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1 Industrial Military Complex Hex (Alternate Version)
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2 Macho City (Short Version)
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3 Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around (Alternate Version)
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4 Love Is Strange
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5 Rock'n Me (Alternate Version 1)
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6 Crossroads
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7 Take the Money and Run (Alternate Version) (Steve Miller)
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8 Tain't It the Truth
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9 Freight Train Blues
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10 Fly Like An Eagle (Alternate Version)
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11 I Wanna Be Loved (Steve Miller and Les Paul)
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12 Jet Airliner (Alternate Version)
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13 Lollie Lou (Steve Miller)
2019 collection. SELECTIONS FROM THE VAULT features 13 tracks, 12 of
which are previously unreleased, taken from Steve Miller's career
spanning deluxe box set, Welcome To The Vault. Highlights include
'Rock'n Me' (Alternate Version 1), 'Crossroads' (Live), 'Take The Money
and Run' (Alternate Version), and new unheard renditions of hits 'Fly
Like An Eagle' and 'Jet Airliner', plus Steve Miller's version of Mickey
& Sylvia's 'Love Is Strange', which has never appeared on a release
until now.
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The single-album sampler of the weighty archival release The Vault is an accurate representation of the big box, focusing heavily on the early years of the Steve Miller Band and specifically emphasizing their blues side. Two big hits are here --
"Rock'n Me" and "Fly Like an Eagle," both in alternate versions -- but
the draw of the compilation is hearing SMB dig into "Industrial Military Complex Hex" and "Crossroads," cuts that
showcase their roots in the counterculture and blues. While The Vault has plenty more to offer, Selections does function as a first-rate distillation of the larger set. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine