I'm a big Seger fan, but from all of his first 7 releases (late 60's into mid 70's) this is one of only 2 that I'd give the 5 star mark too (the other being the debut Ramblin' Gamblin' Man). This is a funky, jammin' 1970 release that found Bob and his unique sound getting ever closer to breaking out of the mid-west and gaining popularity and fame worldwide. All of the songs on this 10 track album were outstanding but a few (for me) really shine, "Evil Edna", "Highway Child" & the often covered by everyone and their brother and sister Phil Spector tune "River Deep Mountain High" just to name my personal few. If your a Seger fan who's younger then you may not be very familiar with his 4 decades old material, but if you want a real treat, and if your interested in completing your collection then Mongrel would be the very first Bob's earliest material that you should own, good luck finding it for a good price though, like all OOP material it's getting just a little bit pricey (but worth the $).Read full review
This early release from Seger is quite a ballsy effort from start to finish. It's highlights from my viewpoint are Lucifer, the title cut Mongrel, Evil Edna and an extended cover of the phil Spector penned River Deep Mountain High. The latter is recorded live and has all the energy of Seger's best early recordings. Of course 33 minutes is not the running time of a cd released today, it was pretty standard for that time. Well worth a listen, you'll play it again. It would be nice if this cd returned to print.
This cd is an original, bob seger and punch andrew(his manager) released these for a few short weeks in 93. this is a rare one to say the least. check out mongrel 2 and highway child twop great songs
Hade this CD but lost it. I know there are CDR recordings out there, but, knowing how the original sounds I did not want to take any chances. One of Bob's top three releases.
great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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