70's Rock Hits

Track Listings

1. Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

2. Maggie May - Rod Stewart

3. Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band

4. Heartbreak Hotel - Frijid Pink

5. Dixie Rock - Wet Willie

6. I'm Tired - Savoy Brown

7. Champagne Jam - Atlanta Rhythm Section

8. Blind Eye - Uriah Heep

9. Southbound [*] - The Allman Brothers Band, The Allman Brothers Band

Tracks:

Love Grows ( Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
Ma Belle Amie - The Tee Set
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade
For The Love Of Him - Bobbi Martin
Liitle Green Bag - George Baker Selection
Which Way You Goin' Billy - The Poppy Family
My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
United We Stand - The Brotherhood Of Man
Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara

Customer Reviews:

"Reflections Of My Life" and yours too! Enjoy! .......2007-07-03

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various recordings from the 60's and 70's.

Volume 2 tries to equal the predecessor. While Volume 1 has better consistency, there are enough essential tracks here. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum is still getting airplay today not only on the oldies stations but on classic rock. Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade with some of the most intense lyrics ever presents a song of both beauty and articulation.

"Hitchin' A Ride"- Vanity Fare is an example of the great days of Top 40. There would be a plethora of memorable tunes that we would call on decades later.

As you give each of the twelve songs a listen see if it brings you back to a specific event or time in your life. Excluding the CD not being filled to capacity, you'll LOVE THE 70's!

Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

Tony Burrows Correction.......2006-12-07

All in all a great anthology. Minor correction on the Tony Burrows comments; he had nothing to do with Hitching A Ride (by Vanity Faire). However, he was also the lead vocalist on Beach Baby (First Class) and My Baby Loves Lovin' (White Plains).

One Hit Wonders? I Don't Think So!.......2005-12-11

All good songs on the CD! As for them being AM Radio tunes, thats where Top 40 was located. Many cars did not even have FM mono radios in them yet by 1972! Also nice to know, Tracks 1, 8, 9 and 10 are ALL sung by the same artist. I believe his name was Tony Burrows & he was from Great Britain. He also had a hit with a little novelty tune titled "Gimmie Dat Ding".

This Is A Very Good Volume Of The Have A Nice Day Series !.......2005-09-16

This Volume 2 of the Have A Nice Day series is another nice trip down memory lane and to me it is definately the co-star of the series with Volume 1 being the other. Every song on this Volume 2 peaked in 1970 and I previously owned most of these songs either on Vinyl or tape back in the day and it is great to hear them once again. Vanity Fare's Top Five Smash, Hitchin A Ride, and The Poppy Family's, Which Way You Goin Billy, have always been all-time favorites of mine along with the # 1 hit, Everything Is Beautiful, by the great Ray Stevens and the Top 15 smash, United We Stand, by The Brotherhood Of Man. Everything Is Beautiful, and, United We Stand, are songs of Love, Peace, Hope, Beauty and Unity and they still touch me when I listen to them. Both have very Powerful Lyrics and they Stand Tall even today. Every song on this Volume from the first which is Edision Lighthouse's, Love Grows ( Where My Rosemary Goes ), to the last which is Robin McNamara's, Lay A Little Lovin On Me, is great.
Final Note; As good as a lot of the music is today; these tunes of long ago are still very special to me. Like all Rhino compilations this CD sounds great and evidently this Volume 2 is out of print and starting to become rare.....Why?.....I don't know because I still think it is one of the two best of the series !.....Highly Recommended

Who Cares?.......2005-04-03

Not total garbage but mostly one hit wonders that were really light weight AM radio fare when they were first released. Who knows some of these songs will probably end up in a Tarantino movie I suppose and then they will be cool...

Super Hits Of The '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 19

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Pieces of my youth
Movie and TV themes...and more!
Rating 100%
I'm Still Having Fun And Its Still The One!
Your Still the One and I got my Jeans On

Super Hits Of The '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 19
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Release Date: 1993-04-06

Tracks:

Still The One - Orleans
Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang - Silver
Stand Tall - Burton Cummings
Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
I Like Dreamin' - Kenny Nolan
Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul
Jeans On - David Dundas
Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
The Things We Do For Love - 10cc
Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band
Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky') - Bill Conti

Customer Reviews:

Pieces of my youth.......2006-02-23

Everytime I get a CD filled with songs from my youth such as Vol 19, I feel young again! What a great mental health break!

I've been looking all over for "Don't Give Up On US Baby" and "I Like Dreaming".

Movie and TV themes...and more!.......2005-04-02

Okay, so this CD has the overplayed "sell out" songs, like "Still The One", used to promote ABC's (?) new season in '76, and the "Rocky" theme that put Stallone on the map, but we also get some great slow ballads. "Torn Between Two Lovers", used as the theme and inspiration for a forgettable TV movie starring Lee Remick, certainly survives well on its own. DJ's used to comment they could not believe "I Like Dreamin'" was only from '76, because it sounded much older, much more "classic". "Don't Give Up On Us", belted out by a fellow who was in a forgettable TV show of his own in his spare time, is still worth humming and quoting. "Jeans On" is musically under-rated, and also notable for its "timestamp" of 70's culture when it mentions the "tiger in my tank". Andrew Gold could do a story song when he tried. Is "Lonely Boy" about his own sibling rivalry problems? Climax Blues Band has an unusually funky entry with "Couldn't Get It Right", even though they went on to a more mellow sound in 1981 with "I Love You". "Undercover Angel", another fun but naughty 70's song, has a special place in my heart. Used to blush every time I heard it.

Rating 100%.......2004-05-30

A continuation of the "Have a Nice Day" CD series, Volume 19 is another truck load of hits. This Volume seems to contain a bunch of tracks from the 1977 era. Do you remember what you were doing back then??

