Accurately subtitled "20 Early Seger Rarities On Compact Disc!," this brings together many of Bob Seger's hardest-to-find tracks from the first five years or so of his recording career, spanning 1966-1971. The problem is that it's not exactly an authorized production, as its limited availability, sketchy liner notes, and lack of a catalog number make clear. Nonetheless, it does exist on a CD, the label given as "The Limited Edition Company" on the back cover and "Hall of Fame Recordings" on the disc itself. And it does include desirable rarities, particularly his first batch of singles from 1966-1967. Those comprise about half the CD, and include some smoking garage-roots-rockers, particularly the gritty "East Side Story" and "Persecution Smith," a frenetic takeoff on Bob Dylan's "Tombstone Blues." Some of those early songs aren't so good, but there are other high points, like his soul-rocker "Heavy Music" (parts one and two both included), "Vagrant Winter," and "Chain Smokin'," as well as the novelties "Sock It to Me Santa" and "Ballad of the Yellow Beret." The last half of the disc is mostly taken from slightly later recordings, including "2+2=?" (one of the great underrated antiwar rock songs of all time), seven tunes that also appeared on his late-'60s LP Noah, and the early-'70s single "Lookin' Back." These tracks (and indeed all of the cuts on this disc) find Seger searching for a style to some extent, from garage rock and blue-eyed soul to the Traffic-style "Paint Them a Picture Jane" and protest numbers. Yet it's not a stretch to note that they also include some of the rawest, most passionate music and singing of his entire career. What's really needed, however, is an official release of this material that would not only boast the best sound possible (though the fidelity on this disc is pretty good), but also offer more than the mere fragmentary discography that serves as this compilation's thin excuse for liner notes.