Imports Classic Years 1978-1990

FORFANS OF: DOOBIE BROS, BOSTON, FOREIGNER Secondpart of HNE’s extensive collecBon of REO 9CDcollecBon of their 1978 to 1990 releases with a wealth of bonus With extensive liner notes from Malcolm By the end of the 70s and beginning of the 80s, R.E.O. Speedwagon had won the hearts, minds and airwaves of conBnental North America. This hard won ascendance was comprehensively documented on the 8CD “Early Years 1971-1977” collecBon from HNE. Produced By Kevin Cronin and Gary Richrath with Paul Grupp, CD1 features ‘YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO BUT YOU CAN’T TUNA FISH’ plus the rare promo LP, ‘LIVE AGAIN’ from 1978. Produced by Cronin and Richrath with Kevin Beamish, CD2’s ‘NINE LIVES’ [1979] includes a cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Rock & Roll Music’, and concludes with Bruce Hall’s hard rocking road anthem, ‘Back On The Road Again’. With CD3’s ‘HI INFIDELITY’ [1980], R.E.O. truly conquered the American mainstream, with huge radio hits in ‘Don’t Let Him Go’, ‘Keep On Loving You’ and ‘Take It On The Run’. CD4 kicks o? with a collecBon of demos made for ‘HI INFIDELITY’, giving a unique insight into the creaBon of this huge record along with live promo versions of ‘Don't Let Him Go’, ‘Keep On Loving You’, ‘Take It On The Run’ and ‘In Your Leger’. CD5’s ‘GOOD TROUBLE’ [1982] conBnued R.E.O.’s conBnued dominaBon of the charts with ‘Keep The Fire Burnin’. CD6’s ‘WHEELS ARE TURNIN’ [1984] featured another massive hit in ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’. ‘LIFE AS WE KNOW IT’ [1987] features on CD7 with bonus cuts. ‘THE EARTH, A SMALL MAN, HIS DOG AND A CHICKEN’ [1990] features on CD8 and this mammoth nine disc set concludes with a collecBon of rare and exclusive live recordings, including ‘Don't Let Him Go’, ‘Take It On The Run’ and ‘Can't Fight This Feeling’ from Kemper Arena in 1985, ‘Keep The Fire Burning’ and ‘Roll With The Changes’ from Rockford Metro Centre 1983, ‘Back On The Road Again’ from Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu 1989 and ‘Keep On Lovin' You’ from Indianapolis in 1984.