All of the CD's in this series contain extensive sleeve notes on all the tracks with release dates. There's that radio classic which I think we've all heard a thousand times?.. 10CC's "the things we do for love". This volume has a number of tracks that have been released on CD for the first time. What about Burton Cummings "stand tall". Other tracks include the original Rocky theme, Orleans "still the one", Mary MacGregor's "Torn between two lovers", Adam O day's "undercover angel", Andrew Gold's "lonely boy" and a few tracks I've never really heard of. But for the songs I've listed, certainly make this disc worthwhile

I'm Still Having Fun And Its Still The One!.......2003-07-04

I've had this disc since 1993 and it still an entertaining,relaxing piece of nostalgia today."Super Hits Of The 70's:Have A Nice Day Vol.19" is an amazing recap of the softer side of 1977,featuring such super-guilty-pleasures like Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers",former Guess Who frontman's Burton Cummings "Stand Tall","Starksy And Hutch" actor David Soul's "Don't Give Up On Us",Andrew Gold's "Lonely Boy",Kenny Nolan's "I Like Dreamin",and Alan O'Day's oh-so-70's "Undercover Angel" along with likable,upbeat soft-rockers like Orleans "Still The One",Climax Blues Band's "Couldn't Get It Right" and 10cc's "The Things We Do For Love".The catchy TV jingle(David Dundas's "Jeans On")and the ubiquitous "Rocky" theme(Bill Conti's "Gonna Fly Now")provide contrast to the sweet,sentimental pop of the rest of the set,but for the most part,HANY Vol.19 captures the 70's at its sappiest,which means it's completly successful in its goals.(By the way,all these songs made the Top 20,10 of which made the Top 10,and 4 of which made it all the way to No.1!)

Your Still the One and I got my Jeans On.......2003-02-24

Even though that I'm born in 1980, I like music from the 1970's/1980's (except for some of that new wave ...) cause the songs have a better tone to it and everytime when I do listen to those songs, it just makes me wanna sing.

Tracks:

More Today Than Yesterday - Spiral Starecase
Baby It's You - Smith
Smile A Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine
Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Venus - The Shocking Blue
Early In The Morning - Vanity Fare
Arizona - Mark Lindsay
The Rapper - The Jaggerz
Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers
Tracy - The Cuff Links
Mississippi Queen - Mountain

Customer Reviews:

You'll dig this "More Today Than Yesterday".......2007-07-03

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various recordings from the 60's and 70's.

Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 1- The initial release of the series made a solid splash for its consistency and musical diversity.

The volumes become a portable jukebox with any selection a memory of yesteryear. The opening track "More Today Than Yesterday" by the Spiral Starecase could be a Stevie Wonder composition. The production is tremendous and the vocals resonate from the speakers.

"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" from Steam became not only a hit single but a sports anthem. Played at hundreds of venues after the home team would have a victory in hand the tune is going to soon celebrate its fortieth birthday but not look older than one.

"Venus" - (The Shocking Blue) The opening second keyboard sound is hypnotic. It had hit written all over.

"Come Saturday Morning" By the Sandpipers has one of the best vocal performances ever. A timeless tune that could never outstay its welcome.

The only pitfall with the entire series is the playing time should fill up a CD. That is why bonus track were invented. Excluding the clock, this a wonderful ride to the past.

Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

some good oldies.......2007-04-01

It was actually not the cd I wanted But I do like a few songs on it.

Fun, Fun, Fun (no T-Bird required).......2006-04-05

Today's rock historians will tell you that the late 60s and early 70s were a time of big changes in the music world, and to a degree, they're right: The Who the Pretty things were inventing the rock-opera, James Brown was turning the R&B world on its head, the Velvet Underground were birthing the alternative rock scene, the Grateful Dead were expanding the length and very definition of rock at their life-altering concerts, etc., etc. Yes, rock was, for better or worse, growing up and movin' on out. Fortunatly, nobody thought to tell the chartmaking, AM radio crowd. And so, at the beginning of the 70s, record labels were still churning out platter after platter of simplistic, catchy, glorious, and downright fun pop brilliance. The first in a series of 25 (!) discs, Have a Nice Day, V.1 cobbles together twelve pop delights from 1969 and 1970, and each one is a winner: The disc's oppener, "More Today than Yesterday," is a glorious, soulful, propulsive single from the summer of 1969. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye," (whose chorus is probably in the Constitution somewhere) is much more than a tune to play off the losers of cuise ship dance contests: With its chiming bells, lulling handclaps, ethereal vocals, and majestic organ playing, it's an otherworldly pop confection. "Smile A Little Smile For Me" is pure hand-clapping, singalong accoustic pop-rock catchiness. And then there's "Cherry Hill Park," a hook-soaked, slinking pop tune with lyrics as risque as anything the early 'Stones ever wrote. And whatever you do, don't overlook the wah-wahing blue-eyed soul of "Arizona" with its sublime, laid back vocals and magestic chorus. "Come Saturday Morning," with its gorgeous vocals and dreamy atmosphere, sounds like a lost Byrds single. And as for the less poppy entries on this disc, there are plenty of great rockers aboard: The rediculously catchy bounce of "Venus," the eye-wateringly heavy "Mississippi Queen," and the country-blues-rocker "The Rapper" are sweet highlights. All in all, a great disc. If you thought that the good stuff never hit the charts, pick this up and prepare to be re-educated.

Have A Nice Day; Volume One IS # One But It's A Tie With Volume Two .......2005-09-13

