This compilation offers a bakers" dozen from Ry Cooder (guitar/bass/mandolin/vocals), cuts taken from seven of the eight solo studio LPs that he issued between 1970 and 1980. These include his debut Ry Cooder (1970), Into the Purple Valley (1971), Boomer"s Story (1972), Paradise and Lunch (1974), Chicken Skin Music (1976), Bop Till You Drop (1979), and Borderline (1980). Warner. 2004.