SEVENTIES
VA - Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 1 [2013] + Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 2 [2015] (8 x CDs)
Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 1 and Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 2 make the most sense when they sit together on the shelf and play as one long program. They arrived a couple of years apart, yet the intention feels shared, a patient walk through the lighter side of seventies radio where melody carried the day and singles were built to live comfortably beside each other.
The first volume settles in gently. Early tracks lean toward bright pop craftsmanship, the sort of recordings that once drifted across afternoon airwaves without announcing themselves too loudly. Piano led arrangements, clear vocal lines, tidy rhythm sections, everything arranged with the kind of balance that defined the early part of the decade. As the discs move along, the character of the seventies begins to show itself a little more clearly. The guitars gain confidence, choruses stretch wider, and the sense of studio polish becomes part of the atmosphere rather than the goal.
By the time the listening reaches the second volume, the decade feels fully in motion. The songs arrive with slightly bigger gestures, glam leaning rhythms sit comfortably beside melodic pop, and the sequencing allows those contrasts to breathe. A track by Slade might bring a burst of stomp and swagger, while something from Alice Cooper adds theatrical colour, yet the surrounding selections keep the tone balanced. It never tips into a single style for long.
What gradually appears, almost without noticing, is a portrait of how varied everyday seventies listening could be. Pop, light rock, glam touches, singer songwriter warmth, all sharing the same radio space and often the same chart weeks.
Played straight through, the two volumes form an easy flowing sequence that rewards unhurried listening. Nothing demands attention, the songs simply take their turns. Leave the discs running long enough and the decade begins to reveal itself in small ways, one single at a time. (B)
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Track lists
Vol. 1 CD1
01 Queen - Killer Queen 3:03
02 Pilot - Magic 3:04
03 Roxy Music - Dance Away 3:44
04 Slade - Far Far Away 3:37
05 Supertramp - Give A Little Bit 4:08
06 Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band 3:26
07 Cars - My Best Friend's Girl 3:46
08 Bob Dylan - If Not for You 2:42
09 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 3:32
10 Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' 3:26
11 Cheap Trick - Surrender 4:27
12 Ellen Foley - We Belong to The Night 5:20
13 Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army 3:00
14 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rich Girl 2:26
15 Sherbet - Howzat 3:46
16 Little River Band - Home on Monday 3:51
17 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 4:29
18 McGuinn & Clark & Hillman - Don't You Write Her Off 3:18
19 Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) 5:04
20 Gary Brooker - (No More) Fear of Flying 4:37
Vol. 1 CD2
01 Dire Straits - Lady Writer 3:47
02 Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Showdown 3:53
03 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 3:16
04 Cat Stevens - Father and Son 3:41
05 Donna Summer - Could it Be Magic 3:56
06 Dr Hook - A Little Bit More 3:13
07 Ralph McTell - Streets of London 4:09
08 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get it If You Really Want 2:26
09 Shirts - Tell Me Your Plans 3:08
10 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man 4:38
11 Boston - Don't Look Back 6:05
12 Hollies - Sandy 4:10
13 McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead and Gone 3:41
14 Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) 5:06
15 Aphrodite's Child - Such A Funny Night 3:40
16 Steely Dan - Do it Again 5:56
17 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You 2:58
18 Who - Behind Blue Eyes 3:42
19 Smokie - Lay Back in The Arms of Someone 4:06
20 Jim Croce - I Got A Name 3:10
Vol. 1 CD3
01 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun 3:31
02 Beach Boys - Tears in The Morning 4:05
03 Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love 5:13
04 Cockney Rebel - Sebastian 4:08
05 Barclay James Harvest - Titles 3:45
06 Styx - Sing for The Day 4:57
07 Commodores - Easy 4:13
08 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World 3:31
09 Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Long as I Can See The Light 3:31
10 Hot Chocolate - Emma 3:51
11 T-Rex - Get it On 4:25
12 Babys - Everytime I Think of You 4:00
13 Focus - Sylvia 3:27
14 Marmalade - Reflections of My Life 4:13
15 Brian Hyland - Gypsy Woman 2:33
16 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me 5:22