In my opinion: Twenty Three out of the Twenty Five versions of this, Super Hits Of The 70s; Have A Nice Day, series have their ups and downs and some are better than others and there are several one and two hit wonders on them but the bottom line is this.... Volume One IS Number One and Volume Two is right along beside it. In otherwords; if both volumes were playing against each other in a ballgame the game would most definitely end in a tie. From start to finish those two are solid and the quality of the music is nothing less than fabulous.
This Vol. One starts out with Spiral Staircase's, More Today Than Yesterday, and it most definitely will have you singing along with it.
The second song is, Baby It's You, from the excellent band Smith. Gayle McCormick's bluesy vocals sound fantastic on this tune, which was also a good song for The Beatles on their American LP called The Early Beatles from 1965 plus it was a huge hit for The Shirelles.
The third song is a very beautiful tune which made it to the top five in November 1969 and will melt your heart being, Smile A Little Smile For Me, by The Flying Machine. Folks;I think I remember a slightly different version of this song by The Flying Machine then what is on this disc. Correct me if I am wrong.
The fourth song is by the great Billy Joe Royal called, Cherry Hill Park. Billy Joe Royal a one or two hit wonder?.....No Way! .The fifth song is Steams immortal, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye. This gem is an Anthem and reached # one in December 1969 and most all of us have sung it at one time or another. Especially at a ballgame. Bannarama had a hit with this song in the 80s.
The sixth song is, Venus, by The Shocking Blue which was a huge smash for this band. Bananarama also had a smash hit in 1986 with this one.
The seventh song is Vanity Fare's charming, Early In The Morning. Vanity Fare also has a timeless classic on Vol.Two.
The eighth song is by Mark Lindsay being, Arizona. That song was Mark's first solo hit. As several of you already know; Mark also sang lead vocals for Paul Revere And The Raiders.
The ninth song went all the way to # Two in March 1970 being, The Rapper, by The Jaggerz. A fantastic song by a great band from Pittsburgh.
The tenth song is a beautiful romantic ballad that was nominated for an Oscar called, Come Saturday Morning, by The Sandpipers. It was also featured on the Motion Picture The Sterile Cuckoo with Liza Minilli.
The eleventh song is a very nice bubblegummy like tune by The Cuff Links called, Tracy. This Gem was sung by Ron Dante who also sang lead for The Archies.
And last but definitely not least this disc also has the rockin, Mississippi Queen, by Mountain.
These songs hit their peak between June 1969 and July 1970 and this is definitely a five star disc. As an aging Babyboomer I can say that I still love the music and these twelve songs are twelve more reasons why I still do.
Do I have a favorite tune on this Volume One compilation?.....Yes.....All twelve of them! If you like music from this era this Volume is a must.

+ 1/2 stars...Hit and Miss Affair.......2004-01-03

Before the advent of online services like imusic.com, Rhino Records was THE label for re-releasing old material. As a lifelong music junkie (I own every Top 10 song from 1963 to 1975), I bought at least twenty of their Have A Nice Day series. Not every song is a winner, but many of these songs were not--at least at the time--heavily anthologized.

Were all of these big hits? No. But it's nice to hear Vanity Fares first hit, "Early in the Morning" (No. 12), than the overplayed "Hitchin' a Ride." "Mississippi Queen" only made it to No. 21, but the song rocks! "Come Saturday Morning" (from the movie The Sterile Cuckoo w/ Liza Minnelli) didn't fare much better at No. 17, but again it's a song you get on few other collections.

The big hits were No. 1's like "Venus," "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)," and the million-sellers like "The Rapper" and "Arizona." One of the most enduring songs of the bunch is the one-hit-wonder "More Today Than Yesterday" by the Spiral Starecase. [Check the spelling on that one...amazon.com has it right! It is NOT staircase!]

Tracks:

Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
Boogie Fever - Slavers
My Sharona - Knack
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - Fortunes
Only Sixteen - Dr. Hook
The Air That I Breathe - Hollies
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner

Customer Reviews:

Great Records Of The Decade: 70's Hits, Vol. 2.......2007-06-11

Music preview helped sell the product, fast delivery and condition
just as described. Great doing business A++

great records of the decade cd.......2006-11-04

fast efficient shipping is greatly appreciated. the music quality was good and satisfactory.

Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 10

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70'S HAVE A NICE DAY VOL 10
70's Flash Back
+ 1/2 stars...More Big Hits Than the Previous Volumes
Good old Rock and Roll
I wanted to rate it 4 1/2 stars

Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 10
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Release Date: 1990-04-04

Tracks:

It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond
Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith
Last Song - Edward Bear
Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
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The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
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Wildflower - Skylark
Brother Louie - Stories
Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - Looking Glass
Heartbeat-It's A Lovebeat - The Defranco Family Featuring Tony Defranco

Customer Reviews:

70'S HAVE A NICE DAY VOL 10.......2007-03-08

AS I WAS PLAYING THE SONGS I WAS SO SURPRISED THAT I NEW MOST OF THE WORDS. IT IS A VERY NICE MIXTURE OF SONGS FROM THAT DECADE. I ENJOY IT VERY MUCH, AND I PLAY IT VERY LOUDLY......

70's Flash Back.......2007-01-10

For those of you who can remember the 70's, this CD provides some great memory releasers (assuming you have fond memories of the 70's). It's a nice collection of some of the hits of the 70's that were not necessarily Blockbusters. Some of these songs are seldom played on radio stations these days, so you may have forgotten all about them (again, assuming you were there in the first place). So, if you are a very young man like me in your late 40's, this CD may just push your buttons! And if you are much younger, well, you may just catch some great music that your parents listened to decades ago!

+ 1/2 stars...More Big Hits Than the Previous Volumes.......2004-02-29

What Rhino's Have a Nice Day series does, is put together a collection not of the biggest hits by the biggest stars, but rather an eclectic collection of big (and not so big) hits by artists who for the most part had very brief careers on the charts. And with volume 10 (which focuses mostly on 1973), they continue to do a very good job.

A noticeable difference with this volume, however, is how many of these were in fact huge hits. All but two of them cracked the Top 10. The first that did not is folk artist Loudon Wainwright's tribute to road kill, "Dead Skunk." [Though this was his lone hit, he continues to record to this day and has a legion of rabid fans--myself included. (Check out my review of his latest SO DAMN HAPPY.)] The other answers the question "What did Looking Glass do to follow up with their No. 1 hit "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)?" The answer is their No. 33 (and last) hit "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne."

Sometimes it's better to have been just a one-hit wonder. Albert Hammond had a million-seller with "It Never Rains in Southern California," and Stealers Wheel (which included Gerry Rafferty) hit the Top 10 with the infectious "Stuck in the Middle With You." But does anyone remember either of their follow-up hits? [Answer: It was "I'm a Train" (No. 31) and "Star" (No. 29 ) respectively. ("Star" shows up on vol. 12.)]

A couple of the one-hit wonders pulled off the ultimate by taking their only charting single all the way to No. 1. Vicki "Mama's Family" Lawrence did it with "The Night That the Lights Went Out In Georgia," as did Stories' song of interracial love "Brother Louie."

