The Flying Burrito Bros. definitive collection is the one you want for your collection featuring both classic albums with Gram Parsons, including the landmark debut, The Gilded Palace Of Sin, and the follow up, Burrito Deluxe, the one key element that makes this compilation stand out from the rest is, you get both albums complete and all the tracks in order the way they were originally recorded, all on one disc, where as I've noticed on other compilations the tracks are mixed and scattered, plus there's three bonus tracks on here, a prime example of Parsons' cosmic American music, "The Train Song", I've never heard anything like this before and Dave Dudley's, "Six Days On The Road", great instrumentation on this one and there's Buck Owens', "Close Up The Honky Tonks", which sounds like a demo. After listening to their follow up, Burrito Deluxe, don't pay any attention to what the critics say, this album is as good as the Gilded Palace, just a different approach with a little more on the rock side, and a little less Sneaky Pete, Parsons contributing writing on six of the eleven tracks and also listen for the Burritos version of, Wild Horses, Gram Parsons did ol' Mick proud, maybe even prouder, a great version, this is a AM/Universal 2002 release, 96k/24 bit mastered from the original master tapes, with a thick booklet with pictures and notes of Parsons and The Flying Burrito Bros..

I have loved these guys since day one, so any CD is worthwhile. This contains most of their best songs and is well worth the price. If you like Gram and the boys, but don't have any of their music, then buy this NOW!

Chris Hillman doesn't need to take a backseat to anyone. How did I miss this? It's playing all the time.

The flying Burrito Brothers music is excellent, but the sound engineering is terrible. The sound is tinny and unbalanced. Mostly the same music can be heard on Gilded Palace of Sin, with much better sound quality.