2012 three CD set that summarizes all the splendor of the style that influenced much of British Rock, from Punk through Britpop to Techno Pop. As a cultural and musical style, Glam Rock was born in 1971, with the release of the song 'Ride a White Swan' by T. Rex. From that moment forward, there arose a veritable fever which invariably topped the European charts. Artists such as David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Roxy Music, Slade, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Suzi Quatro, Glitter Band, the Sweet, Mott, Cockney Rebel, Suede and the aforementioned T. Rex became the heads of style, and all are included in Glam Rock Trilogy, the definitive album.
M**E
Don't Forget Your Glitter...
Haven't you ever felt like putting on your mile high platform boots, your spaceage Bowie dress, and coloring your hair green or red? Okay, I haven't either but that still didn't stop me from buying this Glam Rock Anthology. A lot of this stuff I already have from previous CDs, but there are still many joys to be had in this three disc set. The price is certainly right too. With Mick Ronson, The Sweet, Roxy Music, Cockney Rebel, T. Rex and many others you will probably find something to like. I'm not sure I consider The Runaways or Suzi Quatro as glam...but they sure dressed like they belonged. They were more like the hybred between hard rock and punk. As for Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, their flirtation with glam gave us some rather interesting songs. I've always liked Reed's "Vicious" even if it came off as too much posturing. I don't really feel like Iggy's (and Bowie's) "China Girl" and "The Passenger" were glam at all. There are other interesting glam groups on here as well...Mud, Hello, and (gasp)...The Glitter Band. There is only one Slade song but there should have been more since they were one of the bigger glam bands around. I'm not sure that Alice Cooper fits on here but I always enjoy hearing "No More Mr. Nice Guy" anyway. Ian Hunter is always welcome no matter what the catagory and the Mott songs bring back memories. I'm also happy to have Dana Gillespie's version of Bowie's "Andy Warhol" All in all, it's a nice time capsule of a very short lived period of music...you know, the era where men were women...and women were men...or something like that. Get out your pixie dust and glitter and enjoy!!!
L**G
Beware- MANY tracks are live or re-recordings!!!
From the track listing, this seems like a tremendous glam comp. When you start listening, it's another story. Many of these classics are live versions or recorded in the 2000s, like "Cherry Bomb". Or substandard versions of songs licensed from Cleopatra... I feel like "Live Version" should always be notated on the track listing of the packaging and especially on mailorders vendors like amazon. Thinking you're getting the original, when it's a crappy live or re-recording is false advertising, period.
L**E
Looks nice, but...
Not original recordings. Lots of poor quality live tracks.
S**L
Glam Rock Anthology (3 CD)
The best collection!
C**L
Für Entdecker
Bumbumbum tscharaddadabum, tscharaddada bum, Bängbängbängbäng, Gitarre nach Drums, so fangen die meisten dieser Glamtracks an, uns vielleicht noch aus Can the can von Suzie Quattro im Ohr. Sehr gut zusammengestellte und hervorragend gemasterte CD mit vielen eher unbekannteren Live-Tracks und Mixes (z.B. von Iggy Pops „Passenger“), die nur echten Aficionados bekannt sein dürften. Der Kompilateur Marcelo Montolivo hat eine kleine englischsprachige Einordnung des Glam in die Pophistorie ins Inlay geschrieben und deutet Glam als Phänomen eines homo- und bisexuellen Outcomings nach der Befreiung der Heteros durch die Hippiebewegung. Montolivi begründet seine Auswahl nach ästhetischen, historischen und Gründen der Besonderheit und liefert zu allen Tracks der drei CDs Erklärungen und Informationen zur Entstehung. Schon allein die Lektüre ist Vergnügen an sich. Wer dann die CD abhört, wird mit einer Zeitreise belohnt, die das Schwelgen in Erinnerungen mit dem grandiosen gemasterten Sound verbindet. Ich bin ein Fan von T.Rex und dem frühen Bowie. Bowies Gitarrist Ronson ist auf einigen der hervorragenden Tracks zu hören, sein Sound ist es wohl, der mich immer an Bowie gefesselt hat. Keine Angst vor Showaddywaddy und solchen Dingen, die auch auf der Tracklist stehen. Montololivo hat nur die besten Versionen gewählt und auch solchen B-Groups eine Referenz erwiesen, die früher keiner ernst genommen hat. Schönes Cover, schöner Sound, schönes Design, gute Infos. Prädikat: Absolut preiswert. Ein Wermutstropfen: Was Cockney Rebel, die eher nach Ska klingen, auf der CD zu suchen haben, scheint mir schleierhaft, zumal auch der Klang dieser Tracks unter aller Kanone ist.
I**E
Ein Juwel des Glamrock !
Ein Trible-Album mit unglaublichen Tracks für sucher & Kenner. raritäten die authentisch die Verbindung und Vorspiel zum darauffolgendem PUNKROCK aufzeigen ! Viele unbekannte aber wirklich hammermässige Tracks dabei.Auch alternative Version die wirklich klasse sind.Zu empfehlen zu der Scheibe ist das Buch GLAMROCK von Barney Hoskyns und dem Neo-Glamrock-Film VELVET GOLDMINE (beides hier im amazon erhältlich).
B**O
buono
bella la selezione dei brani, peccato per la scelta di prendere dei live per alcuni brani quali viciuos, cherry bomb
B**N
Rubbish
Rubbish.
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