Other one-hit wonders that seldom get anthologized are the 30s-inspired "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?," Edward Bear's heart-wrenching "Last Song," and Skylark's romantic "Wildflower." [Trivia alert: David Foster, a member of Skylark, went on to be a top producer of hits like "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" and "St. Elmo's Fire."]

All things considered, there's a lot of memories in these songs--some you probably haven't heard since they were hits on the radio. The only reason I've never been able to give any of these a four-star rating (or higher) is the limited bang for your buck that Rhino gives you. Yeah, the smiley face CD is cute, and the liner notes are filled with trivia...but the bottom line is that you are only getting a dozen songs! With that in mind, it's simply a matter of how many memories does THIS particular batch of songs have for you?

Good old Rock and Roll.......2003-07-29

It is hard to find a bad CD in this anthology series, if you are a true fan of 70's Rock and Roll. The diversity of selections in the series is extraordinary. This volume has a number of songs that make you want to sing your heart out along with the group. The best in this category are "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by one of my favorite groups, Dr Hook, "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray, and "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?" by Hurricane Smith. But almost all the songs in this volume have their good points and I would rate 9 of them in the "I want" category. This CD is well worth the price as are most of the other CD's in this series.

I wanted to rate it 4 1/2 stars.......2001-08-25

I had been searching for a song that has been running through my mind since the 1970's. I found that song on this cd, it was Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?! This cd has IMO 7 very good songs.(1,2,3,5,7,8, and 12) It also has 3 decent songs. (6,9,10). It has one below average song, (4) and one song that I had never heard before. (11) The two biggest surprises to me were 8 and 12. I very much like both of those songs, but I didn't reconize them by song title. Drift Away goes like this Singing:: Give me the beat boys, to soothe my soul...I want to get lost in your Rock N roll and drift away.... I would also recommend vol 14 and 21 in this series and THE BABYS ANTHOLOGY with great songs like ,"Isn't it time, Back on my feet again, and Midnight Rendezvous" Everytime I think of you and Anytime is good too. If you liked John Waite in the 1980's, you should like the BABY'S as John was the lead singer of the Baby's in 1975. John's 1984 hit was Missing You. Indy :o)

Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 25

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Oldies but Goodies
Have A Nice Day: Volume 25 Is A Good Finale For This Series!
The Best Collection Of 70's Music Out There--Hands Down
If you are HARD CORE 70's........
You get too much you get too high...

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Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet
How Much I Feel - Ambrosia
Shake It - Ian Matthews
Falling - LeBlanc And Carr
I Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vannelli
5.7.0.5. - City Boy
New York Groove - Ace Frehley
My Angel Baby - Toby Beau
Love Takes Time - Orleans
Get Used To It - Roger Voudouris
Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale
Oh Well - Rockets

Customer Reviews:

Oldies but Goodies.......2006-11-10

I ordered this CD for one song specifically, "Falling" by Lenny LeBlanc and Pete Carr. All the other songs were a bonus. The memories from my teen years came flooding back as I listened. Those of us who grew up in the 70's had the very best music as the soundtrack for our lives. "Falling" is truly one of the most beautiful songs ever....I cried and cried as I listened, reflecting on times past and loved ones I've lost.

Have A Nice Day: Volume 25 Is A Good Finale For This Series!.......2006-08-15

Now that I finally own all Volumes of this, Have A Nice Day, Series; I wanted to brief you a little bit on the final one of the series which is this Volume 25. I rated it 4 stars because I liked it. I think it is one of the better Volumes.
Several good songs give a strong presence here. Personal favorites are, Lead Me On, Shake It, My Angel Baby, and , Love Takes Time, plus there is also one song on this Volume that I want to brag about and with good reason. I have always been a sucker for Ballads and there have been plenty of good ones over the years.....but two Ballads hit the airwaves in the latter 70s that I consider two of the best ever and one of them is right here being LeBlanc and Carr's, Falling. The other can be found on 1979 Billboard Top Hits called, Just When I Needed You Most, by the late great Randy Vanwarmer....Very Nice!
Speaking for the entire H.A.N.D. series....Volume 18 is the only store bought Volume I own and it was my first.....I purchased the other 24 online (Thanks Guys and/or Gals) and this Volume 25 was one of the first to catch my eye. I also have several other favorite Volumes besides this one. I think Volumes 6 and 23 are the weakest but they are still decent. In otherwords.....it is a good series and well worth having. I have found after all these years that these 300 songs on this series (plus so many other songs from that era) sound even better the second time around and they will never get old! Ya know.....In 1975; The Great Band, Chicago, came out with a very good nostalgic tune called, Old Days, and Peter Cetera pretty much sums it up with the lyrics when he said they.....Take Me Back To A World Gone Away; Memories Seem Like Yesterday.....and he was (and still is) right. Now we can say the same thing not only about that song; but also about the entire 70s H.A.N.D. Series and all the other good music and fun happenings that we had back then.....How Time Flies!

The Best Collection Of 70's Music Out There--Hands Down.......2006-06-21

Instead of giving an individual review of each volume in this series, I decided to give one review on the final volume of the series.

As a child in the 70s I grew up hearing these songs on the radio and the entire series really gave me a feeling of nostalgia. When I started collecting this series, I didn't always know each artist or even each song title, but once I spun the disc, the lyrics to these songs came back from the dark void of my memory. That was half the fun of this whole series. Volume 13 was the one volume in the entire series that I remebered each song. Volumes 12, 13, 14 and 15 are my favorite volumes.

Not each volume is a winner. Volumes 4, and 6 I felt weren't that great of volumes, but each volume contains at least 4-5 great gems. Again, the entire series is great.

This series and Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind series are hands down the best series of 70's music out there. I give both series five stars. If there was one thing that I felt that Rhino missed on these was that they didn't take each series out to five more volumes. The would have given Have A Nice Day 30 volumes and Didn't It Blow Your Mind 25 volumes. Either way, the Have A Nice Day series is my favorite 70s music complilation series and it has gotten lots of use in my CD player.

