The Great Ipod Shuffle Rides Again.

Continuing my adventures in building an all-inclusive Ipod music collection on the cheap.

Rod Stewart/Downtown Train, Sections From the Storyteller Anthology – Rod the Mod.  I wish that some record company could put together a Rod Stewart anthology that was not only cost effective, but gave an accurate representation of his best work.  The anthology it’s culled from is comprehensive, but it’s not something you’ll find bargain hunting.  Plus Rod Stewart has been on a few labels and that always makes it hard to assemble a coherent selection.  Most of his current best of’s give short shrift of his most compelling and best work - the first four albums released in the States in the 1970’s.  One of which, Every Picture Tells a Story, is one of the great rock albums of all time.  After that, it’s a few good tracks here and there.  It’s easy to see why Rod was targeted by the punks in the '70's for being the epitome of the bloated rock star.  Take out a few stellar tracks and the rest was hard to listen to more than once.  The only older song on this compilation is “Stay with Me”, a song he did with Faces.  A standout on this CD is Rod’s (and Jeff Beck’s) version of the Impressions’ “People Get Ready”.  No “Maggie May” though, the first 45, I ever owned.  L  Oh, and the cover is pink.