Rolling Stone (No. 984, p.158) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...The group's devotees will find much to enjoy on this set, and their pleasures won't be limited to the thirty-seven previously unreleased tracks and film clips...."Mojo (Publisher) (p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "A lot of great music...CD1 is the most remarkable: 25 songs plotting their transformation from Nuggetsy rock, via R&B, Dylan's band, folk rock and gospel, to that unmistakable Band sound."10.03421
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Living Blues (1-2/02, p.57) - "...An excellent intro to the label..."4.284873
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Entertainment Weekly (9/29/95, p.63) - "Fifteen tracks, split between two genres....There's alternative lite....[and] heartfelt punk-pop....A daring disc with its three unsigned bands." - Rating: B+4.123122
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Entertainment Weekly (p.63) - "[T]he actors nail just the right blend of reverence and vitality in their covers..." -- Grade: BLiving Blues (p.38) - "Wright nails the four Waters selections with appropriate style and attitude. His reading of Robert Johnson's 'Country Blues,' supported only by Bill Simm Jr.'s slide guitar, is especially chilling."Billboard (p.41) - "The songs are performed in WALK THE LINE fashion by the actors....Ms. Knowles sounds wonderful..."4.123122
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Q (Magazine) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Blending spacey soul, street funk, vintage rap and boogie, Spinna composes a vivid snapshot of a post-disco uptown SAturday night..."3.929945
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Entertainment Weekly (9/3/99, p.71) - "...this set's early highlights - loose, swinging, and honest - are as good as jazz gets." - Rating: BMojo (Publisher) (2/00, p.94) - "...the pre-eminent jazz independents of its era....a wonderful place to start exploring a magnificent catalog....a superbly annotated 100-page booklet and excellent mastering..."3.714838
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Rolling Stone (12/1/94, p.121) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...a generous compilation....lovingly remastered....[It] must be counted among the most important archival projects of the CD era. This is history that sings and soars, history with a heart full of gold..."Rolling Stone (12/1/94, p.121) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...a generous compilation....lovingly remastered....[It] must be counted among the most important archival projects of the CD era. This is history that sings and soars, history with a heart full of gold..."Q (12/94, p.172) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The arrangements are nimble, the songs lovely, the harmonies finger-clicking and the sole drawback is that almost everyone sounds like Sam Cooke..."Q (12/94, p.172) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The arrangements are nimble, the songs lovely, the harmonies finger-clicking and the sole drawback is that almost everyone sounds like Sam Cooke..."Vibe (2/95, p.93) - "...Sacred/profane ambiguity...animates this 56-song cycle of black artistry, which travels from the apex of '50s gospel...to the commercial expertise of '60s R&B....Cooke's own vocals and production taste convey a mellifluous genius that is still a pop measuring rod..."Vibe (2/95, p.93) - "...Sacred/profane ambiguity...animates this 56-song cycle of black artistry, which travels from the apex of '50s gospel...to the commercial expertise of '60s R&B....Cooke's own vocals and production taste convey a mellifluous genius that is still a pop measuring rod..."3.714838
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Rolling Stone (p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he icons and belters on this two-CD party include guitar lords like Albert Collins, Son Seals and Luther Allison; vocal volcanoes Koko Taylor and the Holmes Brothers; and the modern-Delta stylist Corey Harris."Living Blues (p.66) - "Perhaps one of the Alligator's greatest triumphs, and undoubtedly one of its paramount voices, was the late Koko Taylor. The Queen of the Blues recorded with the label for 35 years..."Billboard (p.40) - "[A] sampler that touches on great moments and key acts....Sure to send listeners deeper into the individual artists' catalogs."Record Collector (magazine) (p.103) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] healthy doses of blues-infused rockabilly, front porch soul, gospel, rock, ballads, New Orleans R&B, country and zydeco."3.714838
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Rolling Stone (12/1/94, p.121) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...a generous compilation....lovingly remastered....[It] must be counted among the most important archival projects of the CD era. This is history that sings and soars, history with a heart full of gold..."Rolling Stone (12/1/94, p.121) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...a generous compilation....lovingly remastered....[It] must be counted among the most important archival projects of the CD era. This is history that sings and soars, history with a heart full of gold..."Q (12/94, p.172) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The arrangements are nimble, the songs lovely, the harmonies finger-clicking and the sole drawback is that almost everyone sounds like Sam Cooke..."Q (12/94, p.172) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...The arrangements are nimble, the songs lovely, the harmonies finger-clicking and the sole drawback is that almost everyone sounds like Sam Cooke..."Vibe (2/95, p.93) - "...Sacred/profane ambiguity...animates this 56-song cycle of black artistry, which travels from the apex of '50s gospel...to the commercial expertise of '60s R&B....Cooke's own vocals and production taste convey a mellifluous genius that is still a pop measuring rod..."Vibe (2/95, p.93) - "...Sacred/profane ambiguity...animates this 56-song cycle of black artistry, which travels from the apex of '50s gospel...to the commercial expertise of '60s R&B....Cooke's own vocals and production taste convey a mellifluous genius that is still a pop measuring rod..."3.63157
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Entertainment Weekly (12/12/97, p.84) - "Between 1952 and 1964, Riverside was one of the small-but-tough indie lables helping to guide jazz's evolution. The story is told in fragmented form on this four-CD set...jazz history in the making." - Rating: BDown Beat (2/98, p.60) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "In this retrospective boxed set, [Orrin] Keepnews attempts to capture, on four jam-packed discs, the essence of his work..."3.63157
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Entertainment Weekly (12/3/93, p.76) - "...Joan Jett isn't the queen of rock and roll, she's the queen mother. Beloved and benign, she shows up with a proper uniform, three ritual chords, and a genial wave to the kingdom's subjects...she's finally ready to fast-forward...." - Rating: B3.548302
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Virtually all of the recordings are jazzy urban blues of one hue or another, owing much to post-war 'swing' and those heavily orchestrated big bands of the era."Uncut (magazine) (p.80) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] the ramshackle piano stompers of Sherman Williams, the laconic blues of Willie Dixon's Big Three Trio, as well as early cuts by BB King..."3.517632
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Even the rockin' 1976 supergroup Royals' High are absolutely superb, sounding like a later-period UK psych group."3.517632
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