The Crusaders - Way Back Home (1970)

The music on this four-CD box set is mostly excellent, and this is not a bad sampler of the recordings of the (Jazz) Crusaders, but there are some problems. The 1961-70 group is covered much too quickly in the first disc, and the last two discs jump around chronologically throughout the '70s. The lack of recording dates is rather inexcusable, and the odd programming makes it difficult to trace the popular band's evolution. On the other hand, the extensive liner notes by Quincy Troupe are refreshingly honest, and many of the high points of the group's existence (including "The Young Rabbits," "Freedom Sound," "Eleanor Rigby," "Put It Where You Want It," their classic rendition of "So Far Away," and "Street Life") are included. Worth picking up by beginners, although veteran collectors will prefer to get the more complete original sets instead.

The Crusaders: Wilton Felder (vocals, saxophone, electric bass); Wayne Henderson (vocals, trombone); Joe Sample (vocals, piano, keyboards); Nesbit "Stix" Hooper (vocals, drums, percussion).


Tracklisting:

CD 01

1.Young Rabbits, The
2.Freedom Sound
3.Brother Barnard
4.Tough Talk
5.Scratch
6.Blues up Tight
7.Eleanor Rigby
8.Inside the Outside
9.Jazz!
10.Thank You
11.Golden Slumbers
12.Way Back Home
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 The Crusaders - Way Back Home - Volume 2

CD 02

1.Put It Where You Want It
2.So Far Away
3.Sweet Revival
4.That's How I Feel
5.Three Children
6.Mosadi
7.Shade of Blue, A
8.Tough Talk
9.Don't Let It Get You Down
10.Message from the Inner City, A
11.Search for Soul, A
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 The Crusaders - Way Back Home - Volume3

CD 03

1.Scratch
2.Hard Times
3.Stomp and Buck Dance
4.Double Bubble
5.Crossfire
6.Lilies of the Nile
7.When There's Love Around
8.Ballad for Joe (Louis)
9.Whispering Pines
10.Chain Reaction
11.Creole

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 The Crusaders - Way Back Home - Volume 4

CD 04

1.Free as the Wind
2.Sweet 'N' Sour
3.I Felt the Love
4.Spiral
5.Night Crawler
6.Keep That Same Old Feeling
7.It Happens Everyday
8.Snowflake
9.Fairy Tales
10.Street Life
11.Way Back Home

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