Stephen Stills - Stills/Illegal Stills/Thoroughfare Gap
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Stills/Illegal Stills/Thoroughfare Gap
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About Stephen Stills - Stills/Illegal Stills/Thoroughfare Gap
2007 digitally remastered double CD featuring CSN' Stephen Stills' three mid-`70s studio albums recorded for CBS. Stills was released in 1975, followed one year later by Illegal Stills. Fans had to wait another two years until the release of Thoroughfare Gap (1978). This two disc set comes in a slimline double jewelbox housed in a slip case featuring extensive liner notes., BGO. Album Description
Tracks
Disc 1
- Turn Back the Pages
- My Favorite Changes
- My Angel
- In the Way
- Love Story
- To Mama from Christopher and the Old Man
- First Things First
- New Mama - Stephen Stills, Young
- As I Come of Age
- Shuffle Just as Bad
- Cold Cold World
- Myth of Sisyphus
- Buyin' Time
- Midnight in Paris - Stephen Stills, Dacus
- Different Tongues
- Soldier
- The Loner - Stephen Stills, Young
- Stateline Blues
- Closer to You - Stephen Stills, Dacus
- No Me Niegas
- Ring of Love - Stephen Stills, Dacus
- Circlin'
Disc 2
- You Can't Dance Alone
- Throughfare Gap
- We Will Go On
- Beaucoup Yumbo
- What's the Game
- Midnight Rider - Stephen Stills, Allman
- Woman Lleva
- Lowdown
- Not Fade Away - Stephen Stills, Petty
- Can't Get No Booty
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User Reviews
Average user review: 
(2 reviews)
It's a true pleasure to have these three generally overlooked albums available in a single package, even "Thoroughfare Gap," probably Stills' least essential album, but which sounds better now than it did in 1978. (Compared to most current music, just about anything from 30 years ago sounds better.) At any rate, "Stills" (1975) and "Illegal Stills" (1976)can stand with the man's more well-known efforts, both arguably superior to either "Stephen Stills 2" or "Down the Road." As for the shortcomings mentioned in another review, the first 10 seconds of "First Things First" are also missing on the CD issued by Columbia, so BGO can't be blamed for that. Regarding sound quality, compare the Columbia CD of "Illegal Stills" with the new version and it's obvious the audio has been upgraded. Maybe not dramatically, but it's nice to have the "bottom" restored without having to boost the bass control on one's receiver. The liner notes are interesting, though flawed ("Love the One You're With" and "Sit Yourself Down" are NOT on "Stephen Stills 2.") All in all, an essential release for any fan of Stephen Stills.
May 29, 2008BGO usually does a nice job of remastering previously issued CD's by artists such as Dan Fogelberg, Loggins & Messina, Poco, etc., but it missed the boat on this one. While it's nice to have these three CD's in a double disc package, BGO apparently didn't give too much attention to detail in that a portion of one of the songs has been cut off. On this BGO version, the song "First Things First" begins with Stills immediately singing the title of the song. However, the original version of that song from the "Stills" album contains an approximate 10 second introduction before the vocals begin. Cutting the length of a song is inexcusable, and is synonymous with poor quality control for a CD package that should have been better.
December 18, 2007More reviews at Amazon.com ...
