Hot Tuna-Keep On Truckin': The Very Best of Hot Tuna (2006)


 

Artist: Hot Tuna

Title: Keep On Truckin': The Very Best of Hot Tuna

Label: RCA/Legacy

Format: CD

Cat: 82876 80564 2

Year of Release: 2006

Country and Year of Edition: US 2006

Date of Sale: 9/5/23

Sell Price: $4.69

Condition: VG+/VG+ 

Discogs Last Sold: 11/9/22 M/M $13.75

Low: $1.71

Median: $4.63

Average: $5.08

High: $13.75

Current low price: $8.75

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6

Have/Want: 50/6

Where Sold: Jacksonville, FL

Time It Took To Sell:  7  years

Where and When Bought: consignment collection

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+

Sad To See It Go: No

Jorma & Jack, oh how I ignored thee over the years.  I didn't even realize they are doing their final electric tour hitting NYC in a couple weeks (they will keep on acoustic).  This sampler was actually made for someone like me that knew absolutely none of it.  That is unless you want to talk about the Blues acts they cover.  Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins and Rev. Gary Davis are the big names here.

This compilation covers their 70's catalogue from the acoustic self titled debut recorded live in  a coffeehouse that was their popular peak (#30 on Billboard 200 in 1970 ) to First Pull Up, Then Pull Down (#43 in '71),  Burgers (#68 in '72), The Phosphorescent Rat (#148 in '73), Americas Choice (#75 in '75, and the first one my friend Kevin bought), Yellow Fever (#97 in '75), Hoppkorv (#116 in '76) and Double Dose (#92 in '78)

Grunt encouraged Airplane members to crank stuff out and crank they did in their day.  Some people say Jorma and Jack WERE Airplane.  Then you might say so were Grace and Paul.  The conversation sorta peters out before anyone says anything about Marty Balin.  Others hated Hot Tuna thinking they were sub-Deadhead music and never really gave them a chance.

So the place I would start after this collection is where you'd find by favorite track, "I See The Light" from The Phosphorescent Rat.  This is a Jorma written number.  You can almost picture Lee Renaldo covering it.  "Walkin' Blues" from America's Choice does psychedelic blues in '75 from Robert Johnson.

As for the acoustic side, my favorite is one of the many Rev. Gary Davis, "Candy Man."  Hot Tuna had it on the first record and this is one of three from their biggest that made the cut.  Overall this is a worthwhile introductory compilation for further exploration.

Now I wanna go before it's too late.

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