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Greatest Ever! Rock Guitars

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AllMusic Review by Al Campbell

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.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	We Are the Road Crew "Fast" Eddie Clarke / Lemmy Kilmister	Motörhead	03:10
2	The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret	Queens of the Stone Age	03:37
3	The Rocker Eric Bell / Brian Downey / Phil Lynott	Thin Lizzy	02:42
4	Evil Ways	Santana	03:00
5	Caught in a Mosh Frank Bello / Charlie Benante / Rosenfeld	Anthrax	05:01
6	Stargazer Ritchie Blackmore / Dio	Rainbow	08:27
7	An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down	Rod Stewart	03:06
8	Down Down	Status Quo	03:52
9	Cherry Bomb Kim Fowley / Joan Jett	The Runaways	02:19
10	Love Machine	Uriah Heep	03:39
11	Hard Lovin' Woman	Juliette Lewis	04:55
12	Midnight Rider Gregg Allman / Robert Kim Payne	The Allman Brothers Band	02:58
13	We Rock Dio	Dio	04:35
14	Show Me the Way Peter Frampton	Peter Frampton	04:39
15	Vambo Marble Eye The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	04:19
16	Overlord Zakk Wylde	Black Label Society	06:06
17	Bad Horsie Steve Vai	Steve Vai	05:52
18	Angel Witch Kevin Heybourne	Angel Witch	03:23

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Wheel in the Sky Robert Fleischman / Neal Schon / Ross Valory	Journey	04:13
2	Bad Girl David Johansen / Johnny Thunders	New York Dolls	03:04
3	Up Around the Bend John Fogerty	Hanoi Rocks	03:08
4	Roll On Down the Highway Randy Bachman / Erik Turner	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	03:59
5	Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)	Robert Palmer	03:13
6	Play with Me Nuno Bettencourt / Gary Cherone	Extreme	03:31
7	Blowin' Free Andy Powell / Erik Turner	Wishbone Ash	05:21
8	Bad Bad Boy Lee Agnew / Sweet	Nazareth	03:56
9	New Orleans Frank Guida / Joseph Royster	Gillan / Ian Gillan	02:39
10	Summertime Blues Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	Blue Cheer	03:47
11	Now Your Ships Are Burned Yngwie Malmsteen	Yngwie Malmsteen	04:11
12	Tomorrow Night	Atomic Rooster	03:15
13	Night Games	Graham Bonnet	03:23
14	Smoking Gun	Robert Cray Band	04:07
15	White Light/White Heat Lou Reed	The Velvet Underground	02:46
16	Frankenstein Edgar Winter	The Edgar Winter Group	04:46
17	Toxic	Crazy Town	02:47

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	20th Century Boy Marc Bolan	T. Rex	03:40
2	Fire Arthur Brown / Finesilver	The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	02:51
3	Dead Ringer for Love Jim Steinman	Meat Loaf	04:23
4	Cat Scratch Fever Ted Nugent	Ted Nugent	03:40
5	Shake Me Tom Keifer	Cinderella	03:45
6	Free Bird Ronnie Van Zant	Lynyrd Skynyrd	03:31
7	Razamanaz Lee Agnew / Sweet	Nazareth	03:49
8	C'mon Let's Go	Girlschool	03:38
9	Am I Evil? Brian Tatler	Diamond Head	07:21
10	Stand by Your Man Billy Sherrill / Tammy Wynette	Lemmy Kilmister / Lemmy	03:06
11	Ballroom Blitz	Sweet	04:01
12	Hammer of the North	Grand Magus	05:14
13	Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)	Pat Travers Band / Pat Travers	02:49
14	I'm a Man Steve Winwood	The Spencer Davis Group	02:53
15	After Midnight J.J. Cale	J.J. Cale	02:19
16	This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us Russell Mael	Sparks	03:03
17	Born On the Wrong Side of Time Traditional	Taste	03:56
18	Cherry Pie Jerry Dixon / Jani Lane / Erik Turner	Warrant	03:11

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