If you like quirky AM pop from the 70s, then this series is for you. You won't regret it. If your looking for more of the FM style 70s music, then get Time/Lifes Sound of the 70s.

After reading several reviews for the various volumes in this series, it's clear the some people missed the entire point of this series. This entire series was supposed to resemble or be a throw back to those infamous compilation LPs from K-Tel that were everywhere in the 70s. This series wasn't supposed to have great songs. Just memorable ones.

If you are HARD CORE 70's...............2006-01-02

.....this entire collection is for you! This is the only collection where I could find ALL THE SONGS I listened to on AM RADIO! ALL 25 VOLUMES ARE A MUST for your 70's collection! So what - some of the songs aren't Top 10 hits - but they were part of your life if you loved 70's AM Radio! If you bought 45's - If you bought albums - If you listened to the radio - you know these songs! If you want repetitive Top 10 songs, then get another collection. If you truly want the songs of the 70's.... GET ALL 25 VOLUMES of "HAVE A NICE DAY!"

You get too much you get too high..........2004-05-20

Well, several volumes of the Rhino collection aren't perfect, but they all bring us back in their own inimitable way. "Love Is Like Oxygen" has the perfect lyrical "hook" as well as a variety of musical gimmicks. "How Much I Feel" is either totally saccharine or a genuine tearjerker depending on your point of view, but they sure sang it like they felt it. Wow! "Falling", a slowdance harmony classic for the next hundred years, is rightfully included here, too. Gino Vanelli can take his big 'fro elsewhere for all I care, but I'm sure he has his fans (in Montreal and elsewhere). "5705" and "New York Groove" appear to have been included for archival purposes only. Did anyone actually like those songs when they came out? "My Angel Baby", an instant classic, joins the pantheon of 50's-sound "stroll" tunes, and its similarities to Robert John's "Sad Eyes" are obvious (once the Rhino folks call attention to this in their liner notes). "Love Takes Time" and "Shake It" contain a strong sexual subtext, hearkening back to an era where songs couldn't be "explicit" in their lyrics. "Get Used To It", an upbeat one-hit wonder, remains one of the few songs of the rock era using a synthesized harpsichord. Maxine's "Lead Me On" slows the tempo as the CD concludes with the anarchistic, defeatist "Oh Well" ("I can't sing, I ain't pretty, and my legs are thin"). You need this CD. Get it now, so you know what the originals sounded like before Jewel and/or Lenny Kravitz records a re-make!

Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 7

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Super Hits of the '70's
great memories from 1971-1972
Another great installment of the Have a Nice Day series
Some Weak Spots, But Some Gems, Too
Pick your gems from the mud

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ASIN: B0000032RH
Release Date: 1990-04-04

Tracks:

Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
Hallelujah - Sweathog
One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) - Coven
Brand New Key - Melanie
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
White Lies, Blue Eyes - Bullet
The Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone
Don't Say You Don't Remember - Beverly Bremers
Joy - Apollo 100
Precious And Few - Climax
Softly Whispering I Love You - The English Congregation
Son Of My Father - Giorgio

Customer Reviews:

Super Hits of the '70's.......2007-05-12

I bought this because of one song. I'm happy to find it after 30
years!

great memories from 1971-1972.......2007-02-12

A near-perfect compilation! Because if you turned on your radio during January-March,1972, you would have heard EVERY one of these tunes being played! Everyone must be reminded that with this series of CDs, RHINO must obtain licenses from the copyrighted labels in order to re-release them, and not all labels, or Artists, are willing to participate. (Sorry, no Badfinger, T. Rex, Three Dog Night, Neil Young, Harry Nilsson, Carole King, Carpenters, etc.) So how can you be too critical of these recordings? For those of us that were around in those days, AM radio played the TOP 100, not just the "top 10", "top 30", etc. That is why those somewhat forgotten tunes pop up on this series. But I remember every one of them, because everyone of them was being played on the radio. That includes "Son Of My Father", which caught our attention because it was one of the first pop records which arrangement was totally dominated by the MOOG synthesizer

Another great installment of the Have a Nice Day series.......2006-07-28

Bridging the years 1971 and 1972, Vol. 7 of Rhino's Have a Nice Day series once again compiles a number of obscure and unheard hits of the 70s. A few misses here, but the hits are better.

The hot: Lee Michaels' "Do You Know What I Mean" almost becomes irritating because of that terrible organ in the background, but his goofy lyrics kept me listening. Before KOTTER, Sweathog was a band that created a cool rock hit with "Hallelujah". This one doesn't get much radio play these days, but it's a pretty cool rocker. It's pure 1971, and that's why Coven's "One Tin Soldier" is so gosh darn good. There's a reason it kept shooting back up the charts every year! That reason was probably BILLY JACK and its constant re-releases by Tom Laughlin, but it's still a great peace anthem. Jonathan Edwards' "Sunshine" was recently in ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF BURGUNDY, and is a great folk rock tune in the tradition of Richie Havens. Bullet's "White Lies, Blue Eyes" is simply awesome!! It sounds like something that Journey or Styx would have done in the late 70s, early 80s, but as it hit in 1972, it's that much cooler. Redbone's "Witch Queen of New Orleans" isn't as good as their later "Come and Get Your Love", but it's got some great creepy vocals. Pre-dating the disco craze, Apollo 100's "Joy" epitomizes the 70s. When else could you create a dance hit with Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"? Walter Murphy would attempt the same, with more succesful results, with "A Fifth of Beethoven" in 1975, but in '72, "Joy" was the ultimate. "Softly Whispering I Love You" is a real trip! Opening with a boys choir and erupting into a Richard Harris sound-a-like singing wretchedly pining lyrics, one has to wonder if the producers of this record were intending a tongue-in-cheek spoof of this brand of music. Add electric guitar and a rock beat to this, and you've got an incredible relic no one would dare play on oldies stations today. Giorgio's "Son of My Father" has progressive-sounding keyboards (Giorgio, aka Giorgio Moroder, would perfect this sound by the disco era), and not much else, but is a fun listen. Sounds nothing like 1972, except maybe for the phasing.

