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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Elvin Bishop
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Elvin Bishop
Current price: $17.99
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Elvin Bishop
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After starting out with
in the mid-'60s,
recorded solo for the short-lived
label (later controlled by
) in the late '60s and early '70s, and he made several albums for the independent
in the '80s and '90s. But he gained his greatest commercial recognition on
(the early catalog of which is now controlled by
) in the mid- to late '70s, and it is this portion of his career that is represented on this midline-priced best-of, which has been assigned to
's
imprint.
modified his basic
style for each of his affiliations: With
he played
, on
he took on something of the San Francisco
style, and on
he absorbed some of the
of labelmates like
. Four of his five Hot 100 chart entries are found here (the missing one is the least successful,
), among them
the Top Five hit that has always been an anomaly for him, not only because
is featured on lead vocals, but also because, even though
wrote it, it sounds much more
-oriented than one expects from him. More consistent with his style is the minor chart entry
which boasts a lot of
-like slide guitar work, especially in the seven-minute-plus workout heard here (the single was a three-minute edit), and some politically incorrect lyrics about beating a woman with a baseball bat that probably didn't sound as objectionable back in 1974. But then, the
never boasted the most enlightened lyrics, and
also cheerfully admits to
At a reasonable price, this collection effectively summarizes his six
albums. ~ William Ruhlmann