Kenny Rogers & First Edition - Vol. 1-All Time Greatest Hits

The most interesting factoid culled from the notes to Kenny Rogers & the First Edition's Greatest Hits is that the group's drummer was Mickey Jones, the same skinman who played with Bob Dylan and the Hawks on the legendary Albert Hall bootleg. It seems Jones has gone on to appear in Breath-Savers commercials, in case you've wondered. "But You Know I Love You," "Something's Burning," "Tell It All Brother," "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)" were the kind of faux psychedelic songs of the late '60s that made Jefferson Airplane followers cringe--which rather adds to their appeal. --Steven Stolder