The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

the ozark mountain daredevils

Track Listings

1. Country Girl

2. Spaceship Orion

3. If You Wanna Get to Heaven

4. Chicken Train

5. Colorado Song

6. Standin' on the Rock

7. Road to Glory

8. Black Sky

9. Within Without

10. Beauty in the River

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The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Time Warp: The Very Best of Ozark Mountain Daredevils

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CRIMINAL
One MAJOR missing piece
A good OMD compilation
juicereview
Where's Black Sky???

Time Warp: The Very Best of Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Manufacturer: A&M
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The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

ASIN: B000053GU9
Release Date: 2000-12-05

Tracks:

If You Wanna Get to Heaven
Jackie Blue
Country Girl
Chicken Train
Spaceship Orion
Standing on the Rock
Road to Glory
You Made It Right
Look Away
E.E. Lawson
It Probably Always Will
Walkin' Down the Road
It'll Shine When It Shines
Keep on Churnin'
Leatherwood
Cobblestone Mountain
Mr. Powell
Homemade Wine
Arroyo
Giving It All to the Wind
Time Warp

Customer Reviews:

CRIMINAL.......2006-12-19

I love OMD! I am from St. Louis, so this band is kinda hometown. They are from across the state but OMD are hometown to anyone in Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. This is a brilliant collection of songs.

HOWEVER... it it absolutely CRIMINAL to not have included their most brilliant song of all. I'm talking about, You Know Like I Know. The vocals and songwriting are second to none. None of OMD, none of The Eagles and none of Poco.

Buy this CD anyway, it's great. In fact, buy everything they have ever released. I mean that in every since of the word.

THIS BAND HAS TALENT... SO MUCH TALENT... YOU CANNOT BELIEVE!

One MAJOR missing piece .......2006-03-26

Sorry I have to break the 5-star-spell here. How you could put together a "Best of" for OMD and not include "Men from Earth"'s FLY AWAY HOME is beyond me!!! It's a moral outrage! It's worse than torture!!! It's.... okay, I'm messin'. But still, that is a terrific piece, their greatest in my mind, on all counts, and could easily have been in this package in lieu of "Jackie Blue". Never understood the popularity of that song, whimsical though it is. Anyway, do get Men From Earth just to hear, or at least to hear, FLY AWAY HOME. Country Rock at it's best.

A good OMD compilation.......2005-09-14

The OMD have a very unique style, if I had to describe their overall style, I'd say it's like "psychadelic country". Even that isn't a complete description, but I think it comes pretty close. My personal favorite has always been "Jackie Blue", which is actually atypical of the usual OMD style. They are country with a bit of psychadelia and a little rock. This disc reflects their best hits and I'd highly recommend this to anyone who likes folk/rock and country/rock.

juicereview.......2004-12-19

one of a kind band with a one of a kind sound. I bought this disc with no knowledge of the band whatsoever, and it has turned out to be one of the best decisions i have ever made, when it comes to music.

Where's Black Sky???.......2004-05-26

No doubt this "would" be the definitive collection if it included the best song (along with Standing on a Rock) off the first album. Too bad...

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Great CD Reissue From An Underrated Band
The Ozark's, 'It'll Shine When It Shines'
Great 70s Sound
Keep on Shining
One of the most underrated groups of the 70s.

It'll Shine When It Shines
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Manufacturer: New Era (Burnside)
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ASIN: B0000VJFRS
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

You Made It Right
Look Away
Jackie Blue
Kansas You Fooler
It Couldn't Be Better
E.E. Lawson
Walkin' Down The Road
What's Happened Along My Life
It Probably Always Will
Lowlands
Tidal Wave
It'll Shine When It Shines

Product Description

After many years of being out of print, the highly requested album "It'll Shine When It Shines" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils is now available on CD for the first time ever in the United States. This is the most requested album of all by the group's fans, and the Gold Record from A&M that hails the smash hit, "Jackie Blue". This album also features many of the bands best works, and showcases the various styles and feel that made The Daredevils a name in popular music. With the reissue of this classic 1974 album (produced by Glyn Johns), fans old and new will have a chance to enjoy what has made the Ozark Mountain Daredevils one of America's most original and enduring bands.

