ, half NRBQ backing Carl Perkins, and all great; it's still available on CD.) Although it's nice to have these tracks available on CD, the actual first eponymous NRBQ album is MIA and would have been a better choice than this really good, yet somewhat unfocused collection.
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