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Title: Not Too Helpful
Review: Not nearly as interesting as "The Worst Rock Records" mainly because singing someone's praises is less interesting than ripping them to shreds. Whereas the "Worst" book was clever, funny, and offered true insight, Gutermann's biases don't work so well here. There's a lot of bootlegs listed to represent the best work of particular artists - Dylan's "Ten of Swords", Elvis's "Burbank Sessions" among them - which is fine for rock completists but not too helpful for the causal fan. Mr. Guterman should go back to slicing and dicing, puffing up isn't his particular skill.
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