Customer Reviews:

Great CD Reissue From An Underrated Band.......2007-07-03

IT'LL SHINE WHEN IT SHINES is a great CD reissue of a 1974 album by Missouri's Ozark Mountain Daredevils, a Southern rock band who weren't quite in the same league as the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, or the Outlaws, but who was? These guys were, nevertheless, still a great band with a unique sense of humor, and, as on the predecessor and the followup, most of the songs here feature lots of harmonica and guitar (ironically, only the big hit, "Jackie Blue", doesn't). It's great that this album has been reissued, as this band were among the worst-served by their record company. But I guess that when you support stern justice in a high profile kidnapping case (as these guys did regarding the Elizabeth Smart case), everybody's desperate to reissue your out-of-print albums on CD. If you get this CD, the self-titled debut, and THE CAR OVER THE LAKE ALBUM, you'll have everything you need by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.

The Ozark's, 'It'll Shine When It Shines'.......2006-03-04

This is the Ozark's brilliant 2nd album. The playing and muscianship is second to none with perfect timing. The harmonies of the group are up there with CSN&Y. For me there is only one song which I am a bit complacent about and that is Jackie Blue. It is the more populist of all the songs and at the time got a lot of air play on radio which probably explains my lack of enthusiasm for it. All the other tracks are unique and faultless. If you love this brand of country rock which is infused with bluegrass and roots derivitives, then you have to add this to your collection.

Great 70s Sound.......2005-09-30

After listening to this CD, I felt like I was a teenager again. The music is still good today. I loaned it to some younger friends who enjoyed it also.

Keep on Shining.......2003-12-24

The ozarks remain one of country rocks best kept secrets. Although the New Musical Express here in the UK described them as 'One of the finest bands of the '70's in any field' they are not well known - but they should be.

Hailing from Springfield, Missouri the band are amongst the most eclectic in rock, almost every band member wrote material, sang and played an array of instruments. Their harmonies certainly equalled the Eagles, and their sound incompassed 'down at home' bluegrass, FM rock, melodic folk country, but also more experimental arrangements such as 'Colorado Song' on their debut release.

'It'll shine' is the ozarks second offering and it's great to get it on CD. There was a trend for bands in the early 70's to get back to the country, well the ozarks never really left it recording the material at a pre Civil War farmhouse with Glynn Johns producing.

There is a real joy on this disc, of a band in tune with nature and each other playing to their strengths. Everyone will know Larry Lee's 'Jackie Blue' which was a big hit for the band and is good straight pop rock, but not entirely representative of the rest of the material, although 'Look Away' and 'tidal wave' show the band can rock.

For me it's the lighter and rootsy material that make it. 'You made it right' with its southern gospel feel, 'Lowlands' with its magnificant harmonies and the slightly zany 'EE Lawson' typical of steve Cash's work.

The disc closes with the title track leaving on a sentimental, and uplifting note. This disc is waiting to be discovered by any serious music fan - give it a try.

One of the most underrated groups of the 70s........2003-12-17

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils were great! This is the best album/cd of one of the most underrated groups of the 1970s. They understood and played better "roots" music than others-- before it was "cool".

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Oh, yeah ! This album still sounds sweet
A truly great album
First album the best
Great Debut Album From A Premier Midwestern Country-Rock Band
Love these guys.

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ASIN: B000002G9K
Release Date: 1993-10-05

Tracks:

Country Girl
Spaceship Orion
If You Wanna Get To Heaven
Chicken Train
Colorado Song
Standin' On The Rock
Road To Glory
Black Sky
Within Without
Beauty In The River

Customer Reviews:

Oh, yeah ! This album still sounds sweet.......2007-07-07

I'm not a huge country music fan, but I gotta say this album (from six talented lads outta Springfield, MO) is some of the sweetest music you'll ever hear.

These fellas write incredible acoustic melodies with really, really interesting lyrics (the other-worldly pondering of "Spaceship Orion" or the contemplative humanity of "Within Without")

Musically?
Yeah, it rocks ("If You Wanna Get To Heaven"), and the guitar solo on "Colorado Song" has heartfelt sonics like I've heard nowhere else. One of my all-time favorite power ballads (i love the closing harmonies--it's like countrified Brian Wilson).

It's also quirky (one of the few discs I own featuring a jaw's-harp---on "Chicken Train" and its offbeat lyrics: "the laser beam / in my dream / i can't tun it on / i can't turn it off")

I even like the country-flavored songs of "Country Girl" and "Standin' On A Rock;" the mandolin on "Road To Glory" and the "revival" feel of "Beauty In The River."

