Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends

Great Album, but buy the original

I bought "With a Little Help From My Friends" in '69 for 99¢ and I still play it. From "Feelin Alright" "Bye Bye Blackbird" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Do I Still Figure in Your Life" to "I Shall Be Released" I'm still trying to pick among three of the tracks to be played at my funeral. But,the addition of the 2 last tracks sucks. It's like adding an alternate ending to your favorite movie. Get if you must and you just have to have those 2 extra tracks, but I highly recommend buying the original version. July 27, 2008

his best

this was joes first album that came out shortly befor his famed woodstock apperance and rightfully so launched him into stardom. it contains some of his best tracks including feelin alright and with a little help from my friends,but also great lesser known tracks like dont let me be misunderstood and a dylan cover just like a woman.however it is not perfect though cocker can do a cover like nobodys buisness the tunes on this album that are self penned are obviously weaker and you can see the drop in quality. but over all with notable muscians backing him like steve winwood and jimmy page it should be obvious this is a great album and demans purchase from any cocker fan. June 23, 2008

a guy named Joe

Joe Cocker really takes the crown as the king of Beatle covers with his take on WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS. And it's the perfect title for the album because he had more than a little help cutting these sessions with many of England's top rock musicians. He covers Dylan and others in fine fashion and his singing is just superb. An honest to god soul man. He could have easily showed up at the Stax Records studio in Memphis and made an even a better record than this one. And that's the only reason I don't give this record 5 stars. The playing here is quite good but the production is a little heavy handed. I'm one who actually slightly prefers his self titled follow up album because there's less of that deep reverb, layered sound. Having said that, this is still a great record. Joe's screamin' howl during the second bridge of the title track, is simply unequaled in the history of Rock 'n Roll......... April 10, 2008

Two stars only

One star for Lennon - McCartney cover, second one for Jimmy Page guitar. Unfortunatelly, didn't have a chance to listen to original version (this one is remastered version). May 16, 2007

One of Joe Cocker's best

When I fist listen to the old vynil LP it seems fantastic to me, now it sounds the same. It's impossibe not to own this CD. March 9, 2007

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