That information really is appreciated by most of the collectors apt to buy a set like this, and its absence helps leave room for a larger, more definitive, multi-disc retrospective of Webb covers elsewhere. The only time I saw her really sad was when we did a show on Mothers Day.
A less forgivable flaw is the utter lack of original release dates and label information, a negligence that also afflicted Raven's compilation of lesser-known Burt Bacharach covers, The Rare Bacharach. Some of the material, particularly some of the later selections on Disc Two, does cross the line from interesting pop and soft rock to the treacly side of adult contemporary music. Most of the tracks are from the late 1960s and early 1970s, though a few later outings by big names like Linda Ronstadt, Everything But the Girl, the Highwaymen, and R.E.M. Of most interest to Webb obsessives, though, will be the CD appearance of numerous rarities from his early days, like the Strawberry Children's 1967 single "Love Years Coming" (on which Webb himself sings) the Contessas' soul-girl group meld, "I Keep on Keeping On," which according to the liners is the earliest known Webb cover and some unlikely efforts, like Hugo Montenegro's "When It Was Done." This season, the cast includes Fred Armisen, Abby Elliott, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers. Sloan" and the Supremes, with both "5:30 Plane" and "Cheap Lovin'." There are some unexpected, inspired inclusions of artists not known for singing the kind of things Webb writes, like Ian Matthews (with "Met Her on a Plane"), Paul Revere & the Raiders ("Song Seller"), Arlo Guthrie ("Oklahoma Nights"), Lowell George ("Himmler's Ring"), and the Three Degrees ("Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon"). Then throughout the day, surprises await every family member. As for some of the big names weighing in with strong performances, there's Dusty Springfield's "Magic Garden" Scott Walker doing both "If Ships Were Made to Sail" and "Where Does Brown Begin?" Jackie DeShannon's "The Girl's Song," (a highlight of her late-'60s work) the Four Tops' "Do What You Gotta Do," (certainly Webb at his most soul-oriented) Judy Collins' "The Moon Is a March Mistress" the Association's quirky early-'70s single "P.F. Even with those missing entries taken into account, there are a bunch of interesting interpretations and/or rarities here sure to be of interest to any Webb fan, or indeed to many soft rock fans in general.