Rubáiyát: Elektra’s 40th Anniversary
Released in 1990 the concept was for current label artists to cover songs by historical artists on the label. The two disc set has some amazing stuff. My personal favorite is The Havalins’s doing “Bottle of Wine” originally done by Tom Pacton, which I have never heard of Tom or the song but it is a great song. Feel good song. Other standouts are Metallica covering Queen with Stone Cold Crazy, Billy Bragg doing “7&7” by Love, the Pixies doing “Born in Chicago by Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Ok most of the tracks on this release are good and are cool in their own ways. I recommend this cd for any ‘cool music’ collector.
