The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ) is turning 50 this year, and Omnivore Recordings is throwing the party! High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective features 106 eclectic songs over 5 CDs including fan favorites such as the 1974 hit "Get That Gasoline Blues," plus rarities, concert tracks, and previously unreleased recordings from the band's varied line-ups over the years!

Since its founding in Louisville, Kentucky in 1966, NRBQ has touched on rock, jazz, blues, pop, and Americana. The band has recorded over 30 diverse albums for labels including Columbia, Kama Sutra, Mercury, and Rounder, and has collaborated with artists ranging from Skeeter Davis to Carl Perkins and even wrestler "Captain" Lou Albano! Further underscoring the group's multi-generational appeal, NRBQ's music has been covered by artists including Bonnie Raitt, Dave Edmunds, She and Him, Steve Earle, Los Lobos, and Widespread Panic.  They've recorded songs for The Simpsons and Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and have appeared on a record celebrating Spongebob Squarepants. It's no wonder that their fans range from Rolling Stone Keith Richards to the writer of "Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan!

NRBQ's live shows have developed a reputation for being completely unpredictable as the band on its own catalogue (including "Me And The Boys," "RC Cola And A Moon Pie," "Wacky Tobacky," "Ridin' In My Car," "12 Bar Blues" and "Christmas Wish") as well as innumerable cover versions and new material. High Noon boasts over fifteen live cuts among its varied selections. The five discs are organized in chronological fashion, with each one drawing on a different period of time in the band's storied history.

Sole remaining founding member Terry Adams worked closely with Omnivore on the box set and was instrumental in locating rare and lost material. He told Billboard, "It's made to convey the spirit of the band. We had a lot of fun putting it together, and in doing so we had to go back to the beginning. It has enabled me to come into direct contact with the original intent...I can feel the spirit of every year of the 50. I've never heard the stuff sound so good." The trade paper has premiered one of the previously-unissued cuts, "It's Not Too Late." Adams wrote the song in 1971 and recorded it with producer Eddie Kramer at New York's Electric Lady Studios during sessions for 1972's Scraps and its follow-up album, Workshop.

Every track on High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective has been freshly remastered, while the deluxe package boasts extensive booklet notes and previously unseen photos. While Omnivore is unable to release the box set digitally due to licensing restrictions, the label has curated High Noon: Highlights and Rarities from 50 Years, which contains six tracks not on the physical box.

NRBQ has long had a dedicated cult following, but High Noon should go a long way in introducing their singular brand of all-encompassing musical merriment to an even wider audience. You can peruse the track listing below!

NRBQ, High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective (Omnivore, 2016) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc One: Everybody Say Yeah! (2005-2016)

1. Love In Outer Space
2. Never Cop Out (Live)
3. Waitin' On My Sweetie Pie
4. Ruby, My Dear
5. I'd Like To Know
6. Boozoo And Leona (Live)
7. I'm Alone
8. Can't Wait To Kiss You
9. Everybody Say Yeah!
10. In Every Dream
11. Here I Am
12. The Animal Life
13. Getting To Know You
14. Talk
15. Snowfall (Live)
16. Keep This Love Goin'
17. Fightin' Back
18. Let Go (Live)
19. Dutchess County Jail  Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson

Disc Two: Ain't It All Right (1966-1970)

1. Ain't It All Right
2. Rocket Number 9
3. Tina
4. I Say Gooday Goodnite
5. Down In My Heart
6. Have You Heard
7. Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard
8. Get On The Right Track Baby (Live)
9. You Move So Fast (Live)
10. Flat Foot Flewzy
11. You Got Me Goin'
12. On The Farm
13. You Can't Hide
14. Step Aside (Live)
15. Benellie
16. I Feel Good (Live)
17. Fergie's Prayer
18. C'mon Everybody
19. Stomp
20. Stay With We
21. Heartbreaker (1966 Home Recording)
22. The Waiting Song  The Seven Of Us
23. We Are Brothers (Live)

Disc Three: Do You Feel It? (1971-1978)

1. That's Neat, That's Nice
2. Green Lights
3. Help Me Somebody
4. Only You
5. This Old House
6. Ridin' In My Car
7. Things To You
8. Do You Feel It
9. Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Workin'
10. Electric Train
11. Magnet
12. Honey Hush (Live)
13. Get That Gasoline Blues (Unedited Single Version)
14. It's Not Too Late
15. It Feels Good
16. Still In School
17. Be My Woman Tonight (Live)
18. RC Cola And A Moon Pie (Single Version)
19. Get Rhythm
20. You And I And George (Live)
21. It's Not So Hard

Disc Four: Me And The Boys (1977-1990)

1. Captain Lou - with Lou Albano
2. Me And The Boys
3. Talk To Me
4. I Love Her, She Loves Me
5. Smackaroo (Instrumental)
6. This Love Is True
7. Feel You Around Me
8. Crazy Like A Fox (Live)
9. Rain At The Drive-In
10. S'posin' (Live)
11. Wacky Tobacky
12. The One And Only
13. How Can I Make You Love Me
14. I Got A Rocket In My Pocket (Live)
15. Boy's Life
16. Never Take The Place Of You
17. Want You To Feel Good Too
18. I Want You Bad
19. She Got The House (Live)
20. 12 Bar Blues
21. My Girlfriend's Pretty
22. Christmas Wish

Disc Five: Puddin' Truck (1989-2004)

1. Little Floater
2. Sail On Sail On
3. Next Stop Brattleboro
4. What You Mean To Me
5. If I Don't Have You
6. One Big Parking Lot
7. Love Came To Me
8. Dummy
9. Terry Got A Muffin
10. It's St. Patrick's Day
11. 21-50 To Headquarters
12. Do The Primal Thing
13. Goodbye
14. Puddin' Truck
15. Ain't No Horse
16. Blame It On The World
17. Imaginary Radio
18. Always Safety First
19. Advice For Teenagers
20. Paris (Live)