The Very Best Of The A&M Years (1977-1988)

Performer: .38 Special (Rock)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Producers: Rodney Mills, Keith Olsen, Don Barnes, Jim Wallace, Dan Hartman. Compilation producers: Mike Ragogna. Recorded between 1980 & 1989. Includes liner notes by Scott Schinder. Fans looking for a smart, economical, and sharp-sounding overview of radio-friendly Southern rockers .38 Special will find much to love in the Very Best of the A&M Years (1977-1988). "Hold on Loosely," "Caught Up in You," "If I'd Been the One" and "Rockin' into the Night" are all present, as well as deeper cuts such as "Take Me Back" and "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys." Listeners who require more from their collections would be better off picking up Hip-O's monster, two-disc, 34-track Anthology. ~ James Christopher Monger

In the 1970s, brothers Donnie, Ronnie, and Johnny Van Zant of Jacksonville, Florida, oversaw a veritable Southern rock dynasty. Ronnie played in Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny ruled the Van Zant Band, and Donnie purveyed tough, low-slung boogie as the vocalist and guitarist in .38 Special. The band's no-frills blues-rock appealed to AOR listeners, and the band had several radio hits in the late '70s and early '80s. Their definitive song from that era is the straight-ahead rockin' bit of love advice, "Hold on Loosely," but the band continued to chart respectably through the late '90s, recording and touring on a semi-regular basis.

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