The original Eagles (Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner, Glen Frey, Don Henley) were former members of Lind Ronstadt's backing group. Linda's career hadn't really got going at that stage but both she and the Eagles achieved greater success after they went their separate ways. Apart from their work with Linda, Bernie had also worked with the Flying Burrito Brothers and (earlier) Dillard and Clark, while Randy had worked with Rick Nelson and also been a member of Poco.

The history of the Eagles, already complex at the time of their formation, became ever more complex as the line-up changed down the years. Don Felder (an additional member), Joe Walsh (a replacement for Bernie Leadon) and Timothy B Schmidt (a replacement for Randy Meisner) all made their presence felt as the group's sound evolved from its early country-rock to a more conventional rock sound without any hint of country. Nevertheless, even country fans and singers appreciate the Eagles' later music, as evidenced by the track selection on the country tribute album (Common thread) released in the nineties.

All the famous songs are here including Desperado, Take it to the limit, Lying eyes, Hotel California, Take it easy Tequila sunrise, New kid in town and Best of my love to name just a few.

If you just want a single CD of Eagles music, this one contains all the essentials.

Shameful to see England doing a better job of packaging than our great big U.S.of A. Rather than parcel out ten songs per disc like they did here, Elektra U.K. put 17 Eagles hits on one excellent disc. (This is probably because the British need the value to encourage them to shell out for our beloved American rockers. Squeeze and Crowded House are competing for their hard-earned pounds...) The only song missing from "our" Vol. 1 is "Already Gone." I am prepared to weather this loss. All the chart hits from the relatively-less-popular Vol. 2 are here as well, except for "Seven Bridges Road". While I wish that was here, this CD compensates with early tracks "James Dean" and "Doolin-Dalton". I prefer having one rock-solid disc to two that are each missing something; that made this worth the import price for me. Sound quality is excellent, and all the versions are the same lengths as on the U.S. discs. P.S.: Michael Jackson fans, take note--if enough people choose this over "Greatest Hits '71-'75", "Thriller" may someday reclaim the all-time sales lead...

As only a casual fan of some of the Eagles music, this import collection was enough to satisfy me. Except for one glaring omission ("Already Gone", one of my personal favorites) and two duds ("Doolin Dalton" and "James Dean"), this has all of the essential Eagles songs you'd want on a hits compilation. However, now there's going to be a 2 disc "Best Of" that is coming out this fall that I will probably update my collection and replace this with. So any of you considering this collection instead might want to wait for that one instead because it has all the hits represented here plus the aforementioned "Already Gone" and some album tracks that are often played on classic rock radio like "In the City", "Victim of Love", etc.

It was great to get such a great, sharp, remastered reproduction of these "oldies" by the Eagles. I used to listen to our kids playing them over and over and now I have all those wonderful songs on MY iPod!

I can't tell you Why alone is Worth the Price alone.Hotel California,Life in the fast lane,Best of My love,&the Philly Sounding influenced Take it to the Limit.this is a must have in your collection.this best captures the Eagles.all of the essential Songs here.