AMG Review of Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Fuel 2000's Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961 is the latest, best-sounding repackaging of this material. If you already have this material elsewhere in your collection (and given the number of times it's come out in various incarnations, you very well may), you don't need to replace your previous disc, but if you're looking for the best-available collection of this seminal material, turn here.