Unlike a lot of "vault" releases than only contain lame outtakes and inferior and/or unfinished recordings, this one of Trout's breaks that rule into pieces. This album serves well as a substitute for a new Trout album that I guess is still in the works.

I wasn't sure that I would like the album but took the chance and bought it anyway. I was very pleased when the album started off with some very nice slide and harp. After the first 30 odd seconds in changed into something else that was tolerable. It was all down hill after the first track a track that could loosely be called blues after the opening moments. Not sure how you could place this in the Blues genre. THIS ALBUM IS NOT BLUES.

As Shaq, "The King Of The World Blues Reviewer", said in a prior 5 star rated review on Walter's, "Full Circle", I had never heard of him before. "Full Circle" was so good, I decided to "reverse engineer" him, and research and find some prior CD's of him. This CD was a result of my effort. I was totally disappointed. This CD can't hold an unlit candle to the blues-rock classic that "Full Circle" is. Shaq's recommendation to my loyal "The King Of The World Blues Reviewer" fans, is to not buy this, and hope Walter's new direction, is the type of heavy hitting blues classic that "Full Circle" is. I am anxiously awaiting his next release, and will update you immediately upon that event!

This book is a core reading in a UK distance-learning MBA programme to which I am enlisted. The author successfully covers the main areas of current strategic thinking in a style that is easy-to-understand and jargon free. I'm glad that the author pays particular attention to organisational resourced-based capabilities and their alignment to key success factors as an enabler for successful implementation (strategic implementation being the main area where many organisations fail).

I bought this book because I was hoping it would provide me with good guidance in terms of how to use analysis techniques that would support my strategy consulting work. It has a heavy economists' leaning. This is both good and bad. It is good in that it gives some tried and true ways of understanding contemporary strategy. It is bad in that it misses out on the many ways and means by which non-economists understand contemporary strategy and is very thick in terms of its descriptions. It is not a "how to" book, that is for sure. Since competition today often seems to defy economic logic, this economic approach can only go so far. And there is still no better economist's approach than Professor Michael Porter's materials and this book certainly adds little to that great body of work.

If you were to write a book on business strategy, what examples would you use on page 1 to illustrate successful strategy? If you are Robert M. Grant, you would sing the praises of Madonna, the communist north Vietnamese army, and Lance Armstrong. Likewise, how would you explain diversification? If you are Robert M. Grant, you would say "Diversification is like sex: its attractions are obvious, often irresistible. Yet, the experience is often disappointing." (Page 409) These are but two examples of the author's odd writing style. However, if these examples of business strategy appeal to you, this is your book.