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Ill-Fated and Incomplete:
A "Hot Burrito #2", but No "Hot Burrito #1"? A Flying Burrito Brothers Collection lacking the most DEFINITIVE version of The Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody"? Or novelty numbers, such as "Hippie Boy", "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Loud, Loud Music", "God's Own Singer" or "My Uncle"? If you need furthur proof of Universal's mangling and abusive treatment of an artist's catalog, look no further! At least the out of print FARTHER ALONG collection put over 60-Minutes of music on its 1 CD. Not to mention a more Definitive Song Selection for even the most CASUAL listener. HOT BURRITOS! kind of over does it, spanning 2 discs, but at least it IS the most worthwhile set. Though the long-out-of-print-only-on-vinyl-collection, CLOSE UP THE HONKY-TONKS also gives a better portrait of this group's stregnths. Not to mention good remakes of "Roll Over Beethoven", Larry Williams' "Bony Moronie" and their sometimes mentors, The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie". Sorry, Boys!! I'll just as well go for the original A & M's, GILDED PALACE OF SIN, BURRITO DELUXE, THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS and LAST OF THE RED HOT BURRITOS. And I'm just a casual listener, too!

Ignore the other reviews of this CD:
The Millennium series of CDs offer great sound (they're all digitally remastered) at a good price. I'm sick and tired of people complaining about these CDs. This one is an excellent place to sart for new fans of The Flying Burrito Brothers. It's classic Gram Parsons era Burrito Brothers. It's well worth the price.

Great music, but a poor product...:
I agree... What is MCA's (and by extension, Universal's...) problem with being so goddamn stingy with their reissue records??? It just doesn't make sense to put out such skimpy records for an audience that has become used to top-notch, 20+ track reissue albums. Still, the first reviewer is right, too: there's nothing wrong with the music that's on here. There just oughtta be more of it.

Do I really have to say this...?:
Hmm, lessee... 21 tracks on "Further Along", 12 tracks here, both the same price... the choice is yours!!

20th Century Master Cheapskates:
The first reviewer is right. Why bother with this disc when you have so many better choices out there. Get the original studio albums, particularly GILDED PALACE + BURRITO DELUXE (2 for 1). Meanwhile, hope and pray that the self-titled third album, issued years ago by Mobile Fidelity but now out of print, gets reissued. Remember, if you see these look-alike discs in this 20th Century Masters series on any of your favorite artists, you can bet you're going to be shortchanged. This series is all about money - not music - or artwork.

• Christine's Tune (A.K.A. Devil in Disguise)
• Sin City
• Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
• Dark End of the Street
• Wheels
• Hot Burrito No. 2
• Train Song
• Lazy Days
• Cody, Cody
• Break My Mind
• Together Again
• Wild Horses