This album, one of a series under the Extended Versions rubric, is misleadingly named. The implication is that the material on this set of Winter-Derringer hits and bits has been re-recorded in the studio, but actually everything comes from a live performance in Tokyo, Japan. A classic inclusion is the closer, "Frankenstein," Winter's number one hit from 1973 that clocks in at 14:18, along with a cover of the McCoys' (Rick Derringer's first band) 1965 hit "Hang on Sloopy" and Derringer's solo breakthrough hit "Rock & Roll, ...
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This album, one of a series under the Extended Versions rubric, is misleadingly named. The implication is that the material on this set of Winter-Derringer hits and bits has been re-recorded in the studio, but actually everything comes from a live performance in Tokyo, Japan. A classic inclusion is the closer, "Frankenstein," Winter's number one hit from 1973 that clocks in at 14:18, along with a cover of the McCoys' (Rick Derringer's first band) 1965 hit "Hang on Sloopy" and Derringer's solo breakthrough hit "Rock & Roll, Hootchie Koo," "Keep Playin' That Rock & Roll," "Free Ride," and "Teenage Love Affair." ~ Adrian Zupp, Rovi
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