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The Very Best of Saxon | 
 enlarge | Artist: Saxon
Label: EMI Gold
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4165
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 094638503729
EAN: 0094638503729
ASIN: B000L22WSU
Release Date: January 22, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Wheels Of Steel | | • | Stand Up And Be Counted | | • | 747 (Strangers In The Night) | | • | See The Light Shining | | • | Suzie Hold On | | • | Judgement Day (Live) | | • | Motorcycle Man | | • | Street Fighting Gang | | • | Backs To The Wall | | • | Militia Guard | | • | Big Teaser | | • | Rainbow Theme | | • | Frozen Rainbow | | • | Stallions Of The Highway | | • | Strong Arm Of The Law | | • | Taking Your Chances | | • | Dallas 1 PM | | • | And The Bands Played On |
Disc 2
| • | Hungry Years | | • | Heavy Metal Thunder | | • | Never Surrender | | • | 20,000 Ft | | • | Midnight Rider | | • | Princess Of The Night | | • | Fire In The Sky | | • | Motorcycle Man (Live) | | • | 747 (Strangers In The Night) (Live) | | • | Strong Arm Of The Law (Live) | | • | 20,000 Ft (Live) | | • | Wheels Of Steel (Live) | | • | Dallas 1 PM (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon) | | • | Midnight Rider (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon) | | • | Power And The Glory | | • | Nightmare | | • | Midas Touch | | • | Redline |
Disc 3
| • | Sailing To America | | • | A Little Bit Of What You Fancy | | • | Do It All For You | | • | Just Let Me Rock | | • | Crusader | | • | Back On The Streets | | • | Live Fast Die Young | | • | Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy | | • | Krakatoa | | • | Waiting For The Night | | • | Chase The Fade | | • | Rock The Nations | | • | Northern Lady | | • | Everybody Up (Live) | | • | Ride Like The Wind | | • | Red Alert | | • | I Can't Wait Anymore | | • | Broken Heroes |
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| Customer Reviews:
power and the glory May 5, 2008
without doubt this is the best "best of" available that covers the boys at the height of the NWOBHM. Thoroughly covers the EMI years, and let's be honest, who cares about the dreaded late 80's and most of the 90's, when they went European. They couldn't get arrested here. This 3 cd package highlights the obvious singles and best known album tracks, plus a few album fillers. All in all this is a great place to start for you youngsters who missed them 30 years ago, and even better for us old farts who have been dragged kicking and screaming into the light of the 21st century and have had to replace our vinyl and tapes. Great to see that Saxon are still a major player in the heritage metal arena, and are recapturing the heady heights of the tracks herein. Go buy, now!
 Must buy February 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have all my Saxon albums on vinyl except Denim and Leather, wish I'd waited for this release. Loved Saxon in the 70's but this still rocks today. What great value for money. If you have not heard of Saxon buy this and if you are into heavy rock/metal you will not be disappointed.
and the band played on May 31, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently rediscovered my Saxon collection. Across Vinyl and cassettes and various single etc I have all the stuff on this CD, there are many fine moments indeed but it's 2007 and I haven't got a cassette player in the car anymore so this cheap box set was too good to miss! The track listing on Amazon is wrong but the quality is undisputed. The first Cd covers the 'Saxon' to 'Strong Arm' era including big chunks of all three albums. Wheels of Steel and Strong Arm of the Law being particularly good albums. This is a 5 star CD in itself. The second Cd starts with the rest of the 'Strong Arm' era leading through to 'Power & the Glory' via 'Denim & Leather' and 'The Eagle has Landed' Unfortunately its at this point 1982/3 that things start to go array as Saxon go a bit soft in their approach, presumably for the american market. The third Cd covers 'Crusader' to 'Destiny' a wierd period during which Saxon went all AOR and, probably due to the trend at the time, glammed up their image. Stranger still Paul Quinn got hair after years under a cap ( and now bandana!) - no offense Paul. It's this period which sounds seriously dated now with only a handful of tracks Krakatoa and Red Alert showing glimmers of past highs. In summary though, a corking collection but there is a double CD of Wheels of Steel and Strong Arm of the Law CDs available which may well be a better bet AND get the elusive fifth star.
The Very Best of Saxon March 8, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Long-time fans of Saxon will have all of these on worn vinyl I am sure, but will appreciate the crystal clear sound of the CD. Biff and the boys definitely benefit from the cleaner sound of the digital universe.
Disc 1 is a corker, if you ask anyone with any metal knowledge to name a Saxon song, then 10 out of 10 times they will name '747(strangers in the night)', and here it is in all it's glory, alongside other classics and crowd pleasers like '20,000ft', 'Wheels of Steel' and 'Strong Arm of the Law'.
Disc 2 carries on where Disc 1 left off, with more favourites and the essential live versions of the best of disc 1. 'Dallas 1pm' has a guitar solo that makes grown men weep, and 'Princess of the Night' is guaranteed to give the hairs on the back of your neck a good work out. Disc 2 also has a clutch of tracks from the very underrated 'Power and the Glory' album which are worth a listen.
Disc 3 is a let down. All the stuff on it is competent enough for sure, but it never quite captures the essential edge from the earlier albums. Saying that, it is all worth a listen, and if you are unfamiliar with this era of Saxon's material you will not think any less of the boys for hearing it. The highlight for me is the ridiculous cover of 'Ride Like The Wind' which somehow works, but '747' it isn't.
Buy this album, overall it is very good value, but where is 'Denim and Leather'?.
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