Ultimate Kansas

Kansas: Steve Walsh, Rich Williams, Phil Ehart, Robby Steinhardt, Dave Hope, Kerry Livgren.Producers include: Jeff Glixman, Wally Gold, Kansas, Neil Kernon, Ken Scott.Compilation producers: Jeff Glixman, Jeff Magid.Recorded between 1974 & 1983. Includes liner notes by David Wild.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Epic/Legacy's double-disc set The Ultimate Kansas pretty much fulfills the promise of its title. Although it doesn't delve into the group's latter-day recordings for MCA and other labels, that's not a problem because most listeners -- whether they're fairweather or dedicated fans -- will want to concentrate on the group's peak in the '70s, which is precisely what this does. Over the course of 26 tracks, all the hits and album-oriented radio staples are featured, usually in their full-length album versions, plus a number of fan favorites and key album tracks that help draw a full picture of what the group did. The remastered, expanded single-disc of The Best of Kansa