3CD Set
Released August 1999
Cat No.: RDCD2771-3 (RDC94441-3)
RD Code: SV77-001
Compilation by J K Hall - Booklet Notes by S Barnard- Mastered by P Marchant
(Re Issued: 2005 SV77A-021 RDCD4681-3)
Following the success of the “Sounds Of The Sixties” series, I was given
free rein to
produce this series, so once again I decided to follow the same format,
so it not only included the hits from
the period, but featured many musical releases that had not been issued
since their original release. Memories of TV programmes, film
soundtracks, and personalities of the decade were also a prime feature
of
this series, with album covers depicted events from the era,
rather than actual artists on the pack and again, the booklet was
written
in diary style to enhance this evocative feeling. I included many of the
tracks that I had bought myself as a teenager during the period, which
to this day have not been released on CD. On many occasions my own
record collection was used as a basis to obtain masters that even the
record companies had lost. Being 'let loose' to include Metal, Punk and
obscure Eurovision tracks was just one of the reasons thiese became my
favourite releases during my time at RD.
In 2005 the first three volumes were reissued with some tracks missing due to licensing constraints.*
1 So You Win Again – The
Hits Of 1977
1
- I Feel Love
- Donna Summer
2
- Yes Sir, I Can
Boogie - Baccara
3
- Show You The Way
To Go - The
Jacksons
4
- Ma Baker
- Boney M
5
- So You Win Again
- Hot Chocolate
6
- Whodunit
- Tavares
7
- Red Light Spells
Danger - Billy Ocean
8
- Easy - The Commodores
9
- Oh Lori -
Alessi
10
- Baby I Know
- The Rubettes
11
- It's A Heartache
- Bonnie Tyler
12
- Romeo - Mr Big
13
- Silver Lady
- David Soul
14
- Egyptian Reggae
- Jonathan Richman
and the Modern Lovers
15
- Telephone Line
- Electric Light
Orchestra
16
- They Shoot
Horses, Don't They? - Racing Cars
17
- Mull Of Kintyre - Paul McCartney's Wings
18
- Year Of The Cat
- Al Stewart
2 I Wanna Go Back – The
Memories Of 1977
1
- Don't Cry For Me
Argentina
- Julie Covington
2
- Star Wars'
Theme - The
London Cinema Orchestra
3
- You're More Than
A Number In My Little Red Book - The Drifters
4
- It's Nice To Be
In Love Again - Swarbriggs Plus Two
5
- L'Oiseau Et
L'Enfant - Marie Myriam
6
- Crazy Water
- Elton John
7
- Ain't Gonna Bump
No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex
8
- Every Little
Teardrop - Gallagher
and Lyle
9
- Telephone Man
- Meri Wilson
10
- We're All Alone
- Rita Coolidge
11
- Going In With My
Eyes Open - David
Soul
12
- I Don't Want To
Put A Hold On You - Berni Flint
13
- Don't It Make My
Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
14
- Georgina Bailey - Noosha Fox
15
- I Wanna Go Back
- New Seekers
16
- The
Floral Dance - The
Brighouse and
Rastrick Brass Band
17
- Calendar Song
(January, February, March) - The Trinidad Oil Company
18
- God Bless The
Child from 'Bubbling Brown Sugar' - Helen Gelzer of the Original London Cast
19
- Live In Trouble
- The Barron
Knights
3 Do Anything You Wanna Do
– The Rock Of 1977
1
- Rockin' All Over
The World - Status
Quo
2
- 2-4-6-8
Motorway - Tom
Robinson Band
3
- No More Heroes
- The Stranglers
4
- Lookin' After
Number One - The
Boomtown Rats
5
- She's A Wind Up
- Dr Feelgood
6
- In The City
- The Jam
7
- Rockwrok
- Ultravox
8
- Do Anything You
Wanna Do - Eddie
and the Hot Rods
9
- Spanish Stroll
- Mink De Ville
10
- She's Not There
- Santana
11
- Black Betty
- Ram Jam
12
- I Think We're
Alone Now - The
Rubinoos
13
- Gonna Capture
Your Heart - Blue
14
- Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
15
- Slow Down
- John Miles
16
- Hold Back The
Night - Graham
Parker and the Rumour
17
- For You -
Greg Kihn
18
- In The Flesh
- Blondie
19
- Smoke On The
Water - Deep
Purple
* The track 'Ma Baker' by Boney M was ommitted from the 2005 re-issue.
I have also seen a pressing of this that omits Boney M's Ma Baker. Has a release date of 2005. Was the whole Sounds Of The Seventies series reissued in 2005 and are there any other examples of tracklist changes compared with the 1999 originals? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe first three albums in this series were re-issued with tracks missing.
Delete1977 lost Boney M's 'Ma Baker', 1974 was just re-issued with a different catalogue number, and 1979 lost McFadden And Whitehead's 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now', Nick Lowe's 'Cruel to be Kind', John Williams' 'Cavatina', Barry Manilow's 'Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed' and Boney M's 'Hooray Hooray, It's A HoliHoliday'. Three Degree's 'A Woman In Love' was added to this set.
Thanks very much for the information! That makes sense. I have the first 1977 and an original 1979 on its way. The End Of The Decade seems to be hardest one to get.
Delete'End of the Decade' was the last in the series, and my last collection for RD. Although I compiled it, the printing and final checks were done by someone else. This is why the colours on the sleeve are reversed (it should have had an orange background with yellow text, so that the colours match when placed on a shelf in order!). Also, it is the only one in the series to include 'Warner' licensed tracks after a deal I had just completed for the first time for RD.
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