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Few artists have a résumé as eclectic as Chip Taylor's CV. Best known as composer of AM-radio staples "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning," Taylor was a prolific songwriter who penned hits for a variety of rock, country, and R&B musicians. He also recorded a few cult-classic country-folk albums in the early 1970s (such as Chip Taylor's Last Chance) before embarking on a 20-year stint as a professional gambler. Taylor returned to music in the 1990s, started his own label, and slowly rebuilt a core fan following. This double-disc set proves him to be a quirky and perceptive songwriter in the vein of weathered troubadours like Guy Clark or John Prine. Disc 1, subtitled "London-Electric," has a jangle-rock edge and, though inconsistent in terms of material, offers a couple of gems. Disc 2, however, is the true prize, a wonderful pared-down acoustic set that seems to be the best setting for Taylor's lived-in voice and his very personal, fearless, wistful songs. Lucinda Williams adds her vocal charms on a number of cuts while instrumentalists as diverse as fiddler Tammy Rogers and swing trumpeter Warren Vache (on the simmering blues "Three Alarm Fire") make worthy contributions. The haphazard, off-the-cuff vibe of both discs seems somehow befitting. --Marc Greilsamer

ARTIST:	Chip Taylor
CATEGORY:	Music
MANUFACTURER:	Trainwreck Records
FEATURES:	Box set
TYPE:	Pop, Rock, Americana, Country-Rock, Folk-Rock, Country & Western, Country
MEDIA:	Audio CD
TRACKS:	Head First, Same Damn Car, I Know Rain, Healer, Annie on Your Mind, Holy Shit, I Hate You Today, Farmer's Song, Here Come the Animals, Same Old Fools, I Ain't Leaving Without You, Dalton Days, Hard Drive Times, Intro Commentary, Ghost of Phil Sinclair - Chip Taylor, Lucinda Williams, Back in '98, Bigot's Graveyard, Curve Ball, Unstable Man, Lefty Frizzell, Three Alarm Fire, Shang-A-Lang a Rainbow, Joan Lit the Candle, Texas Firend, We Just Roll On
# OF MEDIA:	2
UPC:	670501001020