Original Album Classics in Bloomington, MN

Released in 2009 through
Sony Music
's catalog department,
Original Album Classics
bundles five albums by
the Brecker Brothers
:
The Brecker Bros.
(1975),
Don't Stop the Music
(1977),
Heavy Metal Be-Bop
(1978),
Detente
(1980), and
Straphangin'
(1980). That's five of the duo's first six albums for the
Arista
label; for whatever reason, the label skipped past 1976's
Back to Back
, one of
the Breckers
' better albums. Encased in a simple cardboard sleeve, the set includes each disc in a standard jewel case. The thorough and more attractive
The Complete Arista Albums Collection
, released in 2012, easily trumps this. ~ Andy Kellman