Good to See You Again

These two LPs combined on one CD (with one bonus track) show off the duo's strong and weak points at once. Peter & Gordon did good Beatlesque songs, although they couldn't really compete with the real article without the occasional outside song like "A World Without Love" or "I Go to Pieces" coming their way. And they did all right, if not exceptionally well by folk-style numbers such as "Pretty Mary" and "Willow Garden," on which they compare favorably with the Everly Brothers…

Sweet 70's fusion from John Tropea - a tightly-crafted album, but one that's never too slick, and which still has plenty of soul! Tropea's that rare breed who actually sounds better with a bit more polish - and he seems to draw magically from the high quality of studio support he gets on the record, inspiring his own guitar work onto strong new levels. There's a sense of focus here that seems to even go beyond John's first 2 albums as a leader - and the whole thing's nicely unified with a laidback groove and an R&B-inspired approach to electric jazz.