Indian Reservation / Collage

I agree with everyone elses review that Raven should have put out "country wine" with "indian reservation"; however they released this in Australia where 'collage" was not released on cd at all. So for them it was a proper move. I talked to "sundazed records" who put out the rest of the "paul revere and the raiders" catalog from 1964-69, and they claimed that CBS had the tapes for "collage" , "indian reservation" , 'country wine" and a unreleased ablum, but they wanted too much money to put these four discs out. Obviously the Raven release has just proved them wrong. Of course they could still put out "country wine' and put that unreleased album on it as well. In fact I emailed Raven and suggested this as well. Just find them on the web and throw them a line. And throw one at Sundazed for being boneheaded about putting out these classics!. As for these ablums on cd: 'collage" is the better of the two if you are a rock fan, there are a few true by any standard classic rock songs: "think twice" , 'just seventeen", 'boys in the band" and 'dr fine" the rest of the album is pretty good too, with a new version of the hit 'we gotta all get together" on it, and 'Indian reservation' is a good rock and pop mixture with two hits and of course the great classic number one song 'indian reservation" . A few songs sound like pure pop with lots of horns but most of them are good songs, a few I can't say are too great but that's ok. "country wine' is a even stronger album song wise in many respects.Email raven! And this is classic rock from a underrated band that should be in the rock and roll hall of fame.RAVEN came through 'country wine" is now on cd with 11 bonus tracks. and it's on amazon,com now!

Hoping to expand to a more mature and broader audience, Mark Lindsay pulled out the stops to record the Collage album. In my mind, this is the penultimate Raiders album, and they recorded a lot of good albums. I've always personally enjoyed the album cuts over the singles on the Raider albums. FM radio of the day was trying their best to be "heavy" (mostly they had their collective heads up their collective rears) and because they couldn't get past the Revolutionary War outfits and the Action slapstick of Paul Revere & the Raiders, they wouldn't give Collage a fair play. So nobody really heard it, and it is a great album. Indian Reservation was recorded after Collage, but is on this disc first I suppose because it was a seller, following the Indian Reservation single success. The rest of the album is good, not great, with the exception of possibly Eve of Destruction and Leon Russell's song Prince of Peace, both being worthy of airplay also. A couple of songs from the last LP, Country Wine, were added to this disc. Collage is not currently available anywhere except maybe a collector's sale somewhere, so get this CD for that album.

I have always enjoyed the last three Raiders albums. It was a real shame that the public responded so indifferently to "Collage," there was real potential in the budding Lindsay and Allison songwriting partnership. I don't know, but I get the feeling that the band participated in the studio more than they had done in the past. The drumming, most likely by Joe Correro, was stellar and Lindsay's inventive production created an album that still sounds great today.Indian Reservation and Country Wine, which followed,were much more schizophrenic affairs, comprised of about 2/3 pop covers and 1/3 rockers. It would be nice if the tracks "Take a Stand," and "Golden Girls Sometimes" were also available.

where is the dynamic range? Audio compression has ruined another great prospect. CD's should have a warning about audio compresion. Check georgegraham.com/compress for more info: "So in my own small way, I'll add my voice to those in the professional audio business who are starting to complain about this sonic cheapening of music. With 20-bit bit-mapping technologies and ultimately the 24-bit potential of the DVD medium, the future dynamic range potential of CD is very bright. Why then, is the record business throwing away 95% of the potential of even today's 16-bit technology in the loudness fallacy?" It's a shame. Now, back to the music, why not have Collage first as it was released first. Had to make my own cd. Reason: collage is radical while reservation is comercial. Like both but Collage a lot better. Anyway, happy to have them. Corrected the compression with special equipment (not perfect) but a little better. Love the memories of not and so long ago. Mixed feelings but, hey, love the music...

I got this cd for Boys in the Band that I had on their greatest hits vol. 2. there are a few other songs I had not heard that are good. A Raiders fan's must have.

If you're a Raiders fan, you will love these albums! These guys were really good musicians. Unfortunately, this collection has the two albums reversed. Collage was released first, but it follows Indian Reservation on the disc. Collage was their poorest selling album. Indian Reservation features the group's only number one single. So there's the reason for the flip flop.... If you're a Raiders fan, you'll appreciate the group progression. I did.

I waited more than 10 years for this great, classic album to be reborn on CD. The four great songs are Indian Reservation, Eve of Destruction, Heaven help us all, and Prince of Peace. Probably the most underrated album of all time. Collage is just a throw in to accompany Indian Reservation. It had been blacklisted by the establishment music industry because it brings attention to the gross injustice wrought upon Native Americans in the history of this country.

A nice collection - finally Indian Reservation on CD - yes, Country Wine would have been a more welcome addition than Collage, but seeing as I had not yet picked up the now overpriced CD version of that LP, I'm happy with the decision! Now, an issue of Country Wine featuring the late period As & Bs as bonus tracks would be awesome...

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