The not so hot: Poor Melanie. "Brand New Key" is kinda cute, but despite hitting #1, it was more harmful to her career than anything else. Listen to her album LAY DOWN, with an incredible mix of songs and consistenly strong vocals, and then listen to this bubblegum sexual innuendo monstrosity. There is no real comparison. It's cute but not essential. Today's Soft Rock stations play Beverly Bremmer's "Don't Say You Don't Remember" a lot these days, but it's practically the dictionary definition of lame. It sounds more like Donny Osmond like its main inspiration, The Carpenters, and that's a whole different level of cheesiness. Why all the love for Climax's "Precious and Few"? An over-produced piece of fluff sounding like The Partridge Family meets The Brooklyn Bridge, but with none of the kitsch value. It was probably a great make-out hit then, but it doesn't hold up today.

In summary, a very good selection of early 70s hits well worth picking up!

Some Weak Spots, But Some Gems, Too.......2004-02-27

You have to keep reminding yourself that the function of Rhino's Have a Nice Day series is not to present the biggest hits of the decade. If it were, you'd have to include songs like "Maggie May," "American Pie" and "Family Affair," all No. 1 hits in 1971-72 (the period covered by vol. 7). Instead, what Rhino offers is some of the more obscure songs along with a few recognizable hits to give the listener a more accurate picture of the decade.

Admittedly, they sometimes go to the extreme. For example, "Son of My Father" didn't even dent the Top 40. [Who the heck is Giorgio?!!] But it's nice to have Lee Michael's classic "Do You Know What I Mean." And what teenage boy didn't have a crush on Melanie? Her childlike vocals on the million-seller "Brand New Key" still gives me a rush. [Note: This is the only No. 1 song on vol. 7.] In addition it's nice to hear Redbone's earlier hit "Witch Queen of New Orleans." [See? They weren't a one-hit wonder!] Although more than half of these artists hit the Top 40 only once: Sweathog's "Hallelujah" and Coven's "One Tin Soldier" among them. But like I said, all this does is give the listener a broader perspective of the musical tastes (good and bad) of the Seventies. If you were a teenager during this period, many of this songs will bring back fond memories. Enjoy in moderation.

Pick your gems from the mud.......2002-04-05

The songs by English Congregation and Bullet alone make this album worth having. As to the rest, there are a few nice tunes indeed, but I really don't quite see the point in filling up the remaining space on this CD with boring pieces by some obscure names such as J Edwards or Climax. The seventies were full of way more interesting music than that.

Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 8

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Summer 1972, like it or not
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+ 1/2 stars...One of the Series' Stronger Efforts
Have A Nice Listen
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ASIN: B0000032RJ
Release Date: 1990-04-04

Tracks:

Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
We've Got To Get It On Again - The Addrisi Brothers
Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Nice To Be With You - Gallery
How Do You Do? - Mouth & MacNeal
In A Broken Dream - Python Lee Jackson
Day By Day - Godspell
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Hold Your Head Up - Argent
The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat

Customer Reviews:

Summer 1972, like it or not.......2007-03-17

I was 19 years old when these songs, yes every one of them, was being played on the radio. But, unfortunately, there was an ebb-and-flow to popular music back then. I thought that 1971 was a great year for music. 1972 started off pretty good with Bang a Gong, Let's Stay Together, Heart of Gold, Sweet Seasons, Betcha By Golly Wow, Morning Has Broken, Roundabout, Doctor My Eyes, I Saw The Light, etc.,etc., But something went wrong. Quite frankly 1972 would turn out some really terrible, putrid records like the tearful, Sylvia's Mother; and the suicidal, Alone Again Naturally. I don't care what chart positions those songs had. I'll always hate those songs. But I loved the rockin' Run Run Run, along with the re-working of the 1951 C&W hit, Hot Rod Lincoln, the cheerful Nice to Be With You, the mildly suggestive How Do You Do? but especially Rod Argent's Hold Your Head Up, which countered all the negative stuff being played. It was One of the best records from '72, definitely!

Harleys and HAIR.......2005-06-15

This has songs for both the hot rodder on your Christmas list ("Motorcycle Mama", "Run Run Run", "Hot Rod Lincoln"), and the musicals fan ("Day by Day" and "Candy Man"), and if that special someone likes BOTH, they will love this album!

+ 1/2 stars...One of the Series' Stronger Efforts.......2004-02-28

With vol. 8 in Rhino's Have a Nice Day Series and its look at the music scene of the Seventies, we finally move on to 1972, when each of these twelve songs was originally released. As usual, there are a number of one-hit wonders (seven if you count Python Lee Jackson's "In a Broken Dream" which failed to crack the Top 40--it's inclusion is no doubt due to the fact that Rod Stewart does the lead vocal).

Only two other songs stalled in the bottom half of the Top 40: Jo Jo Gunne's "Run Run Run" and the Addrisi Brothers' "We've Got to Get It On." [Trivia alert: Jo Jo Gunne was fronted by Spirit guitarist Jay Ferguson, and Don and Dick Addrisi penned the Association hit "Never My Love."]

The rest of the tracks were Top 20 hits and all but two hit the Top 10. Four of these were million-sellers: "Nice To Be With You," "How Do You Do?" (hey, who said bubblegum pop didn't carry over into the Seventies?), the tear-jerking "Alone Again (Naturally)," and "Candy Man," a No. 1 song taken from "Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

One of my favorites is former Zombies frontman Rod Argent's "Hold Your Head Up." It would be their only Top 40 hit, but it impressed me enough to buy their album, ALL TOGETHER NOW. Commander Cody's cover of "Hot Rod Lincoln" outcharted both Sixties' versions. And "Sylvia's Mother" began a long association between Dr. Hook and author/songwriter Shel Silverstein (who also wrote "On the Cover of the Rolling Stone). Track for track, this is one of the stronger efforts in this series.

Have A Nice Listen.......2001-09-09

This series is terrific. Some songs are great,while others could have been left off. On the whole, this volume(and the entire set of 25) is worth the price for those who love this music.

