Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story 1965-1975

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Three Dog Night

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This group was the soundtrack to my adolescence & young adulthood. They were my first rock concert, and I saw them close to a dozen more times. I could hardly wait till they released their next album, and ran out and bought it right away. I could go on about their music, but most fans probably already know all about the complex harmonies, the changing line-ups (remember vocalist Jay Gruska or the rhythm section from Rufus stepping in?)Celebrate is a terrific document, but misses a lot of the gems that were never singles. Coming Down Your way, American Pastime & It's A Jungle are very under-represented albums here. And those three, along with Around The World still haven't made it to CD. I'd love to see a boxed set of all their albums, along with the rarities remastered and made available. For fun, throw in Corey Well's disco-tinged solo effort which came out after the breakup, and why not S.S.Fools, the original backup band's subsequent album. Three Dog Night may not have the reputation of Led Zeppelin or the Beatles, but they sure had a huge fan base. And they knew how to make a good pop song (remember when pop song wasn't considered a bad thing?). Anyway, buy this set, but keep pushing for the complete CD re-release of the entire catalogue. Three Dog Night gave us fun and excitement during turbulent times, their concerts were wall-to-wall pop & rock music perfection, and they seemed to actually like their fans.