Founded in 1966 in Shively, Kentucky, NRBQ has given their dedicated fan base 50 years of surprises and exceptional live shows. No style of music is safe around NRBQ as their repertoire consists of choice, wide-ranging covers (their first Columbia album for example, found them covering Eddie Cochran, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and Sun Ra) to their own compositions, many, also covered by other artists (Bonnie Raitt, Dave Edmunds, She And Him, Steve Earle, Los Lobos). Playing all kinds of music made them hard to peg across the years, but it made them anything but boring. Their live shows are legendary and are made up spontaneously on the spot with no set list. They can, in a heartbeat, swing from one of their own hits (“Me And The Boys,” “RC Cola And A Moon Pie,” “Howard Johnson’s Got His Ho-Jo Workin’,” “Ridin’ In My Car”) to a perfectly curated cover, to a “magic box” request from the audience. They served as the unofficial house band for The Simpsons during Seasons 10-12 and count among their fans Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Replacements, Keith Richards, Wilco, and Elvis Costello among legions of others! With more than 30 albums recorded across 50 years they, have proven themselves to be peerless as musicians, songwriters and performers. So to celebrate 50 years of NRBQ, Omnivore Recordings is proud to present High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective consisting of five CDs of hits, rarities, concert staples, covers and previously unissued gems alongside liner notes and previously unseen photos. After 50 years of brilliant, unpredictable, joyfully exciting musical explorations, on stage and in the studio, it’s time to celebrate NRBQ!
Disc: 1
1. Love In Outer Space
2. Never Cop Out (Live)
3. Waitin' On My Sweetie Pie
4. Ruby My Dear
5. I'd Like To Know
6. Boozoo And Leona (Live)
7. I'm Alone
8. Can't Wait To Kiss You
9. Everybody Say Yeah!
10. In Every Dream
11. Here I Am
12. The Animal Life
13. Getting To Know You
14. Talk
15. Snowfall (Live)
16. Keep This Love Goin' (Live)
17. Fightin' Back
18. Let Go (Live)
19. Dutchess County Jail - By Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson
Disc: 2
1. Ain't It All Right
2. Rocket Number 9
3. Tina
4. I Say Goodday Goodnite
5. Down In My Heart
6. Have You Heard
7. Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard (Live)
8. Get On The Right Track Baby (Live)
9. You Move Too Fast (Live)
10. Flat Foot Flewzy
11. You Got Me Goin'
12. On The Farm
13. You Can't Hide
14. Step Aside (Live)
15. Beneliie
16. I Feel Good (Live)
17. Fergie's Prayer
18. C'mon Everybody
19. Stomp
20. Stay With Me
21. Heartbreaker (1966 Home Recording)
22. The Waiting Song - By The Seven Of Us
23. We Are Brothers (Live)
Disc: 3
1. That's Neat, That's Nice
2. Green Lights
3. Help Me Somebody
4. Only You
5. This Old House
6. Ridin' In My Car
7. Things To You
8. Do You Feel It?
9. Howard Johnson Got His Ho-Jo Workin'
10. Electric Train
11. Magnet
12. Honey Hush (Live)
13. Get That Gasoline Blues (Unedited Single Version)
14. It's Not Too Late
15. It Feels Good
16. Still In School
17. Be My Woman Tonight (Live)
18. RC Cola and a Moon Pie (Single Version)
19. Get Rhythm
20. You And I And George (Live)
21. It's Not So Hard
Disc: 4
1. Captain Lou - By NRBQ with Lou Albano
2. Me and the Boys
3. Talk To Me
4. I Love Her, She Loves Me
5. Smackeroo (Instrumental)
6. Feel You Around Me
7. Crazy Like A Fox (Live)
8. Rain at the Drive-In
9. S'posin' (Live)
10. Wacky Tobacky
11. How Can I Make You Love Me
12. I Got A Rocket In My Pocket (Live)
13. Never Take the Place of You
14. Want You To Feel Good Too
15. I Want You Bad
16. She Got The House (Live)
17. 12 Bar Blues
18. My Girlfirend's Pretty
19. Christmas Wish
Disc: 5
1. Sail On Sail On
2. Next Stop Battleboro
3. What You Mean To Me
4. One Big Parking Lot
5. Love Came To Me
6. Dummy
7. Terry Got A Muffin
8. It's St. Patrick's Day
9. 21-50 To Headquarters
10. Do the Primal Thing
11. Goodbye
12. Puddin' Truck
13. Ain't No Horse
14. Blame It On The World
15. Imaginary Radio
16. Always Safety First
17. Advice for Teenagers
18. Paris (Live)
19. See You Soon
