Ultimate Randy collection ...

Following on from my homemade compilation of the 'Best of Schmit' I thought I'd put together what I consider the 'Ultimate Meisner' collection, and whilst I personally find some of Randy's solo work a touch uninspired at times this 21-track set is so goddamn good to listen to on the ol' iPod ! Definitely one for the folk out there who want to hear what Randy COULD offer (without the weak spots) ...
Thoughts anyone ?

Hearts On Fire
Never Been In Love
Bad Man
I Really Want You Here Tonight
Take It To The Limit
If You Wanna Be Happy
Daughter Of The Sky
Lonesome Cowgirl
One More Song
Every Other Day
Gotta Get Away
Darkness Of A Heart
Never Had A Broken Heart (with Billy Swan & Charlie Rich Jr)
Playin' In The Deep End
Long Time Blue
Nothin' To Hide (with Poco)
Rough Edges (with Poco)
My How Things Have Changed
Listen To The Radio (with Black Tie)
Learning The Game (with Black Tie)
Heartsong

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Gosh Malc - I wish I was more familiar with Randy's solo work so I could comment on your list. I do know a few of the songs, and I remember when Hearts On Fire was a hit in the 80's. I like that song a lot. That other one called Take It To the Limit ain't too bad either. :wink: :wink: My other very favorite Eagles song by Randy is Try and Love Again.

I'm about to leave to drive back to Indiana tomorrow, but once I get back home, I'll add my list. Good topic!

I'm going to have to refresh my memory on some of Randy's stuff. I always loved most of his songs with the Eagles, but I only have 1 vinyl album when he went solo, which I can't play because I have no record player.

My favorite of his is Take It To The Limit. Just beautiful.

I love the song Try and Love Again. My second favorite is Take it To The Limit. I'm not familiar with any other songs. Does he solo on any of the other Eagle songs?

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Originally Posted by AzEaglesFan

I love the song Try and Love Again. My second favorite is Take it To The Limit. I'm not familiar with any other songs. Does he solo on any of the other Eagle songs?

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From the Eagles catalog - "Certain Kind Of Fool", "Most Of Us Are Sad", "Take The Devil", "Tryin'", "Midnight Flyer", "Is It True" and "Too Many Hands" all feature Randy as lead vocalist, tho' he also offers distinctive parts to "Saturday Night" and "On The Border" amongst others ...
However, as my original post suggests, he does also have a reasonable 'solo' catalog out there aswell ... if you can find it (which it took me a while to do !) :)

Favorite solos for Randy, as I have posted in the Randy video thread, are

Gotta Get Away
Deep Inside My Heart
Come On Back To Me
Hearts On Fire

Here's mine. (I've been listening to Randy's solo stuff a lot this week and I've been editing this list. It's reached the point where all of Randy's solo songs are included as well as all of his Eagles and Poco songs.)

Solo:

Long Time Blue
In a Minute
Don't Keep it Inside
Love Me or Leave Me Alone
Midnight Rain
My How Things Have Changed
Walk of Life
Trust Your Heart
Salt in My Tears
All Alone in Paradise
Ain't Gonna Take it
Lonely Alone
One Less Fool
When the Dam Breaks
Hearts on Fire
Gotta Get Away
Deep Inside My Heart
I Need You Bad
One More Song
Never Been in Love
Darkness of the Heart
Tonight
Playin' in the Deep End
Strangers
Still Runnin'
Nothin' is Said ('Til the Artist is Dead)
Doin' it for Delilah
Bad Man
Daughter of the Sky
Save the Last Dance for Me
Lonesome Cowgirl
If You Wanna Be Happy
I Really Want You Hear Tonight
Every Other Day
Heartsong
Take it Easy
It Hurts to Be in Love
Anyway Bye Bye
Please Be With Me
Come on Back to Me
Trouble Ahead
Leaving on Tuesday
Jealousy
Too Many Lovers
White Shoes

Eagles:

Take it to the Limit
Try and Love Again
Tryin'
Too Many Hands
Certain Kind of Fool
Midnight Flyer
Take the Devil
Most of Us are Sad
Is it True

Poco:

Rough Edges
Nothin' to Hide
Nature of Love

I just realized I never replied to this! If I were to make a "Best of Randy" CD which included his Eagles music and limited it to the max CD-R length of 70 minutes (about 17 songs since a lot of his songs are short), here's what I'd put on it:


Eagles
Take It to the Limit
Too Many Hands
Midnight Flyer
Most of Us Are Sad
Try to Love Again
Certain Kind of Fool
Is It True

Solo
Deep Inside My Heart
Doin' It for Delilah
Hearts on Fire
Nothing Is Said ('Til the Artist Is Dead)
One More Song
Gotta Get Away
I Need You Bad
Darkness of the Heart

Poco
Nothing to Hide
Nature of Love