This is pure Americana. It crosses from country to pop to rock and every possible hybrid beyond and in between. These gentlemen are OUTSTANDING songwriters and musicians. With GREAT harmonies, too!

Thank you, OMD, for more than 30 years of pure pleasure.

A truly great album.......2007-01-19

I bought this CD for my father for Christmas, and found that I love it just as much as he does. It's really just great music--not strictly rock, but not country, and not quite Southern rock. The tracks are all well produced, particularly "Colorado Song." And of course, "If You Want to Get to Heaven (You Got to Raise a Little Hell)" is tons of fun. The entire album is one of my favorites--a really solid debut from a really talented group.

First album the best.......2006-08-07

Great lyrics, fusion of hillbilly-horns-space references and redemption. It did'nt get any better than this for the Daredevils.

Great Debut Album From A Premier Midwestern Country-Rock Band.......2006-07-07

The self-titled debut by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils is great. All of the elements of the band's sound are fully developed here, with harmonica and guitar solos in abundance, especially on the hit single "If You Wanna Get To Heaven." "Country Girl", the opener, is a heartfelt mid-tempo ballad, and "Chicken Train", an interesting novelty song, features mostly vocals and mouthbow. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils would sometimes get this good later, but they never got better.

Love these guys........2005-07-26

Back when I was in high school and college, I loved listening to these guys and hearing their music on CD brings back great memories. They sound better than I remember them, which is is pretty darn awesome. When they played in Whitefish, Montana in 1986, we danced on a wood floor and sang along. Twenty years ago and I know they would have the same affect on me if I could hear them play again. I married a "Country Girl" and got "Back to the Country" and I still love playing harmonica along with the Daredevils in the loft of my garage.

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One great piece
FLY AWAY HOME AND GIVE THIS A SPIN
Classic !!
a long-awaited treat
It's about time!

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Manufacturer: New Era (Burnside)
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ASIN: B00007E8P8
Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

Fly Away Home
You Know Like I Know
Breakaway (From Those Chains)
The Red Plum
Mountain Range
Watermill
Noah
It's How You Think
Arroyo
Homemade Wine
A Dollar's Worth Of Regular
Roscoe's Rule
Better Days

Product Description

This highly revered album is now available on CD for the first time ever! The package includes the original cover art, photos, and lyrics. All 10 of the original album songs are on the disc, plus 3 "bonus tracks". Many will find they have never heard these 3 songs before. All 13 tracks have been Digitally-Remastered from the Original Master Tapes.

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils united as a band in December of 1970. The group was signed to A&M Records in 1972 and, in 1973, they recorded their first self-titled album in London, England, resulting in the hit song "If You Wanna Get to Heaven". The second album, "It'll Shine When It Shines", included the song "Jackie Blue", a world-wide No. 1 hit. While at A&M Records, the band recorded eight albums resulting in two Gold Records in the US and Canada. The band subsequently signed with Columbia Records in 1981, where they recorded one album. At least three other projects followed in the '80s.

Customer Reviews:

One great piece.......2006-04-05

I may be different from others in only having a few REAL favorites by OMD, but they've always given me a high regard for the group's great creativity. One is on this album and makes it worthwhile in itself: FLY AWAY HOME. Fabulous! Probably my favorite favorite.... And yeh that cover picture is a real gem!

FLY AWAY HOME AND GIVE THIS A SPIN.......2005-03-12

This was the first ozark lp I ever listened to having picked up a second hand import copy in the UK. At first I thought the two guys on the front cover were members of the band! Well the guys on the back looked like younger versions relaxed in jeans and t-shirts, but I knew they were popular with the critics so I gave it a try.

I loved it instantly: it was fresh and unprententious country rock and the band looked happy with life which is quite rare in the over serious world of rock. From then on I bought all their material and they become one of my favourite bands even though I am more of a classical fan thses days.

In retrospect this is not their best effort, but it is still superior to other relarses in the field. It contains a number of tracks written a few years previously such as 'fly away home', 'you know like I know' and the wonderful 'mountain range' which is sort of a re-run of Colorado Song with flutes and oboes replacing guitars.

