The Classic Years: 1978–1990

Compilation by REO Speedwagon

Released 1 March 2019

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Tracklist

CD 1: You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish (1978)
1
Roll With the Changes
5:36
3.0 ★
2
Blazin’ Your Own Trail Again
3:41
3
Time for Me to Fly
3:07
3.4 ★
4
Lucky for You
3:31
5
The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot
2:34
6
Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight
5:00
7
Runnin’ Blind
2:52
8
Do You Know Where Your Woman Is Tonight?
2:17
9
Sing to Me
4:58
10
Roll With the Changes (short version)
2:54
11
Roll With the Changes (long version)
3:55
12
Time for Me to Fly (edit)
2:48
13
Son of a Poor Mann (live)
4:25
14
(I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come (live)
4:52
15
Flying Turkey Trot (live)
2:32
16
Keep Pushin’ (live)
3:49
17
Ridin’ the Storm Out (live)
4:42
18
Piano Interlude (live)
0:35
19
157 Riverside Avenue (live)
10:56
CD 2: Nine Lives (1979)
1
Heavy on Your Love
3:34
2
Drop It (An Old Disguise)
3:13
3
Only the Strong Survive
3:51
4
Easy Money
4:00
5
Rock & Roll Music
2:55
6
Take Me
3:29
7
I Need You Tonight
3:34
8
Meet Me on the Mountain
4:03
9
Back on the Road Again
5:38
10
Easy Money (edit)
3:21
11
157 Riverside Avenue
12:22
12
Ridin’ the Storm Out
6:01
CD 3: Hi Infidelity (1980)
1
Don’t Let Him Go
3:47
2.0 ★
2
Keep On Loving You
3:22
3.6 ★
3
Follow My Heart
3:48
4
In Your Letter
3:17
5
Take It on the Run
3:59
3.8 ★
6
Tough Guys
3:50
7
Out of Season
3:05
8
Shakin’ It Loose
2:25
9
Someone Tonight
2:40
10
I Wish You Were There
4:28
CD 4: Hi Infidelity (1980): Demos
1
Someone Tonight (demo)
2:48
2
Tough Guys (demo)
3:33
3
In Your Letter (demo)
4:06
4
Follow My Heart (demo)
3:55
5
Take It on the Run (demo)
4:00
6
Don’t Let Him Go (demo)
4:18
7
Keep On Loving You (demo)
3:28
8
Shakin’ It Loose (demo instrumental)
2:30
9
I Wish You Were There (demo)
4:59
10
Don’t Let Him Go (edit)
3:31
11
Take It on the Run (edit)
3:37
12
Don’t Let Him Go (live)
4:02
13
Keep On Loving You (live)
3:49
14
Take It on the Run (live)
4:27
15
In Your Letter (live)
4:23
16
Keep On Loving You (’89 reggae version)
3:44
CD 5: Good Trouble (1982)
1
Keep the Fire Burnin’
3:55
5.0 ★
2
Sweet Time
3:06
3
Girl With the Heart of Gold
4:25
4
Every Now and Then
3:59
5
I’ll Follow You
4:23
6
The Key
3:25
7
Back in My Heart Again
3:18
8
Let’s Be‐Bop
3:13
9
Stillness of the Night
3:42
10
Good Trouble
4:09
CD 6: Wheels Are Turnin’ (1984)
1
I Do Wanna Know
4:13
2
One Lonely Night
3:21
2.0 ★
3
Thru the Window
5:01
4
Rock ’n’ Roll Star
3:41
5
Live Every Moment
5:00
6
Can’t Fight This Feeling
4:54
3.9 ★
7
Gotta Feel More
4:27
8
Break His Spell
2:58
9
Wheels Are Turnin’
5:51
10
I Do Wanna Know (short version)
3:22
11
Live Every Moment (edit)
3:55
12
Wherever You’re Goin’ (It’s Alright) (remix)
4:15
13
Gotta Feel More (radio mix long version)
5:31
14
Gotta Feel More (radio mix short version)
4:21
15
Wherever You’re Goin’ (It’s Alright)
5:05
CD 7: Life as We Know It (1987)
1
New Way to Love
4:09
2
That Ain’t Love
4:01
3.0 ★
3
In My Dreams
4:30
2.0 ★
4
One Too Many Girlfriends
3:55
4.0 ★
5
Variety Tonight
4:30
6
Screams and Whispers
3:28
7
Can’t Get You Out of My Heart
3:33
8
Over the Edge
3:56
9
Accidents Can Happen
4:20
10
Tired of Gettin’ Nowhere
4:13
11
Variety Tonight (edit)
3:45
12
I Don’t Want to Lose You
3:10
13
Here With Me
5:07
2.0 ★
14
Here With Me (radio edit)
4:31
CD 8: The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken (1990)
1
Love Is a Rock
5:36
4.0 ★
2
The Heart Survives
4:52
3
Live It Up
4:00
4
All Heaven Broke Loose
4:16
5
Love in the Future
4:33
6
Half Way
4:17
7
Love to Hate
4:08
8
You Won’t See Me
3:21
9
Can’t Lie to My Heart
4:39
10
L.I.A.R.
3:09
3.0 ★
11
Go for Broke
3:30
12
All Heaven Broke Loose (album version–more guitar)
4:12
13
All Heaven Broke Loose (single version–more vocal)
4:13
14
Just for You (radio edit)
4:02
15
Just for You (full length version)
4:39
16
’til the Rivers
4:15
CD 9: Live (1980–1990)
1
Don’t Let Him Go (Kemper Arena 1985)
4:15
2
Tough Guys (Kemper Arena 1985)
3:37
3
Take It on the Run (Kemper Arena 1985)
4:15
4
I Do Wanna Know (Kemper Arena 1985)
4:13
5
Can’t Fight This Feeling (Kemper Arena 1985)
4:55
6
Keep the Fire Burning (Rockford Metro Centre 1983)
4:38
7
Roll With the Changes (Rockford Metro Centre 1983)
5:23
8
That Ain’t Love (Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis 1987)
4:17
9
Back on the Road Again (Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu 1989)
6:38
10
Live It Up (Club Eastbrook, Grand Rapids)
4:42
11
Roll With the Changes (Denver, CO 1981)
5:27
12
Ridin’ the Storm Out (Denver, CO 1981)
4:58
13
Keep On Lovin’ You (Indianapolis, IN 1984)
3:27
14
Johnny B. Goode (Indianapolis, IN 1985)
4:06
15
Can’t Fight This Feeling (Grand Rapids, MI 1990)
4:44
16
Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight (Alpine Valley, WI 1980)
4:48
17
Time for Me to Fly (St. Louis, MO 1987)
3:56

