NRBQ New 5-CD Compilation Coming: HIGH NOON - A 50-Year Retrospective

This set looks like it's gonna be awesome. I'm so into this ...

Features all iterations of NRBQ and it's up for preorder at Omnivore Recordings' Web site.

Oh yeah!

Release

• High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective
  NRBQ
  Release date: November 11, 2016

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The first-ever career-spanning boxed set! Produced and compiled to celebrate 50 years of the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet—NRBQ!


Founded in 1966 in Shively, Kentucky, NRBQ has given their dedicated fan base 50 years of surprises and exceptional live shows. No style of music is safe around NRBQ as their repertoire consists of choice, wide-ranging covers (their first Columbia album for example, found them covering Eddie Cochran, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and Sun Ra) to their own compositions, many, also covered by other artists (Bonnie Raitt, Dave Edmunds, She And Him, Steve Earle, Los Lobos). Playing all kinds of music made them hard to peg across the years, but it made them anything but boring.


Their live shows are legendary and are made up spontaneously on the spot with no set list. They can, in a heartbeat, swing from one of their own hits (“Me And The Boys,” “RC Cola And A Moon Pie,” “Howard Johnson’s Got His Ho-Jo Workin’,” “Ridin’ In My Car”) to a perfectly curated cover, to a “magic box” request from the audience. They served as the unofficial house band for The Simpsons during Seasons 10-12 and count among their fans Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Replacements, Keith Richards, Wilco, and Elvis Costello among legions of others!


With more than 30 albums recorded across 50 years they, have proven themselves to be peerless as musicians, songwriters and performers. So to celebrate 50 years of NRBQ, Omnivore Recordings is proud to present High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospectiveconsisting of five CDs of hits, rarities, concert staples, covers and previously unissued gems alongside liner notes and previously unseen photos.


After 50 years of brilliant, unpredictable, joyfully exciting musical explorations, on stage and in the studio, it’s time to celebrate NRBQ!



PRE-ORDER 5-CD $69.98

CD Track List:
Disc 1:
1. LOVE IN OUTER SPACE
2. NEVER COP OUT (Live)
3. WAITIN’ ON MY SWEETIE PIE
4. RUBY, MY DEAR
5. I’D LIKE TO KNOW
6. BOOZOO AND LEONA (Live)
7. I’M ALONE
8. CAN’T WAIT TO KISS YOU
9. EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!
10. IN EVERY DREAM
11. HERE I AM
12. THE ANIMAL LIFE
13. GETTING TO KNOW YOU
14. TALK
15. SNOWFALL (Live)
16. KEEP THIS LOVE GOIN’
17. FIGHTIN’ BACK
18. LET GO (Live)
19. DUTCHESS COUNTY JAIL – Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson


Disc 2:
1. AIN’T IT ALL RIGHT
2. ROCKET NUMBER 9
3. TINA
4. I SAY GOODAY GOODNITE
5. DOWN IN MY HEART
6. HAVE YOU HEARD
7. DR. HOWARD, DR. FINE, DR. HOWARD (Live)
8. GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY (Live)
9. YOU MOVE SO FAST (Live)
10. FLAT FOOT FLEWZY
11. YOU GOT ME GOIN’
12. ON THE FARM
13. YOU CAN’T HIDE
14. STEP ASIDE (Live)
15. BENELLIE
16. I FEEL GOOD (Live)
17. FERGIE’S PRAYER
18. C’MON EVERYBODY
19. STOMP
20. STAY WITH WE
21. HARTBREAKER (1966 Home Recording)
22. THE WAITING SONG – The Seven Of Us
23. WE ARE BROTHERS (Live)


Disc 3
1. THAT’S NEAT, THAT’S NICE
2. GREEN LIGHTS
3. HELP ME SOMEBODY
4. ONLY YOU
5. THIS OLD HOUSE
6. RIDIN’ IN MY CAR
7. THINGS TO YOU
8. DO YOU FEEL IT?
9. HOWARD JOHNSON GOT HIS HO-JO WORKIN’
10. ELECTRIC TRAIN
11. MAGNET
12. HONEY HUSH (Live)
13. GET THAT GASOLINE BLUES (Unedited Single Version)
14. IT’S NOT TOO LATE
15. IT FEELS GOOD
16. STILL IN SCHOOL
17. BE MY WOMAN TONIGHT (Live)
18. RC COLA AND A MOON PIE (Single Version)
19. GET RHYTHM
20. YOU AND I AND GEORGE (Live)
21. IT’S NOT SO HARD


Disc 4:
1. CAPTAIN LOU with Lou Albano
2. ME AND THE BOYS
3. TALK TO ME
4. I LOVE HER, SHE LOVES ME
5. SMACKAROO
6. THIS LOVE IS TRUE
7. FEEL YOU AROUND ME
8. CRAZY LIKE A FOX (Live)
9. RAIN AT THE DRIVE-IN
10. S’POSIN’ (Live)
11. WACKY TOBACKY
12. THE ONE AND ONLY
13. HOW CAN I MAKE YOU LOVE ME
14. I GOT A ROCKET IN MY POCKET (Live)
15. BOY’S LIFE
16. NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU
17. WANT YOU TO FEEL GOOD TOO
18. I WANT YOU BAD
19. SHE GOT THE HOUSE (Live)
20. 12 BAR BLUES
21. MY GIRLFRIEND’S PRETTY
22. CHRISTMAS WISH