What I particularly like here is the superb 'Red plum' with its scintillating mandolin and the evocative 'watermill' where Steve Cash gives a great vocal performance. Larry Lee's 'homemade wine' is great bluegrass/pop and shows the bands ever present sense of humour. 'Noah' although a great song is given much better treatment on the 'It's Alive' disc. 'Arroyo' - perhaps my least favourite ozarks number - is a disappointment.

The disc is a good one, but the band missed the talents of Randle Chowning who left during recording and as a reminder his gem 'better days' recorded during the 'it'll shine' sessions ends the disc on a high note.

The pictures of the band having dinner, fishing and generally looking amiable in the Missouri contryside - sadly - belong to a lost era of music.

Classic !!.......2003-01-10

Great to see this fantastic album on CD ! This album is an absolute classic and anyone interested in good pop/country rock should buy this album. The remastering is also very well done.
I do have one little point of criticism though; the track "You know like I know" has a running time of 3 minutes and 41 seconds while my vinyl version clocks at 4 minutes and 6 seconds. This CD version has the omission of 25 reallybeautiful seconds from the middle of the song.
But despite this............go out and buy it, folks !!

Martin from Amsterdam

a long-awaited treat.......2002-12-14

What is it that would make an album like this one of my never-will-get-tired-of-this favorites? I don't know, but I'm delighted to have it on CD at last. I'm also pleased with the bonus tracks.

On the whole, the sound is outstanding too. So far, I haven't noticed a *trace* of tape hiss--although I'm not sure if this is from very clean original tapes, or from modern signal processing (which is not necessarily without its downside). The CD has a much more bottom-heavy sound than the LP, and to my ears it seems like that's due to making instruments like the bass and drums more prominent, rather than EQ changes.

One thing they did flub, though--the fadeouts on some tracks should've been gentler. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that the end of "Homemade Wine" was botched, and I may eventually try to splice the end of the copy on my hits CD onto it to fix the abrupt end.

I remember, in the heyday of Napster, downloading some tracks from the Pickwick CD release of *Don't Look Down*, and finding some of the same abrupt endings, only worse. I was well acquainted with the LP, so it was hard not to notice. Note to New Era people: Are you listening? Please be careful about those fades!

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One further comment, in answer to the later reviewer: The Daredevils' CD hits collection (called The Best) has the same shortened version of You Know Like I Know. (I don't know why they would do that, unless the original master tape was seriously damaged or something.)

It's about time!.......2002-12-08

This is my very favorite album of all-time. Incredibly, it hasn't been available until the end of 2002! The music is wonderful and the sound quality is outstanding. Bonus tracks are well-selected too. Country rock at its best!

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Great CD Reissue By An Underrated Band
The Car Over The Lake Album Cover Album
Relatively speaking, not their best
The Daredevil's rock
Jackie who?

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ASIN: B000068QYZ
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Tracks:

Keep On Churnin'
If I Only Knew
Leatherwood
Cobblestone Mountain
Mr. Powell
Gypsy Forest
Thin Ice
From Time To Time
Southern Cross
Out On The Sea
Whippoorwill
Establish Yourself
Time Warp
Journey To The Center Of Your Heart

Customer Reviews:

Great CD Reissue By An Underrated Band.......2007-06-29

THE CAR OVER THE LAKE ALBUM is a great CD reissue by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, an underrated country-rock band who never got the recognition they deserved, probably because they often lacked the edge of the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, and the Outlaws. However, that's not always true, because although the band were often mellow, their best known songs were actually harder-edged or very humorous. "Keep On Churning" opens this CD in a great rocking mode, and while the rest of the CD doesn't quite keep up the pace, the band prove themselves to be versatile musicians in a variety of styles, with a great sense of humor. This one, along with IT'LL SHINE WHEN IT SHINES and the self-titled debut, helps to form the essential Ozark Mountain Daredevils library.

