Seaman, Dave wrote:

>On another note -- again,  not a power pop note  -- I have been >listening to early Rod Stewart, namely stuff from The RS Album, >Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story and Never a Dull Moment.  >What great stuff!   The feel of this material is just so great - many >good and great songs, excellent interplay of electric and acoustic >guitars, mandolins, and other stringed things, a healthy dose of >barrelhouse rock and roll pianos and swelling organs, active & funky >bass work, a drum mix that hits you between the eyes, and of course >that voice.   And then, a few albums later, he lost it.  I mean lost >it   From Maggie May to Do Ya Think I'm Sexy.  What a shame.  I will >have to find all of the early RS albums on CD.  Wish they put them out
>on 2fers, they'd fit.

Those first 4 albums are available in a 3 CD set (the 3 albums you mentioned, and one other I believe) which I saw recently. I think there are bonus tracks as well. Not sure which label it's on, maybe Rhino. I'll pick this one up soon myself.

Rick G.