Saints - All Times Through Paradise (EMI, 4CD Set).
I was happy as a pig in shit late last week when, thanks to my "connections in the industry" (hah!), a review copy of the upcomin' Saints box-set landed on my doorstep; just what I needed, more CDRs and a inch thick stack o' Xeroxes!.
But Really, I hope I don't have to spell this out; the early Saints were one of the finest combos of the mid/late 70s. Punk rock before it had a name, their first two LPs are part of life's essentials. Great goddamn p-rock w/ actual "soul" 'n the kinda words that still make sense almost 30 years down the line. Besides all the originally released material from their harvest years (three LPs and a handful of 45s), there's a truckload of extras included here, like outtakes, demos 'n live stuff, just the kind o' smorgasbord us Saints fans have been waiting for, tho'God knows why they ever figured the original mix of the Hope'& Anchor tapes to be unsuitable?. But that's really my only complaint, the guitars should've been kept up LOUD on those recordings. OK, I'm nitpickin' here, just you blast this stuff at 11 and LEARN!.(Note to Jan Kooi: you may include 'Eternally Yours' in your list).