Overview of gaps in the seventies

This double CD contained 2003 Joe Cocker's hits from his breakthrough with With A Little Help from my Friends 1968 to the then-current album "Respect Yourself" (2002). The hits included here his second career "half" (from 1982) overlap to a large extent with those on "The Best of Joe Cocker" (1992) and "Greatest Hits" (1998). Some single-Edits were used.

The title, however, is somewhat misleading: there are certainly find Cocker's biggest radio hits; "Ultimate" have for me but means also include a few important album titles, and also some albums are completely ignored here: "Something to Say" ('72), "Jamaica Say You Will" ('75), "Stingray" ( '76), "Luxury you can afford" ('78), "Live" ('90) and "Organic" ('96 - this, however, with my hearty consent). The Seventies are therefore underrepresented with three titles.

I miss Do not Let Me Be Misunderstood by his first album, High Time we went ('71) and Shelter Me ('85). And missing the sake of completeness, not even Tonight ('97)? The coronation would have been the '89er live version of With A Little Help from my Friends.

The focus of CD 1 (1968-1994) is on the sixties and eighties, the CD 2 (1982-2002) to the nineties, the wild leaps in time often provide entertainment and variety: funny, the light breaks in the sound, the result if z. B. follows a carefree holpernder, rough rockers like She Came in Through the Bathroom Window ('69) on a relatively leaked radio production like Do not you love me anymore by 1986. Ultimately, it is anyway Joes distinctive organ that holds everything together.

The booklet is limited to a few lines of text and the title information is (with minor inaccuracies in the year of publication), and the Sound class remastered (although Night Calls starts with a little mastering error). This is the only CD (except for the 4-CD box set "The Long Voyage Home"), which sums up Joe Cocker's entire career together. With a little more care and using the term one (resp. Two) CDs they could have earned the title of "Ultimate". But a fun-filled introduction and overview for those interested and fans it represents all.

A treat for collectors is the very dynamic and atmospheric live version of Ruby Lee (probably live at the Ritz, 1987), which was to be found only on the 1989 When the Night Comes Maxi.