17 M - Pop Muzik 3:18
18 Tony Joe White - Groupy Girl 3:01
19 Earth Wind & Fire & The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland 4:50
20 ABBA - Summer Night City 3:34
Vol. 1 CD4
01 Blondie - Heart of Glass 4:10
02 Rod Stewart - Reason to Believe 4:08
03 Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger - (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back 3:42
04 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On 4:02
05 Leo Sayer - When I Need You 4:08
06 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 2:44
07 Don McLean - Vincent 3:59
08 Third World - Now That We Found Love 3:52
09 Moody Blues - Isn't Life Strange 6:08
10 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 4:57
11 Robert Palmer - Can We Still Be Friends 3:38
12 Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up 3:57
13 Mud - The Cat Crept In 4:01
14 Stealers Wheel - Late Again 3:12
15 Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 3:21
16 Nilsson - Without You 3:21
17 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night 3:22
18 Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 2:36
19 Sweet - The Six Teens 3:58
20 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft 3:15
Vol. 2 CD1
01 Les Reed - Man of Action 2:22
02 Pilot - January 3:31
03 Barry Ryan - Kitsch 4:18
04 Slade - Coz I Luv You 3:25
05 Blue Mink - The Banner Man 3:25
06 Harpo - Moviestar 3:20
07 Alice Cooper - Elected 4:04
08 Little River Band - It's A Long Way There 4:12
09 Raspberries - Don't Want to Say Goodbye 5:07
10 Byrds - Chestnut Mare 5:09
11 Squeeze - Cool for Cats 3:08
12 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Lookin' Out for Number 1 5:20
13 Rubettes - Juke Box Jive 3:04
14 Middle of The Road - Sacramento 2:57
15 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love 3:52
16 KISS - Sure Know Something 3:58
17 Kate Bush - Them Heavy People 3:03
18 Thin Lizzy - Dancin' in The Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) 3:27
19 Santana - I'll Be Waiting 5:11
20 Rare Earth - Get Ready 2:45
Vol. 2 CD2
01 Marvin Gaye - Got to Give it Up 4:11
02 Colin Blunstone - I Want Some More 3:03
03 Gerry Rafferty - City to City 5:03
04 Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose 3:34
05 Shirts - Laugh and Walk Away 3:06
06 Heart - Magic Man 5:30
07 Hot Chocolate - Emma 3:52
08 Blondie - Sunday Girl 3:04
09 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 2:50
10 Roxy Music - Virginia Plain 2:57
11 Terry Jacks - Seasons in The Sun 3:27
12 Murray Head - Superstar 4:16
13 Cats - Magical Mistery Morning 2:37
14 White Plains - When You Are A King 2:51
15 Peter Skellern - You're A Lady 4:36
16 Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock 3:30
17 Al Stewart - On The Border 3:18
18 Galaxy-Lin - Long Hot Summer 4:53
19 Kinks - Celluloid Heroes 6:21
20 Duncan Browne - The Wild Places 5:56
Vol. 2 CD3
01 Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door 2:31
02 Cockney Rebel - Judy Teen 3:43
03 Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll 3:33
04 Robert Palmer - Best of Both Worlds 3:52
05 Les Humphries Singers - Mama Loo 3:46
06 Babys - A Piece of The Action 4:24
07 Leo Sayer - Long Tall Glasses 3:01
08 Sailor - Traffic Jam 3:21
09 Lobo - Me and You and A Dog Named Boo 2:56
10 J Bastós - Loop Di Love 3:18
11 Stealers Wheel - Star 2:54
12 Fischer-Z - The Worker 3:35
13 Nilsson - I Guess The Lord Must Be in New York City 2:44
14 Knack - My Sharona 4:00
15 Motors - Airport 4:22
16 Redbone - The Witch Queen of New Orleans 2:44
17 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Matrimony 3:14
18 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died 3:29
19 Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him 3:37
20 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 4:11
Vol. 2 CD4
01 Björn & Benny & Anna & Frieda - Ring Ring 3:07
02 Santa Esmeralda & Leroy Gomez - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 3:23
03 Sugarloaf & Jerry Corbetta - Don't Call Us We'll Call You 3:19
04 Nils Lofgren - Shine Silently 3:36
05 Rod Stewart - You Wear it Well 4:20
06 Procol Harum - Grand Hotel 6:10
07 Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic 4:06
08 Jeff Wayne & Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn 4:09
09 Elton John - Sorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word 3:49
10 Janis Joplin - Cry Baby 3:57
11 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking 2:48
12 Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way (Live) 4:50
13 Moody Blues - The Story in Your Eyes 2:53
14 Mud - Rocket 4:07
15 Osmonds - Goin' Home 2:10
16 Free - Wishing Well 3:36
17 Status Quo - Mean Girl 3:53
18 Sparks - Amateur Hour 3:33
19 Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz 4:00
20 Frijid Pink - House of The Rising Sun 4:39
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