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Limited edition 'Vinyl Replica Series' released by WEA/Asia to coincide with their Autumn 2004 tour there. The album package is specially redesigned to resemble the original vinyl packaging. Originally released in 1976. Digitally Remastered.

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The Eagles' fourth album One Of These Nights was released in June of 1975.
Like its predecessor, was produced by Bill Szymczyk and has the same band lineup as the previous album.
The opening title track, which was a #1 hit for the band, is a rock song with a funk/soul feel which was described as disco-like but it's not a disco number and featured a dynamic vocal from Don Henley whom sang normal in the first two verses and at the end goes into Barry Gibb mode with the falsetto at the end of the track. Next is bass player Randy Meisner's Too Many Hands, written by himself along with guitarist Don Felder (a bit of an odd couple, but it's a superb mid-tempo rocker with killer guitar solos from Felder and guitarist/keyboardist Glenn Frey). The countryish Hollywood Waltz, which was the only song written by Frey, Henley and guitarist Bernie Leadon and was, bless them, a real waltz. Don's vocal was great and has more superb falsetto work from Henley at the end of the track and the song was the first Eagles track to have a synthesizer. The first half ends with Bernie's first of two contributions, the wild but stately 7-minute instrumental Journey Of The Sorcerer which was a superb piece of music.
The second half of the album starts with the second single Lyin' Eyes, which was one of Glenn's best songs and one of few 6 minute tracks to top the charts and is a great country-rocker. Next was Take It To The Limit, a grand and melodious stop-and-go ballad, sung by Meisner whom gave his best vocal performance on this track. The album's hardest rock song Visions had guitarist Felder's sole lead vocal which was co-written with Henley. Next, was After the Thrill is Gone which was sung by Frey and Henley and was a superb ballad about breaking up. The album closes with Leadon's second of two contributions, the ballad I Wish You Peace, which ironically was his last song with the band as he would leave in late 1975.
This album was the band's first #1 album here in the States.
I first got this classic on cassette when I was nine and have the remastered CD and this remastered CD buries the original album!
Highly recommended!