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Release credits

Alan Gratzer
co [7.3, 3.1-8], drums (drum set) [5.1-10, 6.1, 3.1-8, 1.1-9, 7.13], producer [5.1-10, 7.2, 6.1-2, 6.5-6], tambourine [3, 7]
Andrea Robinson
background vocals [1-2]
Bruce Barris
assistant [1-10]
Bruce Hall
bass [1-8], bass guitar [7.13, 6.1, 1.1-9, 5.1-10], lead vocals [3, 8]
Carla Day
background vocals [1-2]
Darlene Koldenhoven
background vocals [1-2]
David DeVore
assistant [1-2], producer [2], recording [1]
Debra Dobkin
background vocals [1]
Eric Persing
additional [13], programming [13], synthesizer [13]
Gary Lubow
additional [1-9]
Gary Richards
producer [6]
Gary Richrath
electric guitar [6.1, 5.1-2, 5.4-7, 5.9-10], guitar [1.1-9, 5.3, 5.8, 3.1-8, 7.13], producer [1.1-9, 3.1-8, 5.1-10, 6.1-2, 6.5, 7.2-3, 2.3]
Janis Liebhart
background vocals [1-2]
Jeff Eccles
assistant [1-8]
Jesse Harms
producer [1-3]
Jim Scott
producer [1-3], recording [1-2]
Julian Stoll
assistant [1]
Julie Last
assistant [1]
Keith Olsen
producer [13]
Kevin Beamish
engineer [3.1-8, 4.1, 5.1-10], producer [7.3, 5.1-10, 3.1-8]
Kevin Cronin
acoustic guitar [5.1-2, 5.4-5, 5.7, 5.9, 1.1, 6.1, 3.1-5], arranger [1.1-9, 3.1-6, 6.6], background vocals [6.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.8, 5.1-2, 5.4, 5.7-8, 5.10], guitar [7.13, 5.6, 5.10, 1.2-9, 3.1, 3.6-7], lead vocals [5.1-7, 5.9-10, 6.1, 3.1, 3.5-7, 1.1-4, 1.6-9, 7.13], piano [1.1, 5.1], producer [6.1-2, 6.5-6, 7.2-3, 8.1-3, 3.1-8, 5.1-10, 1.1-9, 2.3]
Lon Price
saxophone [6]
Mike Tacci
assistant [3]
Neal Doughty
Hammond organ [3.2-3, 1.1, 1.7], Moog [3, 9], Rhodes piano [2], keyboard [13], organ [6.1, 5.1-2, 5.6, 5.10], piano [1.4-6, 1.8, 5.4-7, 3.4, 3.8], synthesizer [3.1, 3.5-7, 5.3-4, 5.7-9, 1.7, 7.13]
Paul Grupp
engineer [1-9], producer [1-9]
REO Speedwagon
arranger [6]
Richard Page
background vocals [5.1-4, 6.1, 3.2, 3.4]
Steve Foreman
percussion [1-2]
Steve Forman
chimes [2], crotales [2], percussion [1], shakers [6]
Steve Gallagher
assistant [3]
Terry Wood
background vocals [1-2]
Tom Cummings
assistant [5.1-10, 3.1-8]
Tom Kelly
background vocals [5.1-4, 6.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.8]
Tom Lord‐Alge
engineer [3], mix [1-3], producer [1-3]
Tommy Funderburk
background vocals [13]

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The Classic Years: 1978–1990
9x CD (deluxe edition)
1 March 2019