They like to do this a couple years after the release, when most people have already either purchased the original live recording or forgot about it. BMG has done this with REO Speedwagon, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, Warrant, Lynyrd Skynyrd and several others. The label here, BMG, has a particularly nasty habit of taking previously released live albums and repackaging the songs under a different title. If you haven't heard this before, there are separate reviews online of the original album, 'Shakin' with the Money Man'. If you came here expecting any unreleased material or an alternative live album (from a different show), you will be disappointed. However, a dedicated fan will do better to pick up 'Shakin' with the Money Man.' You have to ask yourself how big of a Money fan are you? Are you willing to settle for a second rate presentation of a fine album or would you rather pay a couple more dollars to get the real thing? If you are a casual Eddie Money fan, you won't be called a fool for buying this cd. This budget priced cd is a little bit cheaper than 'Shakin' with the Money Man', though not by much. Edward Mahoney (Money's birthname) is in fine singing form, at the top of his game. Still, these songs by Eddie Money (studio and live cuts) are very good. 'Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection' has them laid out so that the cd sounds poorly edited and chopped up. On 'Shakin' with the Money Man', the songs all flow together in a nice sequence like an actual concert. The track listing is different than before. Where the real problem lies is that the live tracks are now out of order. Now, this doesn't make a major difference. This time around, the live songs are used first and the studio cuts that made it on are at the very end. On the source album, the four studio cuts opened the album and then were followed by the ten live tunes. Probably the worst thing on this collection is the running order. I suppose those were the two easiest choices to leave off, as the live cuts actually used here are the best. "She takes my breath away" and "Everybody rock & roll the place" did not make the trip over. Of the ten live songs from 'Shakin' with the Money Man', eight of them are used here. That is a shame, since the two studio cuts that were left off are better than the other two that were used here. Two other new studio cuts, "Everybody loves Christmas" and "Something to believe in" that were originally on 'Shakin' with the Money Man', in 1997, are missing from this album. When you view this track listing, the final two tracks to close this album are a couple of Eddie's new studio cuts from 1997. The real difference between the two is that four songs are missing from the source album and the liner notes here (compared to the original release) are bare-bones. Most of these cuts have been repackaged here for this 1998 release through BMG. It featured four brand new studio cuts, including a Christmas tune, and a strong live performance of Eddie Money's greatest hits. 'Shakin' with the Money Man' was a quality release that came out through a smaller label, CMC International. That album was 'Shakin' with the Money Man' from 1997. "This Eddie Money album, 'Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection' is a budget priced edition of a previously released album.
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