Three stars may be a bit generous. . ........2000-07-07

Volume 8 of the "Have a Nice Day" series is one of the weaker discs in the set. There are some solid offerings here, such as Argent's "Hold Your Head Up" and Dr Hook's "Sylvia's Mother." The strength of this volume, if you can call it that, is in softer MOR pop cuts like Gallery's "Nice to be With You", Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again, Naturally" and the Addrisi Brothers often overlooked "We've Got to Get It On Again."

Tracks:

Every 1's a Winner - Hot Chocolate
Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder
Love Is In The Air - John Paul Young
Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson
Dancin' Shoes - Nigel Olsson
Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatre And Chris Norman
My Sharona - The Knack
Gold - John Stewart
You Take My Breath Away - Rex Smith
Driver's Seat - Sniff 'N' The Tears
Sad Eyes - Robert John
Hold On - Ian Gomm

Customer Reviews:

The Consumate "Blast From The Past".......2007-07-11

I listen to songs that I had forgotten. Images of another time (when the song was playing) flash through my mind. It is all very comforting and nastalgic. Great album.

Give It A H.A.N.D........2005-06-12

Containing a few big late-70s hits like "My Sharona" and "Gold" plus some decent 70s shlock, it's one of the best volumes in the Have A Nice Day series.

Rating 100%.......2004-05-30

Back in 1990, Rhino records commenced the collaboration of the "Have A Nice Day" compilation series. Ultimately this resulted in a 25 volume set of CD's. All of the discs contain a mixture of top charting hits and obscure classics from the seventies. Many of the discs have come together quite well with a collection of great tracks, whilst some of the other discs are as horrid as my old set of pink flares.

One of the best volumes is number 22. This one contains that guitar stumpin' classic "driver seat" from Sniff and the Tears. What about abit of dance with Hot Chocolates "everyone's a winner" and Nick Gilders "hot child in the City". Feeling romantic? There's Nicolette Larson's "lotta love", John Paul Young's "love is in the air" and Robert John's "Sad eyes". Other tracks include Chris Norman and Suzi Quatro's Duet "stumblin' in" and John Stewart's "gold". I was about age ten when many of these tracks where at the top of the charts. Nothing beats that good old seventies nostalgia. Again a disc that get's a good thrashing at my place.

Rhino sure knows how to pick 'em.......2004-05-17

One of the outstanding members of the Have A Nice Day collection, this disc captures the feel of a turning point in musical styles. Briefly...

"Hot Child In The City": Seductive, androgynous vocals here from Nick Gilder. Listeners appear to have missed the "cautionary" point of this song...everyone wanted to meet the young girl dressed in black.

"Love Is In the Air": A memorable tune from the late 70's, from Aussie singer John Paul Young. It had a brief renaissance when it was included in the Aussie film "Strictly Ballroom" in the early 90's.

"My Sharona": The Knack gave us a preview of the changing attitudes towards the "disco" late 70's with their "garage band" rock tune. Appeared in the slacker/nostalgia flick "Reality Bites".

"Gold": Great vocals by John Stewart, with backup and "ooo-ooo's" by none other than Stevie Nicks!

"Driver's Seat" and "Hold On" are complex, existentialist "mood" pieces with innovative instrumental and vocal arrangements. Contrast these with Rex Smith's bubble gum "Take My Breath Away".

Robert John's "Sad Eyes" is blessed with muscular instrumentalization and one of the finest falsettos you are likely to hear in the modern age.

Besides that, this CD will prove a "fistful of memories" (hopefully good ones) for anyone who grew up during this era. Don't miss out!

My favorite CD in the series........2002-03-17

Growing up in the 1970s, I was an avid listener to radio (both AM and FM). My dad frequently bought me LPs and 45s (for those of you who are young, you might not remember vinyl *g*) of my favorite songs or songs that he thought I would like.

My favorite songs on this CD are:

Every 1's a Winner (Hot Chocolate). This top 10 hit is by the same group that had a hit with "Emma" and "You Sexy Thing."

Hot Child in the City (Nick Gilder). Number 1 song for the week of October 28, 1978 for one week. This song made the record of the longest time of a song to reach number 1 (taking 20 weeks to go from Number 88 to Number 1).

Love Is in the Air (John Paul Young). This is one of those songs when you were young, you would lip synch in the living room next to the record player. You know you yell out the chorus with arms open wide, "LOVE IS IN THE AIRRRRRR!!! OOOOOHHHHHH!!!!"

Lotta Love (Nicolette Larson). A Top 10 hit in early 1979. This song always reminds me of roller skating at the rinks on Saturday mornings. When listening to the song, I can still hear the skates on the wood floor.

Stumblin' In (Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman). Leather Tuscadero from "Happy Days" recorded a Top 40 hit. This was the biggest American hit for the duet.

My Sharona (The Knack). Number one song the week of August 25, 1979. I had this 45rpm and played it constantly in 1979.

Gold (John Stewart). This is a song that featured Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. You can't miss Stevie's background vocals while she sings a half a beat behind. My favorite line would have to be: "Well my buddy Jim Bash, he is workin' pumpin' gas and he makes $2.50 for an hour." Wow! What a wage!

Driver's Seat (Sniff 'N' The Tears). This song should be on everyone's "car" or "driving" tape or CD for travelling.

Sad Eyes (Robert John). Number 1 the week of October 6, 1979 for one week. This song was tied with Nick Gilder's "Hot Child in the City" for the longest time reaching Number 1 on Billboard's Charts (entered the charts at Number 85 and then 20 weeks later it arrived at Number 1).

Tracks:

Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas
Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
Rock On - David Essex
Star - Stealers Wheel
Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
Eres Tu (Touch The Wind) - Mocedades
Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead
The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
The Streak - Ray Stevens

Customer Reviews:

One of the strongest volumes in the Have a Nice Day series.......2006-07-28

Moving on to 1974, this is an incredible mixture of MOR, hard rock, novelty, and one-hit wonder songs, and easily one of the most replayable volumes in Rhino's Have a Nice Day series.

