[2023-03-31] Poco "The Sony/BMG A's And B's" 2CD set (BGO UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:31 pm

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ9R4PLV/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BQ9R4PLV/?tag=imwan-21

Description
* Legendary US country rockers Poco's collection of A's and B's for Epic and RCA Records
* 'Crazy Love' and 'Heart Of The Night' were the band's biggest hits, though many more singles made the US and Canadian Top 100s
* Poco's history is well documented with the success of Richie Furay, Jim Messina and Timothy B. Schmit
* A version of Poco still tours
* Digitally remastered and slipcased, and with extensive new notes

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Pickin' Up The Pieces
2. First Love
3. My Kind Of Love
4. Hard Luck
5. You Better Think Twice
6. Anyway Bye Bye
7. Keep On Believin'
8. C'mon
9. I Guess You Made It
10. Just For Me And You
11. Ol' Forgiver
12. Railroad Days
13. You Are The One
14. A Good Feelin' To Know
15. Early Times

[CD2]
1. Blue Water
2. Magnolia
3. And Settlin' Down
4. Go And Say Goodbye
5. I Can See Everything
6. Here We Go Again
7. Fool's Gold
8. Rocky Mountain Breakdown
9. Faith In The Families
10. High And Dry
11. Bitter Blue
12. Call It Love
13. Lovin' You Every Minute
14. Nothin' To Hide
15. If It Wasn't For You
16. The Nature Of Love
17. When It All Began

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

comes to an abrupt halt after cantamos in '74 and then adds 6 songs from the '89 reunion album....skipping 9 or 10 albums in between????

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:54 pm

It's The Sony/BMG A's And B's, meaning, it includes Epic singles through 1974, RCA in 1989, and no releases in between since they were all on non-Sony labels.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

i see that now, the band has its share of labels, that's for sure.

Greg Carrier · 25 Nov 2006

Some great material here, but kind of a weird collection for a band that wasn't much of a singles band, at least not until Crazy Love, which came much later.

Walter P · 20 Sep 2006

I think I'll stick with "The Forgotten Trail" and the other individual titles that they used to tack on the later stuff. I see no reason to get this new one myself.

Greg Carrier · 25 Nov 2006

Walter P wrote:

I think I'll stick with "The Forgotten Trail" and the other individual titles that they used to tack on the later stuff. I see no reason to get this new one myself.

The Forgotten Trail is an excellent comp. From the Inside, Cantamos, and Head over Heels are probably my favorite Poco albums.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Gold (2 CDs) and Collected 1969-2017 (3 CDs) are career-spanning comps highly recommended, and Collected also features solo material and a ton of songs.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

poco is such a hugely under-rated band.......

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Renny wrote:

poco is such a hugely under-rated band.......

Criminally.

So much better than The Eagles (who I do like) and about 1/100th of the notice.

I did a long interview with Richie Furay and he told me the second he heard “Take it Easy” on the radio he knew it was over for Poco making Country Rock a mainstream success.

The Eagles had homogenized it into something more commercially appealing than Poco.

Poco were the real deal and that was why they couldn’t crack the marketplace until the late 70s when they adopted a more adult contemporary sound.

I only saw them live once, but they remain a favorite of mine.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Renny wrote:

poco is such a hugely under-rated band.......

Criminally.

So much better than The Eagles (who I do like) and about 1/100th of the notice.

I did a long interview with Richie Furay and he told me the second he heard “Take it Easy” on the radio he knew it was over for Poco making Country Rock a mainstream success.

The Eagles had homogenized it into something more commercially appealing than Poco.

Poco were the real deal and that was why they couldn’t crack the marketplace until the late 70s when they adopted a more adult contemporary sound.

I only saw them live once, but they remain a favorite of mine.

and richie furay is truly one of the great gentlemen of rock and roll.

he followed his own path and has now, for all intents and purposes, come full circle. if you have not heard his last 2 or 3 albums please do so, they are marvelous.

of all the people, and there are quite a few, that neil young screwed over by aborting the buffalo springfield reunion, furay probably had the most to lose......he put everything on hold for that, and neil was just neil. eat a peach!

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Renny wrote:

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Renny wrote:

poco is such a hugely under-rated band.......

Criminally.

So much better than The Eagles (who I do like) and about 1/100th of the notice.

I did a long interview with Richie Furay and he told me the second he heard “Take it Easy” on the radio he knew it was over for Poco making Country Rock a mainstream success.

The Eagles had homogenized it into something more commercially appealing than Poco.

Poco were the real deal and that was why they couldn’t crack the marketplace until the late 70s when they adopted a more adult contemporary sound.

I only saw them live once, but they remain a favorite of mine.

and richie furay is truly one of the great gentlemen of rock and roll.

he followed his own path and has now, for all intents and purposes, come full circle. if you have not heard his last 2 or 3 albums please do so, they are marvelous.

of all the people, and there are quite a few, that neil young screwed over by aborting the buffalo springfield reunion, furay probably had the most to lose......he put everything on hold for that, and neil was just neil. eat a peach!

Oh, we talked about Neil alright.

Richie was heartbroken over what Neil did.

So was I! I wanted to see Buffalo Springfield. The You Tube clips from Bonnaroo were really good.

I really impressed Richie when I mentioned seeing a repeat episode of Mannix as a kid (I was too young when it was new) and that Buffalo Springfield were in it.

He laughed and told me how that all came about.

And yes, his recent solo material is quite good.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:15 am

The release date for The Sony/BMG A's And B's 2CD set has been pushed back to March 31st.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

something weird gong on here..............

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:17 pm

Don't worry, Renny. BGO titles are usually delayed from the original announced date, but they always end up being released.

[2023-03-31] Poco "The Sony/BMG A's And B's" 2CD set (BGO UK)

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