Disc 5:
1. LITTLE FLOATER
2. SAIL ON SAIL ON
3. NEXT STOP BRATTEBORO
4. WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME
5. IF I DON’T HAVE YOU
6. ONCE BIG PARKING LOT
7. LOVE CAME TO ME
8. DUMMY
9. TERRY GOT A MUFFIN
10. IT’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY
11. 21-50 TO HEADQUARTERS
12. DO THE PRIMAL THING
13. GOODBYE
14. PUDDIN’ TRUCK
15. AIN’T NO HORSE
16. BLAME IT ON THE WORLD
17. IMAGINARY RADIO
18. ALWAYS SAFETY FIRST
19. ADVICE FOR TEENAGERS
20. PARIS (Live)
21. SEE YOU SOON

 

Pinch me, I'm dreaming!!

(That long, drawn-out WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!! you just heard was coming from my house!)

 

Looks very cool. Looking through the track listing, tho', I'm getting the sense I already own quite a bit of this. This might not be a slam dunk for me.

 

It sure would be nice if Ida and the rest of the MIA's from the debut album got a CD release. This is great and I love the Omnivore label, but I'm not sure how much I'll be needing this set.

 

What a great lineup of material. I hope Professor DeAngelis is involved in the notes.

 

Cool! I like them, but when I hear the name NRBQ I get hungry.

 

looks good but no White Lightnin' cover? Right string, wrong yoyo as well. And how about :It's a sin to tell a lie?

 

No "A Little Bit Of Bad"?

 

Not thrilled that they put a few unreleased things on a set where a fan would have to buy 100 that they already have. I'll be happy if it becomes available for digital download purchase of individual tracks, but at the moment that looks dubious because on the Omnivore site it just shows "pre-order cd" whereas other upcoming releases for ex. Big Star or Beach Boys there's also a "pre-order digital" option

 

This looks excellent and long overdue!! But, I don't see "It Comes To Me Naturally" on the list. Not sure how that's even possible?!

 

That's a great one.

Depending on SQ, I might be down for this - I don't have that much NRBQ

 

With a band that's been around as long as they have, and have performed as many songs as they have, you're never going to come up with a track list that's going to please everybody. There's always going to be stuff missing. If you totally go for rarities, a "normal" person (like a handful of people I know who would be inclined to buy this) will complain that so many key tracks were left off. And then diehards complain when there's not enough previously unreleased stuff. So it's kind of a no-win.

From my perspective, it's a pretty decent overview. I've got anything and everything on this band, yet there's still some stuff on here that whets my appetite. I hope the booklet that accompanies it does the band justice!

 

I agree. But "Comes To Me Naturally" is a trademark Q tune. Just wanted it in remastered sound and surprised it didn't make the cut - at least a live version?

 

But no diehards would complain if it was all unreleased material!
An introductory compilation for newbies and an unreleased rarities set should be separate products. Reading the promotional blurb, it's meant to be an introductory compilation for newbies.

 

And does it make sense for a newbie to pick this up? I only know these guys by reputation. Never heard even one song.

 

NRBQ have an incredible songbook, so I don't blame you for lamenting "Naturally"'s absence. But is it really a "trademark" tune? I would argue that their only true trademark tunes are probably:

It's A Wild Weekend
If I Don't Have You
Me And The Boys
RC Cola And A Moon Pie
Ridin' In My Car
I Love Her, She Loves Me


And while not quite "trademark" these are fan favorites that many would include on a short list of essential Q tracks:

Ain't It All Right
Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Working
Never Take The Place Of You
Get Rhythm
Wacky Tobacky
I Want You Bad
12 Bar Blues
Captain Lou
Green Lights
You Can't Hide
Rain At The Drive-In
Little Floater
Want You To Feel Good Too
I Like That Girl
Feel You Around Me
Don't She Look Good
Housekeeping
Magnet


I'm probably forgetting some. And obviously this list is subjective. I can think of at least another 20 or so songs I would identify as "essential" but it's in the ear of the beholder. Because they've been playing live for 50 years, I'm pretty sure you could break down their live performances into 5- or 10-year increments and identify stuff like "It Comes To Me Naturally" as a "trademark" tune because it may have been a mainstay for a period of time.

Anyway, I really love NRBQ and got to thinking after this thread appeared how difficult it would be to assemble a box set of this band and try to please as many people as possible. I don't blame anyone here for wanting more rarities (that is what I would love), but I also sympathize with Omnivore's desire to present a well-rounded overview of this incredible band's career.

 

Instant buy

 

To quote one of their song titles, "Yes, Yes, Yes"!!

They are one of the great treasures of rock & roll/pop/r&b/jazz/you-name-it! There's no other band like them!

 

All my Q is on vinyl, so I'm considering this one.

 

Monk's "Little Rootie Tootie" performed by NRBQ

 

Posted a few YouTube clips so you could hear/see them.

 

So can we assume that Omnivore might be working on individual Q album reissues as well?