The Car Over The Lake Album Cover Album.......2005-03-19

They did it again with their third release, and again with David Anderle at the producer's console. There are some problems - - the two tracks which originally were the album-side openers ("Keep On Churnin'" and "Thin Ice") are perfunctory exercises in both performance and intention. And it seems they front-loaded the album a bit, as tracks two through six play like a best-of sequence: five absolutely astonishing songs, parading gloriously one after another. Randall Chowning's "Leatherwood" is peerless, a beautiful countrified paeon to the easy life, with a gorgeous harmonized chorus and an instrumental break straight out of the woods. And when Chowning teams up with Steve Cash for the harp-and-yodelling, oboe-flavored fourstep "Gypsy Forest", hey - - go on and levitate. I do, every time I hear it. Cash's and Larry Lee's airy "If I Only Knew" should have been as big a hit as was "Jackie Blue". The CAR OVER THE LAKE ALBUM flags a bit as it goes on, though. The last half isn't quite as strong as the first but again, it's relative as all the songs are at least very, very good. The original LP closed with Chowning's stately, arresting elegy "Whippoorwill", a fitting closer if ever there were one. The three bonus tracks, originally a flexi released with the LP, aren't exactly essential and mitigate the closure. They hold up well enough on their own though, so it's nice to have them on CD. The admonishing text printed on the original flexi was somewhat apologetic regarding the quality of the songs and their putatively irreverent humor, but with people like Oscar Brand running around releasing humorously peurile albums since the late '40s, why bother apologizing? These guys were on a roll.

Relatively speaking, not their best.......2004-12-21

The ozarks had much to live up to following two superb debut releases and in some ways this is a marginally disappointing effort. It's still a rewarding disc, nicely produced and their most country tinged venture.

When it's good such as Randle Chowning's glorious 'leatherwood' and the poignant 'cobblestone mountain' it's really good. I also like 'southern cross' with brilliant Steve Cash lyrics and Larry lee's atmospheric 'from time to time'.

Sadly some of the material is a little uninspired ('Thin Ice' and ' 'Out on the Sea') and the vocal arrangements on Mr powell are a little messy. This is a shame if you consider some of the bands earlier unreleased material (as evidenced on 'log cabin sessions') which perhaps should have found the light of day.

Despite these reservations, this is still superior country rock: try listening to the guitar opening on 'whipporwill' or the folky oboe on Gypsy Forest and you are reminded just how great this band was.

If the bonus tracks from 'the little red record' (a copy of which I have) had replaced the weaker ones on the original release this would surely have been up there with 'it'll Shine when it shines'.

The Daredevil's rock.......2004-11-03

These guys's produce music you wanna listen to in times you're tired and wanna get in the laid back mood. Personally I like the "The Ozark Mountain Daredevils [A&M]" album content better, but I like the cover of this album better. Anyway, I'd buy this album after I'dve bought "The Ozark Mountain Daredevils [A&M]".

Jackie who?.......2004-02-12

If you are not swayed by what top 40 radio wants you to listen to, then you will not think Jackie Blue was the OMD's best song. Not remotely! As most OMD fans will attest to, it is the songs that did not get radio airplay that are their best songs. Car Over the Lake is one of my favorite albulms. These guys flawlessly combine bluegrass, country, rock, pop, etc...and their lyrics are thoughtful, not self indulgent, like much of today's (and yesterday's) music is. My favorite songs on this albulm are: 1. Out on the Sea (a romantic ballad that makes you feel as though you actually are drifting at sea on a star filled night with your loved one on your mind) 2. Gypsy Forest (this blue grassy tune sounds like a classic,,,one for the ages) 3. Whippoorwill (one of my all time favorite daredevil tunes...I love the dreamy music and mysterious nature of the song). Really, you'd be missing out if you just bought "greatest hit" releases from the OMD's. The richness of their talents is much deeper than that.

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Electric country rock at its very best
don't look down rocks!
Another Ozark Classic

Don't Look Down (U.S. Release)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Manufacturer: New Era (Burnside)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009XFINC
Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

River To The Sun
Crazy Lovin'
Giving It All To The Wind
The Fox
Backroads
Snowbound
Following The Way That I Feel
Love Makes The Lover
True Believer
Moon On The Rise
Stinghead
Sweetwood
Plainity
Valencia Road

Product Description

Here's another offering of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils' classic albums from the 1970's A&M Records Catalog. "Don t Look Down", originally released in 1977, is a part of the ongoing reissue series of the group's works by New Era, and finally after many years of demand it is available on CD for the first time as a U.S. release. By the time this album was recorded The Daredevils had undergone some personnel changes through a couple of the founding members moving on to pursue their solo careers. With their replacements, and the addition of extra players, the group had grown to 8 members, producing a varied sound and feel in the music. Thus following the path that always created interest in them. On this disc are three bonus tracks that have never before been released on any of the group s earlier albums. Fans of the group will delight in the fact that they have never heard these songs before. The music on this disc, like all of The Daredevils self-styled, rootsy material has withstood the test of time and offers the same listener appeal as it always did. With the reissue of this classic album on CD the fans, old and new, will have a chance to enjoy what has made The Ozark Mountain Daredevils one of America s most original and enduring bands.

