1. You Gotta Believe
2. Walkin' One and Only
3. O'Reilly at the Bar
4. Moody Richard (The Innocent Bystander)
5. Flight of the Fly - Dan Hicks, Gibton, J.
6. I Scare Myself
7. Philly Rag - Dan Hicks, Gibton, S.
8. The Laughing Song
9. Canned Music
10. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) - Dan Hicks, Mercer, Johnny
11. Woe, the Luck
12. Presently in the Past - Dan Hicks, Eisenberg, N.
13. Skippy's Farewell - Dan Hicks, Leopold, J.
14. Fujiyama - Dan Hicks, Gibton, J.
Striking It Rich
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1990-10-25)
- Publisher: Fontana Mca N'ville
- Label: Fontana Mca N'ville
- Studio: Fontana Mca N'ville
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 17 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #21754
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Summary: good one from the old days 2008-08-18
Comment: This album is a terrific one from before most of you, well, were. Don't let that keep you from enjoying the finely crafted musicianship and intelligent lyrics (well, most of them). As for buying on Amazon, watch out: they default you to buy two copies without warning you. Wanna bet that they leave that out of the review? As a result, I'm not buying here again unless in dire circumstances.
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Summary: Ah, the memories! 2008-06-28
Comment: This is an album I shared with a boyfriend in the early 80's. Altho' the boyfriend is history (as is the original vinyl), listening to this CD brought back memories of such good times! Dan Hicks is funny, original, versatile - and his music is undefinable! You can't help but get involved!
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Summary: Good Album 2008-06-13
Comment: Personally I feel that 'I scare myself' is a little over rated. The violin solo did not rock my world. Today this kind of music would probably be considered by many as quirky. That may be case, but there are some good tracks here. 'Moody Richard' is a great song, really very interesting. Getting this record is worth it just for the pleasure of listening to the back up vocals and Hick's guitar work.
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Summary: Great album, poor sound quality on the CD 2008-05-23
Comment: Released in 1972, this is Dan Hicks' third album. It is the second on MCA and to get wide distribution. It is 37 minutes long.
The biggest problem with these MCA CD releases is that the sound quality is poor. This is probably the worst one. It was transferred to CD in the early days of CD and it must not have been done from a master. It is the type of CD that gave early CD's a bad name and created vinyl snobs.
The sound is fuzzy and muddled. There is no dynamic range. This was a crystal clear recording but does not come out like that on CD.
This CD has the best collection of songs of any Dan Hicks albums. However, the best songs on this CD, Canned Music and I Scare Myself were also on Dan Hicks' first album, Original Songs. Those versions can be found with much better sound quality.
So, if the sound quality was good, I would give this 5 stars. But had to drop it a star because I find the sound annoying.
Dan Hick's first album was called the Original Songs. 9 of the 11 songs of that album are on a CD called The Most of Dan Hicks. That CD also contains 7 unreleased songs. Most of the songs on that CD have been redone and put on other CD's like Where's the Money and Striking it Rich.
The Most of Dan Hicks has near perfect sound. Buy that CD and see how much better songs like Canned Music can be with high quality sound.
Note that Thomas Dolby (Blinded By Science) had a minor hit with I Scare Myself.
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Summary: Hicksville 2007-06-01
Comment: No one styles tin pan alley as well as Dan. What a great show. You can feel his electricity.
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