Rolling out of Cleveland's club circuit in the late 1960s, the James Gang was a tight and hard rocking trio blessed with the guitar skills, songwriting chops, and the strong lead voice of Joe Walsh long before he ended up in the rock retirement community known as the Eagles. This 17-track set contains some gems like the powerful "Take a Look Around," the moody "Ashes, the Rain and I," an interesting cover of Stephen Stills' Buffalo Springfield-era "Bluebird" (complete with a thousand guitar overdubs), and the brilliant "Funk #49," a hard rock staple if ever there was one. Curiously, 1971's "Walk Away," one of the group's biggest hits, is missing here.