Greatest Ever! Rock Guitars highlights several rock radio staples released in the '70s and '80s. Among the 53 tracks are the original versions of "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet, "Cat Scratch Fever" by Ted Nugent, and "Frankenstein," by the Edgar Winter Group, in addition to strong tracks by Girlschool, Pat Travers, Motörhead, and Thin Lizzy. This three-disc set contains the original versions of these tracks, which should please most fans of hard rock and heavy metal of the era.
Greatest Ever! Rock Guitars
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Greatest Ever! Rock Guitars Review
by Al Campbell
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Motörhead | 03:10 | Amazon | ||||
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Queens of the Stone Age | 03:37 | Amazon | |||
| 3 | Thin Lizzy | 02:42 | Amazon | ||||
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Santana | 03:00 | Amazon | |||
| 5 | Anthrax | 05:01 | Amazon | ||||
| 6 | Rainbow | 08:27 | Amazon | ||||
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Rod Stewart | 03:06 | Amazon | |||
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Status Quo | 03:52 | Amazon | |||
| 9 | The Runaways | 02:19 | Amazon | ||||
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Uriah Heep | 03:39 | Amazon | |||
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Juliette Lewis | 04:55 | Amazon | |||
| 12 | The Allman Brothers Band | 02:58 | Amazon | ||||
| 13 | Dio | 04:35 | Amazon | ||||
| 14 | Peter Frampton | 04:39 | Amazon | ||||
| 15 | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band | 04:19 | Amazon | ||||
| 16 | Black Label Society | 06:06 | Amazon | ||||
| 17 | Steve Vai | 05:52 | Amazon | ||||
| 18 | Angel Witch | 03:23 | Amazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Journey | 04:13 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | New York Dolls | 03:04 | Amazon | ||||
| 3 | Hanoi Rocks | 03:08 | Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | 03:59 | Amazon | ||||
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Robert Palmer | 03:13 | Amazon | |||
| 6 | Extreme | 03:31 | Amazon | ||||
| 7 | Wishbone Ash | 05:21 | Amazon | ||||
| 8 | Nazareth | 03:56 | Amazon | ||||
| 9 | Gillan / Ian Gillan | 02:39 | Amazon | ||||
| 10 | Blue Cheer | 03:47 | Amazon | ||||
| 11 | Yngwie Malmsteen | 04:11 | Amazon | ||||
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Atomic Rooster | 03:15 | Amazon | |||
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Graham Bonnet | 03:23 | Amazon | |||
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Robert Cray Band | 04:07 | Amazon | |||
| 15 | The Velvet Underground | 02:46 | Amazon | ||||
| 16 | The Edgar Winter Group | 04:46 | Amazon | ||||
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Crazy Town | 02:47 | Amazon |
Track Listing - Disc 3
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | T. Rex | 03:40 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | 02:51 | Amazon | ||||
| 3 | Meat Loaf | 04:23 | Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Ted Nugent | 03:40 | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Cinderella | 03:45 | Amazon | ||||
| 6 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 03:31 | Amazon | ||||
| 7 | Nazareth | 03:49 | Amazon | ||||
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Girlschool | 03:38 | Amazon | |||
| 9 | Diamond Head | 07:21 | Amazon | ||||
| 10 | Lemmy | 03:06 | Amazon | ||||
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Sweet | 04:01 | Amazon | |||
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Grand Magus | 05:14 | Amazon | |||
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Pat Travers Band / Pat Travers | 02:49 | Amazon | |||
| 14 | The Spencer Davis Group | 02:53 | Amazon | ||||
| 15 | J.J. Cale | 02:19 | Amazon | ||||
| 16 | Sparks | 03:03 | Amazon | ||||
| 17 | Taste | 03:56 | Amazon | ||||
| 18 | Warrant | 03:11 | Amazon |
