Albert Hammond je britský spevák, gitarista a hudobný producent, ktorého skladby ako It Never Rains in Southern California alebo The Air That I Breathe patria ku klasikám žánru soft rock sedemdesiatych rokov. Pôsobil aj ako skladateľ pre množstvo ďalších umelcov, okrem iného spolupracoval s Mikom Hazlewoodom, Carole Bayer Sager či Royom Orbisonom.
Box Original Album Classics vyšiel v roku 2016 a zahŕňa celkovo 51 nahrávok na piatich kompaktných diskoch. Kolekcia predstavuje prierez Hammondovou diskografiou a okrem spomínaných hitov obsahuje aj skladby The Free Electric Band, 99 Miles From L.A. alebo Anyone Here in the Audience. Sada ponúka ucelenú retrospektívu jedného z výrazných predstaviteľov pop-rockovej scény sedemdesiatych rokov.
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CD1 The Free Electric Band
1 Smokey Factory Blues
2 The Peacemaker
3 Woman Of The World
4 Everything I Want To Do
5 Who's For Lunch Today?
6 The Free Electric Band
7 Rebecca
8 The Day The British Army Lost The War
9 For The Peace Of All Mankind
10 I Think I'll Go That Way
2 The Peacemaker
3 Woman Of The World
4 Everything I Want To Do
5 Who's For Lunch Today?
6 The Free Electric Band
7 Rebecca
8 The Day The British Army Lost The War
9 For The Peace Of All Mankind
10 I Think I'll Go That Way
CD2 It Never Rains In Southern California
1 Listen To The World
2 If You Gotta Break Another Heart
3 From Great Britain To L.A.
4 Brand New Day
5 Anyone Here In The Audience
6 It Never Rains In Southern California
7 Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels
8 Down By The River
9 The Road To Understanding
10 The Air That I Breathe
1 Listen To The World
2 If You Gotta Break Another Heart
3 From Great Britain To L.A.
4 Brand New Day
5 Anyone Here In The Audience
6 It Never Rains In Southern California
7 Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels
8 Down By The River
9 The Road To Understanding
10 The Air That I Breathe
CD3 99 Miles From L.A.
1 99 Miles From L.A. (Newly Recorded Version)
2 Down By The River
3 One Life
4 Love Isn't Love Till You Give It Away
5 The Face Not The Image
6 These Are The Good Old Days
7 Lay The Music Down
8 Rivers Are For Boats
9 Somebody's Happiness
10 A Job Is A Home To A Homeless Man
11 To All The Girls I've Loved Before
2 Down By The River
3 One Life
4 Love Isn't Love Till You Give It Away
5 The Face Not The Image
6 These Are The Good Old Days
7 Lay The Music Down
8 Rivers Are For Boats
9 Somebody's Happiness
10 A Job Is A Home To A Homeless Man
11 To All The Girls I've Loved Before
CD4 When I Need You
1 Tangled Up In Tears
2 To All The Girls I've Loved Before (New Version)
3 Kaleidoscope
4 Rivers Are For Boats (New Version)
5 You And I
6 99 Miles From L.A (New Version)
7 When I Need You
8 Cry Baby
9 Moonlight Lady
10 All Alone Am I
2 To All The Girls I've Loved Before (New Version)
3 Kaleidoscope
4 Rivers Are For Boats (New Version)
5 You And I
6 99 Miles From L.A (New Version)
7 When I Need You
8 Cry Baby
9 Moonlight Lady
10 All Alone Am I
CD5 Somewhere In America
1 The Light At The End Of The Line
2 Sweet Defector
3 Rendezvous
4 Shoot Em Up , Shoot Em Down
5 Hero On Parade
6 Oh What A Time
7 Before You Change The World
8 The Right Time
9 Doe Was The Loving Kind
10 Somewhere In America
2 Sweet Defector
3 Rendezvous
4 Shoot Em Up , Shoot Em Down
5 Hero On Parade
6 Oh What A Time
7 Before You Change The World
8 The Right Time
9 Doe Was The Loving Kind
10 Somewhere In America