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Electric country rock at its very best.......2007-02-02

The Daredevils' misfortune was that "Don't Look Down" came out a couple of years too late. Country rock was already going out of fashion, and many of their peers faced the same destiny: too rock for rednecks, too country for rockers...

Still, the music on this album is second to none. "Don't..." is not only the band's possibly finest work ever, but it also rivals the country/southern rock masterpieces like "Desperado" (Eagles), "Hurry Sundown" (Outlaws), Toby Beau's debut, Poco's best works - and so on.

Many original Daredevils fans may have found "Don't..." sounding a lot more modern than the earlier albums. It's also fair to say that this rocks more than any of their earlier or later works. Comparison to Poco's equally mighty "Under The Gun" isn't too far-fetched, although the albums are otherwise quite different in style. Despite the modern sound and less country-oriented overall style, there are all the Daredevils elements present people have always loved, plus some quite new ingredients.

The album starts with mighty country rocker "River to the sun", one of band's all time greats. What follows is a equally stunning: "Crazy loving", "Snowbound", "Love makes the lover", "True believer"... and, of course, the ending fiddle instrumental "Stinghead". There is no single weak or even average tune on this album. Every single song here could be put into any Daredevils' "Best of..." compilation. The variety of styles is also breathtaking, from mountain country to great electric rock to beautiful acoustic ballads to... well, anywhere. Several of the tracks might well have been major hits, in luckier conditions.

The lyrics, as always in this band's case, deserve a special note: some are truly hilarious ("Backroads"), some a bit mystical ("True believer"), some just great observations of a winter's day ("Snowbound"). They all tell a story worth listening to, which is quite a rare feat of any band.

As the production is also flawless with great sound, there's really nothing to complain about. It doesn't get much better than this. Listen to yourself. The songs just get better with time...

don't look down rocks!.......2006-10-21

Every song, every word and note, it all makes sense. Good for the soul.

Another Ozark Classic.......2005-08-24

With Don't Look Down The Ozarks released another classic album in 1977. This is once again country/pop rock at it's very best.
Any album with a song like "Giving it all to the wind" on it is a classic. Everytime friends of mine who don't know The Ozarks hear this beautiful Larry Lee song they are completely blown away by it. The rest of the songs are far above standard country rock quality. Why these guys weren't as popular like The Eagles is still one of the great mysteries of the 70's !! There are 3 bonus tracks on this cd version: "Sweetwood" is one of them and is one of the best ballads ever to have been released by The Ozarks. Talking about quality control.......this track was never released until now !!
So once again.........go out and buy this album !!!

PS; Some more good news; The CBS album from 1980 will als be released by the good people of New Era in november 2005 !

Greetings to all Ozark fans,

Martin from Holland

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Rocky Point rules!
This is a classic
One of the very best live country-rock CD's
great live cd

It's Alive
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Manufacturer: New Era (Burnside)
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ASIN: B0006B97FM
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

Walkin' Down The Road
Black Sky
You Know Like I Know
River To The Sun
Satisfied Mind
Fly Away Home
Horse Trader
Followin' The Way That I Feel
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Another long-awaited reissue of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils' classic albums from the '70s is now available on CD for the first time ever. It's Alive was originally released in 1978 on the A&M label. This project is part of a continuing series of re-releases of the groups work, and will at last meet the demand of the long-term fans who have asked for many years that this Live album be available on CD. It is bound to attract new fans as well, with the same appeal the band's music has always had - rootsy, self-styled Americana that has withstood the test of time.

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Rocky Point rules!.......2006-11-11

we took this cd with us to rocky point on vacation and had everybody dancing and having a good time. The music is alive and well almost thirty years after its conception.

