[socal_parrot]

What I have a hard time with is that they include several "best of" albulms. You mentioned Bob Marley, what about Legend? Cream of Clapton, Beach Boys Endless Summer? On the subject of the Beach Boys, what about Pet Sounds?

[BluesDuke]

The Bob Marley album I mentioned isn't exactly a best-of album; it's a 1997 album which comprised ambient dubs of Marley classics and, in essence, turned them into new recordings off the root Wailers tracks. And they are breathtaking: the dubs of "Rebel Music" and "Exodus" are absolute dream musics...

I'd have put The Beach Boys Today on the list first. And as for "cool" and "Eric Clapton," show me which one outrates Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. I can't, either.

[RangeRatt]

Then there's "High Cumberland Jubilee", (which was the album I was referring to originally), recorded in '71, and conveniently lost until '76, when Barnaby Records decided to release it (in the wake of "You Had To Be There / LIVE").Varese Vintage VSD-5776, same release date as "Down to Earth". (There is a lawsuit story connected with the release, as JB wasn't under contract to Barnaby anymore in '76, I believe he settled out of court and got the master tapes, but I would have to do a lot more research.)