I was curious about the flow of this rare, CD- and cassette-only collection from the early CD era, so I programmed a playlist of it and gave it a spin. Not a bad song selection, but I won't be grading after only one listen. Posted cover because it's such an odd release. It looks like it was a companion release to 1977 Revisited (1990) also on Relativity. The "2" grade for this in the Spin guide is truly idiotic, which is par for the course with Sheffield, whose judgements I could not respect less and whose writing often makes me gag.
Before 11/2020, grades range from 5 to 3.5 stars. After that, grade range is: 10 (A+), 9.5 (high A), 9 (A), 8.5 (high A-), 8 (A-), 7.5 (high B+), and 7 (B+). Ungraded albums are noted as liked :-) (honorable mention), neutral :-|, and disliked :-(. At least 4 listens per graded album and 3 listens per ungraded album. Search "Grade Post" for more info. I sold/shelved ~10,000 albums after at least 3 or 4 listens, respectively, before starting this blog and will add entries for those as they arise.
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