RCA finally got it right this time by releasing "The Guess Who Anthology", which is an excellent 2-cd set that covers the band's career from the early sixties to the mid- seventy's. What's nice about this collection is that it includes their first hit "Shakin' All Over" (also covered by The Who) as well as a few other rarities from that time period (60's). You have most of the choice songs from each Guess Who studio album ever released with the exception of "Friends Of Mine" (from Wheatfield Soul) but that song was 10 minutes long so it's understandable that because of it's time length it was omitted from this collection. The hits such as "These Eyes", "Laughing", "Undun", "No Time", "American Woman", "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature", "Hand Me Down World", "Share The Land", "Hang On To Your Life", "Albert Flasher", "Rain Dance", "Glamour Boy" and "Star Baby" are all here plus twenty seven other songs as well (including more hits). This collection is also remastered and sounds great, much better than other collections I've owned. If you enjoy listening to groups such as Three Dog Night, Bread, Grand Funk, etc, then you'll love this latest Guess Who collection.

At first I thought do we really need another Guess Who collection? But really this is by far the best place to start. Strongest track selection on any Guess Who album, period! It contains just about all the essential album stuff and a few excellent hard to find single tracks but no filler. Contrary to what some said here the sound first rate! I just compared tracks on this to the excellent Buddha remasters and there was no distinguishable difference. The sound is a big improvement over many previous releases, especially the strange remastering of "Ultimate Collection", which had too much dynamic range compression. But for me the best part of this collection is probably the 3 radio advertisment recordings hidden at the ends of the discs. The "Canadian Invasion" ad which promoted "These Eyes" is hilarious!

The sound quality on this CD is as good as any remastered work I have ever heard. Burton Cummings' voice is first rate and the remastering work done here make the playback of his voice and the band's musicality like you are live and upfront in a small concert hall. Whether you are a casual fan or serious afficionado of this group this CD is a must.

Like virtually all of the other reviewers so far, I find this set to be hands-down the best-sounding Guess Who compilation out there. It's one of those that instantly becomes a treasured part of your collection.

It's great to finally have "Shakin' All Over", too hard to find on cd for too long. But that's just one track among almost forty and every one shines. Burton Cummings has got one of rock's greatest voices. Randy Bachman and Kurt Winter are both terrifically talented guitarists. The songs are top-notch and the selection and sequencing of this set, impeccable.

The booklet features very well-written notes and full track details with some great photos.

If you don't own any GW on cd, this is the one to get, alright. If you do, you should still get this, you won't be disappointed.

I've written a few reviews over the past year on some of these "so called" remastered cd's that have been negative but I finally found one to be totally positive about. I usually write about the sound quality of the product because with these older re-releases, most are totally familiar with the material. This by far is the best sounding Guess Who collection ever put out on cd. My only criticism is it should have been a 3 cd set rather than 2. This is totally superior to "The Ultimate Collection" & "Track record The Guess Who Collection" Songs like "Broken" & the studio version of "Albert Flasher" never sounded better. I only wish the sound engineers would have worked the same magic on some of the other Guess Who cd releases.