Anthology: The First 30 Years

A amazing compilation of hits thru 30 years of the Marshall Tucker Band. though a 3rd album or DVD would if made this the best hits package. It is a close 2nd to th3 album The Capricorn years

In the 70's Southern Rock really begin to take shape. Living here in Nashville Charlie Daniels Band was the big thing with the Volunteer Jam. When Marshall Tucker Band came out with the first album with tracks like "Take The Highway" and "Can't You See" everyone I knew took notice and the rest is history and this double album covers it all just fine.From the start thru the middle and up to now you get a complete musical journey of MTB. You get all their hits along with all the good stuff that didn't get the same airplay but still solid. Right off the bat on the first disc you're hit with "Take The Highway", "Can't You See", "24 Hours At A time" and "Fire On The Mountain". If there's one small "con" it would be lack of Live songs which was the trademark of MTB. Especially "24 Hours At A Time" with Charlie Daniels on fiddle. A extra bonus is the small booklet that's the cd cover as well. It has a history lessson on MTB from start to now. You get a insight behind the songs to who everyone is and lineup changes thru the years. Really good reading. A great collection of songs from a bunch of close friends out of a small South Carolina town.

Half of this compilation is great. I've been listening to the first CD a lot lately. It has all the classics--"Take the Highway," "Can't You See" and "Heard It in a Love Song." Most of the tracks, however, are just as good as those. It shows Marshall Tucker was as good as any southern rock group of the 70s. The guitar work is great, and it's not easy to pull off flute in popular music, but the boys do it. The reason I give the collection 4 stars rather than five is because of disc two. It's merely okay. Some flashes of brilliance but not equal to the band's earlier cuts. That's to be expected: most bands didn't get out of the late 70s and 80s alive. Disc one: five stars. Disc two: three. A must buy if you like the band's work. Disc one is well worth it.

Dip me in axle grease and call me Slick! This double CD out-maneuvered ALL my great expectations. Obviously, there's Fire On The Mountain, and Heard It In A Love Song. But, there's so much more really good music on this double CD set. Look into some hidden gems like Can't You See, A New Life and Time Don't Pass By Here. This Redneck Riviera makes me want order their live set from '77. Bottom Line: They are a Southern rock band from South Carolina, and they sing songs about the old West and cattle drives. If you're looking for a rock and roll rodeo from the old South, here it is, in all its glory! Yee Ha!!!!!

It was a nice blend of hits. CD 1 has all the hits that anyone would recognize and CD 2 for the die hard MT fans would enjoy. If you are not a MT fan you would probably not be familiar with these songs on disc 2.

Good overview of the band. Would like to see even more of the original band's output included (no "This 'Ol Cowboy" or "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky" included), but a nice solid listen, nonetheless.Probably as close as you're gonna get to a complete retrospective on the group.

The Marshall tucker band was the first concert that I have ever been to IT was in Athens Georgia I think it was in 1975 I think from then it take to long they were up to the top with bands from all over the south and the band is still playing today and they are still one of the best live bands playing

I liked disc #1 as it is a great collection of the MT band's more popular stuff.I did have to buy idividual albums to get some of the songs not on this album ( see my other review) Disc Two contains music from the later reincarnation of the M T band after the Caldwell Brothers Died I never much cared for this band eventhough they recorded a few great tracks.

I had the first couple of years on vinyl which I raved about but the second CD on this album representing the next 15 years of their music brought even more joy.They're a kind of band where you like only half the tracks on each album but you buy the albums because the music is so good. After having bought two double albums of their best I am now more than satisfied.

Extremely good band. I have been listening to them since I was young and lived in Alabama. A group of us used to sing ing with Heard it in a Love Song. I was hooked on them from the beginning with Take The Highway.

I have had the privilege of listening to these guys for a few years now as i as introduced to the sounds of MTB through my oldest brothers taste,they have always delivered on every track recorded by these guys, this was purchased so we can listen in the car as well as at home, such great sounds for any time anywhere you go.

If you have never heard of the Band this is tha album which will get you looking for more - a really varied and excellent compilation.

This was bought as a present for a friend, they loved it, I've ran out of things to say but Amazon wont let me post this review without using up all my words for this paragraph... So there... :-)