This is a classic.......2005-04-08

I originally bought this in 33 RPM format, which came in a two record set. I wore out those albums. This brings back some of the best songs that the Daredevils played for their enthusiastic fans at concerts around Missouri and Kansas. The recordings are clear, and you can tell the band played to the enthusiasm of their audiences. Additionally, several artists that joined them when they were around their home town of Springfield, Missouri played on this album.
One of the songs is a very neat setting of "Satisfied Mind" played in the men's bathroom at McDonald Arena at Southwest Missouri State University, so that they could gather the acoustic sound of that area.
I've been looking for this to come out on CD for years, it's one of my favorite Daredevils albums. If you are a Daredevil fan, I'd think you'd need this one, regardless of which Daredevil albums you have, to fill out a good collection of this type of music.

One of the very best live country-rock CD's.......2005-02-10

I am thrilled to finally own this on CD. It is a great compilation of classic Ozark Mountain Daredevils tunes, and it is a lot of fun to listen to as well. They had a great time making this CD, and it shows. For fans of '70's classic country rock, or Ozark Mountain Daredevils fans, it is a must-have. Enjoy.

great live cd.......2004-11-22

i'm happy to see they have put this gem out exelent live album wont dissapoint.

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Sounds of the Seventies - 1975
Ozark Mountain Daredevils , Van McCoy , Average White Band , Linda Ronstadt , Grand Funk , The Staple Singers , Elton John , Orleans , Ace , and J. Geils Band
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TRACK LIST: [1] LINDA RONSTADT: You're No Good [2] OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS: Jackie Blue [3] KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND: That's The Way (I Like It) [4] J. GEILS BAND: Must Of Got Lost [5] WAR: Why Can't We Be Friends [6] AMERICA: Sister Golden Hair [7] ELTON JOHN: Philadelphia Freedom [8] THE DOOBIE BROTHERS: Black Water [9] LINDA RONSTADT: Love Is A Rose [10] ACE: How Long [11] ORLEANS: Dance With Me [12] LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Free Bird [13] JOE COCKER: You Are So Beautiful [14] BAD COMPANY: Feel Like Makin' Love [15] LABELLE: Lady Marmalade [16] AVERAGE WHITE BAND: Pick Up The Pieces [17] ELTON JOHN: Island Girl [18] GRAND FUNK: Some Kind Of Wonderful [19] VAN MCCOY: The Hustle [20] THE STAPLE SINGERS: Let's Do It Again

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"in the Country Rock Hall of Fame"
Keep On Churnin'

1980 Reunion Concert
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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Standing On The Rock
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Walkin Down The Road
One More Night
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Cobblestone Mountain
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Durty Gurl
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Lovin You
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"in the Country Rock Hall of Fame".......2006-08-22

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils belong in the Rock'N Roll Hall of Fame. They have never recorded one bad song. They are "the Beatles of the woods."
This new live recording is great from the first note to the last. It was done on New years Eve 1980. The songs sound close to the originals, but more lively, as you would expect. Steve Cash's harmonica resonates very well on Black Sky and several others. The vocals are fine, sometimes alittle over the top. There are a few musical instrument noises that are off the wall, but generally the sound is excellent. My only complaint is the lack of fiddle playing by John Dillon. Mike Granada's voice adds the usual comic relief. The original line up of musicians rounds out the band.
This live cd proves the Ozark's should not be forgotten in the American roots-rock music scene. They are one country rock band that should tour again.

Keep On Churnin'.......2006-08-21

This is a great recording of OMD live. In the meantime I'll just have to wait for the DVD version and the new studio album that I hope is in the works.

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Thank God it bombed
Not Up to Usual Ozark Mountain Daredevel Standards
One of the Best
One of the Lost Gems
YOU LIKE OZARK'S MUSIC? - BUY THIS ONE

Ozark Mountain Daredevils
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Take You Tonight
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Originally released on the Columbia label in 1980, the self-titled "Ozark Mountain Daredevils" is another part of the ongoing reissue series of the group's works by New Era. Now after many years of being out of print but in demand, this title is available on CD for the first time as a U.S. release. By the time this album was recorded The Daredevils had undergone some personnel changes ; however, four of the original members remained. For the first time in their history the writing skills of Larry Lee, Steve Cash, and John Dillon were used in collaboration, resulting in six songs by them on this album. With the changes in popular music at the beginning of the decade, and the label wanting an aggressively produced, more Pop/Rock sound from The Daredevils, several additional studio musicians and back-up singers were used. This album features a fuller, more electric sound than the group's earlier recordings. Like all of The Daredevils self-styled, rootsy material, this album has withstood the test of time and offers the same listener appeal as the group's work always has. This album reissue by the Springfield, Missouri-based label New Era Productions, is in conjunction with Sony BMG Music Custom Marketing Group. It includes the entire 1980 package art, photos and lyrics. All 10 tracks have been digitally re-mastered from the Original Master Tapes, producing a sound quality never heard before. With the reissue of this classic album on CD the fans, old and new, will have a chance to enjoy what has made The Ozark Mountain Daredevils one of America's most original and enduring bands.