The hot: Jim Stafford's "Spiders and Snakes", often written off as a novelty hit, is a great mix of guitar licks, goofy corn-pone lyrics, and Southern-fried sensibility. Stafford's work with the Bellamy Brothers would prove more successful, but this is one of the most listenable songs of the blurred line between rock and country that occurred in the early 70s. Black Oak Arkansas' "Jim Dandy" can't hold a candle to the Lavern Baker version of the 50s, but it's a great example of country rock tearing up the charts in '74. This song and the next, "Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo", would enjoy a renaissance when used in the 90s cult classic DAZED AND CONFUSED. Rick Derringer of The McCoys somehow never made a follow-up hit to "Hoochie Coo", but this is a killer record guaranteed to get even the most stuffy listeners rocking out. David Essex' "Rock On" may take a while to grow on you, but its hollow sound with an infectious bass line and sparse percussion is unique. Stealers Wheel's "Star" sounds a lot like a Beatles single circa the White Album, and is not at all like their previous "Stuck in the Middle with You", but it's not bad. I originally didn't like Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling", but I eventually surrendered to the Hooga-Chocka and the good times took over. I still love B.J. Thomas' original 1968 chart hit, but this one is pure 1974 good vibes. "Eres Tu" is a rare example of a Spanish-language chart hit, and it's just exquisite. TOMMY BOY used it to good effect (along with The Carpenters' "Superstar"), and its sweeping vocals, perfect orchestration, and romantic lyrics weave a spell over you. Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love" is so much better than the terrible 90s cover version, and it appeared in the film DICK. This song will make you wish the sitar would make a comeback. Who am I to knock "The Lord's Prayer"? Well, it's an unlikely chart hit, but hey, so was "Eres Tu", and it's a true sign of the times, so it's essential to have in your 70s music library.

The not so hot: Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun" was one of the biggest hits of the year, but Jacks' whining vocals are grating to the extreme. It's clear that of the Poppy Family members, his ex-wife was the true singing talent (her work on the group's hit "Which Way You Going Billy" is extraordinary). Jacks even managed to make a movie based on this song's popularity! Unlike Gilbert O'Sullivan and Lobo, similar-sounding wimpy pop male vocalists around the same time, Jacks couldn't make lightning strike twice. Marvin Hamlisch's "The Entertainer" just seems odd to include here, though it was in the motion picture smash THE STING. Ray Stevens' "The Streak" is a far cry from his excellent "Everything is Beautiful" a few years earlier; it's a good time capsule tune but you'll find yourself stopping the CD after Track 10.

Despite the opening track being an annoying experience and the last two songs ending the CD on a lame note, the songs in-between are strong enough to warrant a 5-star rating, especially as many of them are so rarely compiled.

Finally Found It!.......2006-02-23

Unlike the other reviewers....the only reason I bought this disc was for "The Lord's Prayer"! I've been looking all over for a copy of this!! Many of the other songs on this CD I already own on other compilations, but there were at least 5 I didn't have yet and "The Lord's Prayer" is the one I wanted the most! It's a beautiful version of this prayer.

1974 Nostalgic Hits.......2005-06-12

"Seasons In The Sun" and "Spiders In Snakes" are included here along with a few other good 70s hits like "Rock On" and "Star". (About half the album is EXTREMELY BAD, including the last 6 songs.)

Better Than Most of The Others In Series.......2005-04-03

Who ever puts together these compilations has no sense whatsoever. Case in point--Rick Derringer and Marvin Hamlish on the same CD? This series could be much better if someone had of put some thought behind the song selection and sequence.....

Good collection of 70's hits.......2003-03-24

The 12th edition of Super Hits of the 70's contains a bunch of smash hits from early to mid 1974 and it has a bunch of great songs on this CD.
Terry Jacks had his one and only solo hit with 'Seasons in the Sun' which went all the way to #1 and it still gets timeless FM airplay to this day, he also played guitar for the Poppy Family which had a Top 40 hit in 1970 with 'Which Way You're Going Billy', Jim Stafford enjoyed a smash hit with the laid back 'Spiders and Snakes' which is one of the comic reliefs on this CD, The next song is a little dose of southern rock with a top 30 hit from Black Oak Arkansas's 'Jim Dandy' which was featured on a 1993 hit movie with Dazed and Confused, even though Black Oak Arkansas never returned to the Top 40 but drummer Tommy Aldridge went onto success in the 80's with Ozzy Osbourne and Whitesnake, Rick Derringer is also featured with his one and only hit with 'Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo' and it is now an heavy FM classic rock staple, David Essex enjoyed a smash hit with 'Rock On' and although he never scored another U.S. hit, but he got the satisfaction when Michael Damien did a remake of this song which became a #1 hit in 1989, Stealers Wheel enjoyed a Top 30 hit with 'Star', although not a classic like their smash hit 'Stuck in the Middle With You the previous year, not long after 'Star' came out, Stealers Wheel broke up and singer Gerry Rafferty would enjoy success in the late 1970's with 'Right Down the Line' and 'Baker Street', Even though I'm not a fond of remakes, I actually like Blue Swede's version of 'Hooked on a Feeling' (which was a successful hit in 1968 from B.J. Thomas) and it became a #1 hit in the spring of 1974, Mocedades had a hit with 'Eres Tu (Touch the Wind)' and although they never achieved another hit but you probably remember hearing this song on Tommy Boy, now for my favorite song done by Redbone with 'Come and Get Your Love' and I wish that a 90's band Real McCoy never did a remake of this song cause this song was a classic, Redbone also had a Top 30 hit in 1972 with 'Witch Queen of New Orleans', Sister Janet Mead enjoyed a hit with 'The Lord's Prayer' but that was the only success she got and this song was my least favorite song on this CD which was the reason why I only give this CD 4 stars instead of 5, Marvin Hamlisch enjoyed a smash hit with 'The Entertainer' and it was featured on a classic movie 'The Sting' and Marvin Hamlisch won a grammy award for 'Best new Artist' and 'Best pop instrumental Performance', now for the final track with veteran comedian Ray Stevens who had a #1 hit with 'The Streak' and boy that song is hilarious and too bad that they don't make songs the way they used too anymore, Ray Stevens enjoyed a Top 10 hit with 'Ahab the Arab' in 1962.

If you love pop music from the early to mid 70's, then you should cherish this CD cause it has timeless hits that you've probably haven't heard since high school.

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