Since
Eddie & the Cruisers
were a fictional band to begin with, the idea of a collection of unreleased material is sort of ridiculous. Of course, these are unreleased and new recordings by
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
, the group that provided all of the music for the semi-legendary
. Most of
Cafferty
's best songs appeared on the
soundtrack
to the film, which is also the place he experienced his greatest success. Most of the songs here sound like leftovers, but they are performed with conviction by
The Beaver Brown Band
. They might not have been much more than a
bar band
, but they were a good
. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine