Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild: A Retrospective |
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 Release Date: 05 November, 1991, Mca
TRACK LISTING - Twisted
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [By the Sparrow]
- Sookie, Sookie
- Everybody`s Next One
- Born to Be Wild
- Your Wall`s Too High
- Desperation
- Pusher
- Ostrich
- Don`t Step on the Grass, Sam
- Magic Carpet Ride
- Rock Me
- Jupiter`s Child
- It`s Never Too Late
- Monster/Suicide/America
- More Over
- Hey Lawdy Mama
- Give Me News I Can Use
- Snowblind Friend
- Who Needs Ya?
- Screaming Night Hog
- For Ladies Only [Edit]
- Tenderness
- I`m Movin` On
- My Sportin` Life
- Children of the Night
- Straight Shootin` Woman
- Caroline (Are You Ready for the Outlaw World)
- Live Your Life
- Ain`t Nothing Like It Used to Be
- Born to Be Wild [Live]
- Rock & Roll Rebels
- Five Me News I Can Use
- Wall
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| A good overview of Steppenwolf 1966 to 1991 |
| MCA Records has continued to released and re-release tons of Steppenwolf compilations over the years with the same songs, this is the only one that bears any identity in the pile. This 2-CD set is like a Steppenwolf history book, containing two Sparrow tracks from 1966 and covers the "Rise and Shine" album from 1990, and in between the `Wolf hits and John Kay solo recordings. If you want a good insight, and excellent sound quality (which the current budget series reissues are lacking) and don`t want to spend a lot, this is a good starting point. What would make this all complete for listeners is for Epic to re-release "Reborn to Be Wild" a collection of what the `Wolf did between `74 and `76, then we would have a complete summary in 3 CDs... |
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| poor sound quality |
| This is a wonderful collection of Steppenwolf. However, I was unaware that this CD set was transfered from analog tape and absolutely contains hiss and anomalies. I would have never purchased this particular recording on CD. The sound quality is so poor that it can only be listened to at a low volume level-quite unfortunate for tunes such as Born to Be Wild, Sookie Sookie and Magic Carpet Ride. Don`t waste your money if you have become accustomed to and expect excellent sound quality from a CD. The music is good-just should have been digitally remastered or why bother? |
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| Two disks packed with Steppenwolf |
| Even with two disks you will be hard pressed to find a mediocre song. The transfer from vinyl to CD worked and many of your favorites are here. If you skip tracks to get though them you will be missing many essential tracks. Growing up with Steppenwolf as with any music you grow up with there is special meaning to many of these tracks that ad to the value. I was dating a girl named Sue so "Sookie Sookie" became her theme song. And more than ever "Monster/Suicide/America" is more relevant than ever. If you buy only one Steppenwolf album consider this the one. |
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