Compare Living and Dying in 3/4 Time by Jimmy Buffett to Classic Heep: An Anthology by Uriah Heep

Also available with A WHITE SPORT COAT AND A PINK CRUSTACEAN on 1 cassette. Personnel: Jimmy Buffett (vocals, guitar); Don Gant, David Bryant , Bergen White, Buzz Cason (vocals); Lanny Fiel, Reggie Young (guitar); Doyle Grisham (steel guitar); Greg "Fingers" Taylor (harmonica); Billy Puett (horns); Mike Utley (keyboards); Sammy Creason (drums); Farrell Morris (percussion). Jimmy Buffett's second major label album is rather '70s-mellow, although songs such as "Brand New Country Star" and "The Wino and I Know" begin to hint at the tequila-swilling beachcomber character to come. The big selling point here is Buffett's first chart hit "Come Monday," a sentimental his-baby-left-him ballad (with strings, no less) that anticipates "Margaritaville" (albeit without the sense of humor). Other noteworthy tracks include a hilarious coming-of-age-watching-'50s-TV reminiscence ("Pencil Thin Mustache") with the great line "Ramar of the Jungle was everybody's bwana/but only jazz musicians were smoking marijuana," and an... Less

Uriah Heep: David Byron (vocals); Ken Hensley (acoustic, electric & slide guitars, harpsichord, piano, keyboards, Mellotron, organ, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion, tubular bells, background vocals); Mick Box (acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); John Wetton (guitar, electric piano, Mellotron, bass, background vocals); Gary Thain, Paul Newton (bass, background vocals); Lee Kerslake (drums, percussion, background vocals); Colin Wood (keyboards); Keith Baker, Alex Napier, Nigel Ollson (drums, percussion); Ian Clarke (drums). Producers: Gerry Bron, Uriah Heep. Compilation producer: Bill Levenson. Includes liner notes by Ken Hensley. Digitally remastered by Steve Fallone (Polygram Studios). While most rock bands of the early '70s either dabbled in heavy metal or prog-rock, few attempted to merge the two. Many assume that the originators were the famous Canadian trio Rush, but England's Uriah Heep were the true founders. Since 1970, guitarist Mick Box has been the band's only... Less