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Thank God it bombed.......2007-04-30

No doubt the Daredevils thought their signing with Columbia was the start of a shining new phase of their career. It might have turned out that way if Columbia had allowed them to be themselves. According to the (rather sparse) liner notes on the Cd, Columbia wanted a different sound from the band. Gone were the fiddles, banjos,and, yes, the spirit of the previous albums on A&M. Instead, we hear a curious mix of the Daredevils familiar vocal phrasings and decidely un-daredevilsish, slick commercial music.
Even the humorous lyrics of some of the songs seemed forced, and non too genuine. I understand a band wanting to change a bit and try some new or (for them) different style of music. I have no problem with that. I'm sure Daredevil fans didn't want them to make the same album over and over (leave that to the Rolling Stones), but still, ONE decent song out of TEN?
The song I speak of is FOOL'S GOLD. A gem of a song, if I must say so.
When I bought the album in 1980, and played it, FOOL'S GOLD is the only song on the album I played more than once. I bought the Cd when it finally came out, thinking perhaps I had given the album a bum rap. Nope, I was right. It's not very good. And again, FOOL'S GOLD is the only song I play from the CD.Now, do not take me wrong, I love the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. From the quilt album to 13, I have bought everything I could get ahold of. I bought all the A&M albums when they were re-released and even eagerly awaited the release of the 1980 Columbia album, hoping there would be a previously unreleased gem, as there are on all the others, but there's not even that. Just the straight album. No new photos, piddling liner notes, nothing else. It's almost as though New Era, the Daredevil's label, is not very fond of it either. Thank God the album bombed, and they were never tempted to do another like it. May the Daredevils keep on churnin' for a long, long time.
And never sign with a major label again.

Not Up to Usual Ozark Mountain Daredevel Standards.......2007-02-18

I agree with what some of the reviewers said, it's different than other OMD recordings, in that they were trying to add a more "commercial" sound. Not one really memorable song on here. I usually love at least 3 or 4 songs per CD. Not any that bring me back here.

One of the Best.......2006-11-03

OMD took a shoot of new music, everyone writing down to four. Broke away from country and did more Pop rock than counry. I play this CD more than any in their catalog. Great songs that stick in your head. Beware of some of the live CD's they are poor quality, this one was a class A studio CD.I recommend this one for people who like the group America, this one reminds me of that style of music.

One of the Lost Gems.......2006-01-18

This great album shared the same destiny with Poco's equally superb "Under The Gun" (1980). Changing musical business trends together with the great divide between "country" and "rock" listeners dropped both albums from both main genres. Too rock for rednecks, too country for rock radio - and so on. Stupid but true, and also a problem for The Dirt Band, The Outlaws, the whole bunch. Country rock kind of died around 1980 - afterwards people talked about "alt. country" or "alt. rock"...

Many of these bands did, however, make some of their finest albums exactly during those days. Most either wanted to, or were forced to move more into rock space to get radio play (which they never got due to having "wrong profiles", or whatever). This Ozark album is no exception. It definitely rocks, and is probably also the band's most hit-potential album since their earliest days. The songwriting is mostly good, even very good, and the production is also solid. Despite the harder edge compared to most of OMD's other works, this album still sounds very much like The Daredevils. The trademark sound and atmosphere is there, just behind some harder electric guitars and more commercial production. The magic is there. Personally, I even prefer this album to most of the band's "classic" albums - right because of the extra punch in the songs. Maybe not quite a southern rock classic, but a very good album, one of the best in its class.

YOU LIKE OZARK'S MUSIC? - BUY THIS ONE.......2005-11-24

This album was originally released in 1980. Glad to see it finally available again, on CD. It was evolutionary for the band and was tagged their "rock 'n roll" album. My favorites: "Take you Tonight", "Fool's Gold", "Tuff Luck".

It mixes quite nicely with the music from their "Quilt" (First) album. If you like Ozark's music, buy this one. You won't be disappointed.

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