Editorial Review:

Album Description:
1998 BGO reissue with two of the pop guitarist/ vocalist's best LPs for the Imperial label together on one CD: 1967's 'Rewind' & 1968's 'Realization'. A combined total of 21 tracks, including 'The Tracks Of My Tears', 'Baby I Need Your Loving', 'Hey Joe', 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' and 'Positively 4th Street'. All tracks are digitally remasteredfrom the original master tapes. Also includes faithfully restored artwork & additional sleeve notes.

Album Details:
Two Orignal 60's LPs Reissued on One CD. 21 Tracks, Including 'Tracks of My Tears', 'Baby I Need Your Loving', 'Hey Joe', a Whiter Shade of Pale'& 'Positively Fourth Street'.

Rating: - A good listen
When Jimmy Webb was riding high, Johnny Rivers took advantage of covering his songs and did a good job. As I recently listened to this cd, particularly on the "Rewind" album, it dawned on me how similar the arrangements were on most of these songs. Lush strings,horns, and piccolo etc. with Johnny's voice out front.If you listen to these songs one after the other the sameness kind of gets to you. However, each one on its own merits still sounds great. I made my own cd and mixed his songs with other ... Read More

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Rating: - What a Find!
I never dreamed I'd find, not one but both, my favorite Johnny Rivers albums on one CD yet. I'm almost in tears as I hear these songs, some for the first time since I was a teenager. It just brings back all those memories of first love and good times. This is the Johnny Rivers I love!
Thanks to Universal/BMG for keeping this wonderful music alive!

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Rating: - Nearly 40 years later...........
I have been transferred back in time and loving every single minute of it! I have searched for this album (Rewind/Realization) for years and when I stumbled upon it after nearly giving up on my search, I was ecstatic!! Johnny Rivers has always been one of my favorite artists and Jimmy Webb wrote songs that seemed to call me by name. I can remember the first time I split the cellophane on Rewind and put that vinyl on my turntable. What a heavenly experience it was. I had the same feeling when I split ... Read More

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Rating: - Rewind Realization
I was looking forward to all these great songs of Johnny Rivers on one CD! I was amazed and dissapointed at the poor quality. I brought out the Johnny Rivers Anothology CD's I purchased a few years ago to compare . There is no comparison in the quality of the same songs. It is a shame this studio is doing such a disservice to such a great artist. Amazon needs to re-consider using them as a vendor.

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Rating: - Incredible classic
All it took was the lead in to Hey Joe, the first song on the Realization portion of the CD, and I was off the planet. Couldn't ask for a more fabulous flashback to the late 60's. Johnny Rivers at his best and never got enough accolades for this amazing album. This CD is more than a collectable. The Realization album was a must in 68/69, and still is. Only wish the remastering was a bit more expansive.