The Best Of Karl Denver (2000)

"A good friend turned me on to Karl by playing Lonesome Traveller and I was hooked. Karl Denver's sound is an incredible synthesis of early 60's styles. Hell, just listen to Lonesome Traveller back to back with If I had My Way. Buy the album and prepared to be amazed. The only possible issue you will have is that you might start trolling ebay to buy vintage Karl vinyl: this compilation is not enough! In fact I now judge my musical friends by their Karl reactions. The only negative thing I can say about this compilation is that having now listened to many of the records, I think the song selection was a bit safe, without some of his weirder more wonderful stuff. Unbelievable that this guy is Scottish. You have to wonder what would have happened if he got to stick around Nashville and didn't have to skip the country to avoid being deported. Amazon is doing itself a disservice by not allowing previews on this one." (Amazon)