Best of 1976 & 1977 [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 18, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Disky
• ASIN: B0000AZKHX
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #803,971 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Movie Star

2. Lost In France

3. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

4. You To Me Are Everything

5. Save Your Kisses For Me

6. In Zaire

7. Sunshine Day

8. Keep It Comin' Love

9. Movin'

10. Nice And Slow

11. Misty Blue

12. Sideshow

13. It's A Long Way There

14. Boogie Fever

15. Combined Harvester

16. Here Comes The Sun

17. Now Is The Time

18. I Need It

19. Lean On Me

20. Mississippi

See all 40 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another strong entry in this series of CDs, May 22, 2005

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patc71s (Stratford, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of 1976 & 1977 (Audio CD)

This is a great double disc of 70s UK hits at a great price. Since this only lists the names of the songs, here are the artists in order by track listing. Disc 1 is for the year 1976(tracks 1 thru 20): Harpo, Bonnie Tyler, Tavares, Real Thing, Brotherhood of Man, Johnny Wakelin, Osibisa, KC & the Sunshine Band, Brass Construction, Jesse Green, Dorothy Moore, Barry Biggs, Little River Band, Sylvers, Wurzels, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Mud, & Pussycat.
Disc 2 is for the year 1977 (tracks 1 thru 20, shown here as tracks 21 thru 40): Mink DeVille, Al Stewart, David Soul, Hot Chocolate, The Stranglers, Bonnie Tyler, Deep Purple, Shalamar, T. Connection, Tavares, Racing Cars, Dillinger, Byron Lee & Mighty Sparrow, Crystal Gayle, Trinidad Oil Company, Peter Brown, Tom Robinson Band, Brighouse & Rastrick Band, David Parton, & Mr. Big.
The best songs on here include The Wurzels-Combine Harvester (this is a spoof song, to the melody of Melanie-Brand New Key, kind of a folk-country-pop hybrid, but very catchy and you'll be cranking it in no time), Pussycat-Mississippi (a great country pop tune, it deserved to be a US hit, sounds like a country pop version of ABBA), Mr. Big-Romeo (not to be confused the late 80s early 90s US rock group Mr. Big, this tune is a good slice of late 70s uptempo pop and certainly should have been a big US pop hit), The Stranglers-No More Heroes (a good punk-new wave tune by a good punk/new wave band), Tom Robinson Band-2-4-6-8 Motorway (guitar driven and punk influenced, but I wouldn't call it punk), and KC & the Sunshine Band-Keep It Comin' Love (which would have been a #1 hit but it was released at the same time as Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life, which spent 10 straight weeks at #1 so it had to settle for #2).
Mud-Lean on Me is a cover of Bill Withers' 1972 pop hit. David Parton-Isn't She Lovely is a cover of Stevie Wonder's hit. Parton's is pretty faithful to the original, but Wonder's version is still much better. Deep Purple-Smoke on the Water is a live version. This song was a US hit in 1973. Mink DeVille, who does Spanish Stroll, sounds like Lou Reed. Racing Cars-They Shoot Horses, Don't They is a good mellow ditty which would fall under adult contemporary. Barry Biggs-Sideshow is a reggae cover of Blue Magic's 1974 US hit. It's interesting, but nowhere near as good as the original. Shalamar-Uptown Festival is a cover medley of 60's Motown songs Going to a Go-Go, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), Uptight (Everything Is Alright), Stop! In the Name of Love, and It's the Same Old Song.
The bad on here is Peter Brown-Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me is a rerecorded version. It's actually not bad as far as re-records go, this sounds like a fairly current dance remix version. However, it is a letdown if you're expecting the original. Dillinger-Cocaine has to be heard to be believed! It's basically two Jamaican guys talking with music in the background. It's a pretty weak "song" though. It's fun the first time around though, but does NOT hold up to repeated listenings!
Still the double disc is a great value and I give it 4 stars.

2.0 out of 5 stars Best of 1976 and 1977, March 20, 2011

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Deborah R. Giorgio - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Best of 1976 & 1977 (Audio CD)

When I read the advertised product, I could not get enough information about the song content otherwise I would have never bought it. Never heard of half the songs or artists i.e Movie Star by Harpo. Then artists I knew sang songs I never heard of, i.e. Lost in France by Bonnie Tyler. This should never have been advertised "best of". I felt ripped off but most of all disappointed.