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Have a Nice Day 24

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"Super Hits of the '70's - Have A Nice Day Vol. 24" contains an even balance of strong and weak latter '70's Top 40 hits. The CD's strong points are well stated in the tracks "Makin' It" (David Naughton),"Save Your Kisses For Me" (Brotherhood Of Man), the unique and untimely instrumental "Feels So Good" (Chuck Mangione), the Bee Gees penned "Emotion" (Samantha Sang). The strongest of these strong points in this collection is the Andrew Gold smash "Thank You For Being A Friend" (which, of course was later re-recorded by an unknown artist and was used as the theme of the hit '80's sitcom "The Golden Girls"). Let's not forget the Elvis Presley tribute song "The King Is Gone", complete with a well-styled Presley-like vocal, courtesy of Ronnie McDowell. Unfortunately, the weaker tracks noticeably offset the stronger ones. Therefore, Rhino could have put better songs in the place of such horrendous tracks as the Eric Carmen penned "Hey Deanie" (Shaun Cassidy), "Love Fire" (Jigsaw), "Everybody Be Dancin'" (Starbuck) [with these two groups putting out much stronger previous tracks with "Sky High" and "Moonlight Feels Right", respectively, which are also contained in previous volumes in this '70's series] and perhaps the most horrendous track of all, which rears its' ugly head here with "Did You Boogie With Your Baby" (Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids). "Vol. 24" provides adequate middle ground, as featured in the tracks "Heaven On The 7th Floor" (Paul Nicholas) and in the doo-wop styled "Street Corner Serenade" (Wet Willie). Even though "Vol. 24" is perhaps the most mediocre effort of this 25 volume CD series, you'll find that there are better volumes in this series, hands down. "Vol. 24" is recommended for completists only.

Despite having a couple of non-hits, this colection does the trick for anyone desiring hard to find late 70s singles. All original versions.

OK, maybe some of these tunes are not destined to be standards thirty years from now, but this volume does cast a broad net over the singles on the top-40 charts during the later 70's. Some one-hit wonders, some teeny-bopper fluff, some more substantial musical works and a few lesser-charting follow-ups show up in this near-the-end volume in the series. And rather than being a detriment, the inclusion of other charting hits by artists who had other more popular tunes is actually a refreshing benefit. Who needs to have the same oft-repeated stuff show up for the umpteenth time on a 70's collection? But this grouping is not of slouches by any means as nearly half of the included tracks were top-10 pop charters.

As with other volumes in the series, there are readable trivia for each of the included tunes and while nothing revelatory is evident, the sound quality is respectable with all tracks in stereo. Contrary to what seems the general consensus, this volume does offer collectors of the era's pop music more pluses than minuses and is definitely a worthwhile addition to the series.

I have been searching for this song for a while, & I finally found it, the rest of the songs really don't fit my taste, but I was very happy to have this one song from it's original artist.

This is the weakest volume in the 25-volume set. Rhino either lost their enthusiasm for the project on this one or ran out of money to purchase song rights. Several hits from this era would have added weight to this volume, and would have matched the earlier spirit of the project. How about "Reminiscing" by Little River Band? "Children of the Sun" by Billy Thorpe? And, a song that is referred to numerous times in liner notes of previous volumes -- "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty? Rhino rallies a bit in Vol. 25, but this one is a stinker. Most of these songs were marginal hits, and you'll understand why when you hear them.

I purchased this CD to complete my Super Hits collection. I now have all of the CD's. Not a lot on here I like, but "Thank You for Being a Friend" is worth the purchase. Andrew Gold didn't offer a lot, but this song always results in good thoughts and memories.

Compare this collection of late 70's hits with the collections of HAVE A NICE DAY from the early to mid-70's. This CD is basically whatever they had left to pick from. The early 70's were no doubt, rich in producing a multitude of the best melodies, performances and songs that still last today. I was " lucky " to find this late volume recently , and cheaply at a longtime record store that is still open for business. I bought it to have as part of the series, even though it's weak, and only contains a few big hits - EMOTION, FEELS SO GOOD, a few others. It's a reflection of how bad late 70's pop got. Pseudo-disco, fluff, schmaltz and schlock make up the bulk of the tunes on here. Thank goodness that pop music turned the corner in the 80's, as this volume is loaded with artists trying to come up with a good song, and failing miserably.

I came of age in the 70's, and loved the music. I never even heard of most of these songs! The series has been uneven, but on the whole, I never regretted buying any of them except this one, and I have the whole set.

A must have for 70's music lovers. Can't beat the price, however the music is priceless!

but this one isnt all that bad, it has rarities in it. "emotion" by samantha sang is one of them. She vanished after that effort (which was produced by the BeeGees) but what a hit it was. I guess if you are going to soak the money into the complete series, you need this volume.