The Early Years 1971–1977

Tracklist

• CD 1: R.E.O. Speedwagon (1971)
• 1
  Gypsy Woman’s Passion
  5:17
• 2
  157 Riverside Avenue
  3:58
• 3
  Anti‐Establishment Man
  5:21
• 4
  Lay Me Down
  3:51
• 5
  Sophisticated Lady
  4:01
• 6
  Five Men Were Killed Today
  3:01
• 7
  Prison Women
  2:36
• 8
  Dead at Last
  10:07
• 9
  157 Riverside Avenue (mono single)
  2:56
• 10
  Lay Me Down (mono single)
  3:19
• 11
  Sophisticated Lady (mono single)
  2:50
• CD 2: R.E.O. / T.W.O. (1972)
• 1
  Let Me Ride
  5:55
• 2
  How the Story Goes
  3:30
• 3
  Little Queenie
  6:35
• 4
  Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)
  6:00
• 5
  Music Man
  4:33
• 6
  Like You Do
  5:53
• 7
  Flash Tan Queen
  4:17
• 8
  Golden Country
  6:33
• 9
  Little Queenie (mono single)
  3:32
• CD 3: Ridin' the Storm Out (1973)
• 1
  Ridin’ the Storm Out
  4:12
  1.0 ★
• 2
  Whiskey Night
  4:43
• 3
  Oh Woman
  2:46
• 4
  Find My Fortune
  2:53
• 5
  Open Up
  3:31
• 6
  Movin’
  3:21
• 7
  Son of a Poor Man
  3:44
• 8
  Start a New Life
  3:48
• 9
  It’s Everywhere
  3:25
• 10
  Without Expression (Don’t Be the Man)
  3:51
• 11
  Ridin' the Storm Out (mono single)
  2:29
• 12
  Open Up (mono single)
  3:04
• 13
  Ridin’ the Storm Out

  feat. Kevin Cronin
  4:11
• 14
  Son of a Poor Man

  feat. Kevin Cronin
  3:50
• CD 4: Lost in a Dream (1974)
• 1
  Give Me a Ride (Roller Coaster)
  3:48
• 2
  Throw the Chains Away
  2:23
• 3
  Sky Blues
  3:19
• 4
  You Can Fly
  4:14
• 5
  Lost in a Dream
  6:32
• 6
  Down by the Dam
  4:36
• 7
  Do Your Best
  3:22
• 8
  Wild as the Western Wind
  4:03
• 9
  They’re on the Road
  3:40
• 10
  I’m Feeling Good
  3:03
• 11
  Throw the Chains Away (mono single)
  2:22
• CD 5: This Time We Mean It (1975)
• 1
  Reelin’
  4:32
• 2
  Headed for a Fall
  3:07
• 3
  River of Life
  4:26
• 4
  Out of Control
  2:53
• 5
  You Better Realize
  3:49
• 6
  Gambler
  3:40
• 7
  Candalera
  3:06
• 8
  Lies
  4:36
• 9
  Dance
  4:13
• 10
  Dream Weaver
  5:12
• 11
  Reelin’ (mono single)
  3:25
• 12
  Out of Control (mono single)
  2:49
• CD 6: R.E.O. (1976)
• 1
  Keep Pushin’
  4:05
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Any Kind of Love
  3:39
• 3
  (Only a) Summer Love
  4:38
• 4
  (I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come
  5:02
• 5
  Breakaway
  4:13
• 6
  Flying Turkey Trot
  2:35
• 7
  Tonight
  3:12
• 8
  Lightning
  5:51
• 9
  Keep Pushin’ (mono single)
  3:09
• 10
  Keep Pushin’ (live)
  4:03
• CD 7: Live: You Get What You Play For (1977) (disc 1)
• 1
  Like You Do
  6:54
• 2
  Lay Me Down
  3:39
• 3
  Any Kind of Love
  3:35
• 4
  Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)
  6:36
• 5
  Keep Pushin’
  4:06
  3.0 ★
• 6
  (Only a) Summer Love
  6:05
• 7
  Son of a Poor Man
  5:31
• 8
  (I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come
  4:49
• CD 8: Live: You Get What You Play For (1977) (disc 2)
• 1
  Flying Turkey Trot
  2:36
• 2
  Gary’s Guitar Solo
  6:14
• 3
  157 Riverside Avenue
  7:38
• 4
  Ridin’ the Storm Out
  5:48
• 5
  Music Man
  2:57
• 6
  Little Queenie
  4:55
• 7
  Golden Country
  8:24

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Release credits

• Bill Halverson
  producer [5]
• Billy Rose Ⅱ
  producer [1.5, 2.5, 2.8]
• John Stronach
  producer [7.5, 6.1, 6.4]
• Paul Leka
  producer [2.5, 2.8, 1.5]

Issues

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  The Early Years 1971–1977

  8x CD
  28 September 2018