Albert Hammond je britský zpěvák, kytarista a hudební producent, jehož skladby jako It Never Rains in Southern California nebo The Air That I Breathe patří ke klasikám žánru soft rock sedmdesátých let. Působil také jako skladatel pro řadu dalších umělců, mimo jiné spolupracoval s Mikem Hazlewoodem, Carole Bayer Sager či Royem Orbisonem.
Box Original Album Classics vyšel v roce 2016 a zahrnuje celkem 51 nahrávek rozprostřených na pěti kompaktních discích. Kolekce představuje průřez Hammondovou diskografií a kromě zmíněných hitů obsahuje také skladby The Free Electric Band, 99 Miles From L.A. nebo Anyone Here in the Audience. Sada nabízí ucelenou retrospektivu jednoho z výrazných představitelů pop-rockové scény sedmdesátých let.
Skladby
CD1 The Free Electric Band
1 Smokey Factory Blues
2 The Peacemaker
3 Woman Of The World
4 Everything I Want To Do
5 Who's For Lunch Today?
6 The Free Electric Band
7 Rebecca
8 The Day The British Army Lost The War
9 For The Peace Of All Mankind
10 I Think I'll Go That Way
2 The Peacemaker
3 Woman Of The World
4 Everything I Want To Do
5 Who's For Lunch Today?
6 The Free Electric Band
7 Rebecca
8 The Day The British Army Lost The War
9 For The Peace Of All Mankind
10 I Think I'll Go That Way
CD2 It Never Rains In Southern California
1 Listen To The World
2 If You Gotta Break Another Heart
3 From Great Britain To L.A.
4 Brand New Day
5 Anyone Here In The Audience
6 It Never Rains In Southern California
7 Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels
8 Down By The River
9 The Road To Understanding
10 The Air That I Breathe
1 Listen To The World
2 If You Gotta Break Another Heart
3 From Great Britain To L.A.
4 Brand New Day
5 Anyone Here In The Audience
6 It Never Rains In Southern California
7 Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels
8 Down By The River
9 The Road To Understanding
10 The Air That I Breathe
CD3 99 Miles From L.A.
1 99 Miles From L.A. (Newly Recorded Version)
2 Down By The River
3 One Life
4 Love Isn't Love Till You Give It Away
5 The Face Not The Image
6 These Are The Good Old Days
7 Lay The Music Down
8 Rivers Are For Boats
9 Somebody's Happiness
10 A Job Is A Home To A Homeless Man
11 To All The Girls I've Loved Before
2 Down By The River
3 One Life
4 Love Isn't Love Till You Give It Away
5 The Face Not The Image
6 These Are The Good Old Days
7 Lay The Music Down
8 Rivers Are For Boats
9 Somebody's Happiness
10 A Job Is A Home To A Homeless Man
11 To All The Girls I've Loved Before
CD4 When I Need You
1 Tangled Up In Tears
2 To All The Girls I've Loved Before (New Version)
3 Kaleidoscope
4 Rivers Are For Boats (New Version)
5 You And I
6 99 Miles From L.A (New Version)
7 When I Need You
8 Cry Baby
9 Moonlight Lady
10 All Alone Am I
2 To All The Girls I've Loved Before (New Version)
3 Kaleidoscope
4 Rivers Are For Boats (New Version)
5 You And I
6 99 Miles From L.A (New Version)
7 When I Need You
8 Cry Baby
9 Moonlight Lady
10 All Alone Am I
CD5 Somewhere In America
1 The Light At The End Of The Line
2 Sweet Defector
3 Rendezvous
4 Shoot Em Up , Shoot Em Down
5 Hero On Parade
6 Oh What A Time
7 Before You Change The World
8 The Right Time
9 Doe Was The Loving Kind
10 Somewhere In America
2 Sweet Defector
3 Rendezvous
4 Shoot Em Up , Shoot Em Down
5 Hero On Parade
6 Oh What A Time
7 Before You Change The World
8 The Right Time
9 Doe Was The Loving Kind
10 Somewhere In America
