Super Hits Of The '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 17

Super Hits Of The 70's: Have A Nice Day (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1993)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0000032ZE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,223 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dancing in the Moonlight

2. Rings

3. (I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway [*]

4. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

5. Painted Ladies [*]

6. Before the Next Teardrop Falls

7. Rendezvous

8. Smokin' in the Boys' Room

9. Dance With Me

10. The Rockford Files

11. Love Hurts

12. Feelings

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: SUPER HITS OF THE 70'S
Title: VOL. 17-HAVE A NICE DAY!
Street Release Date: 04/06/1993
Domestic
Genre: OLDIES COLLECTIONS

Customer Reviews

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Passable, but Rhino needs to remaster "Dance With Me", July 14, 2001

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rockland6674 (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Hits Of The '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 17 (Audio CD)

This is a typical volume in the "Have A Nice Day" series, meaning it's a mixed bag, with good, catchy tunes like "Dancing In The Moonlight" (included here in mono, for some reason), "Rings," "Smokin' In The Boy's Room" and the 45 edits of "Dance With Me" and "Love Hurts" rubbing elbows with middling tunes like the "Rockford Files" theme, "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues," "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and "Rendezvous," by the totally forgettable Hudson Brothers (This song is taken from a vinyl record, instead of a master tape, but who REALLY cares?). This CD also includes "Feelings." Enough has been said about this song, so I won't add to it here.

A WARNING, THOUGH: If you're thinking of buying this CD for "Dance With Me," you'd be better off looking elsewhere, since this CD uses a defective digital master of this song: From start to finish, the right stereo channel is DISTORTED. This defective master was also used on the "Only Love: 1975 - 1979" compilation on Essex/Warner/JCI, and may have been used on some other titles as well, but I've heard the same 45 edit of this song on Rhino's "Dance With Me: The Best of Orleans" compilation, and it sounds fine.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NICE TO BE WITH YOU, December 11, 2010

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Jukebox Dave (RECORD TOWN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Hits Of The '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 17 (Audio CD)

SUPER HITS OF THE 70S-HAVE A NICE DAY, VOL. 17-VARIOUS ARTISTS: In the less restrictive daze of 70's AM radio, country, pop, soul, and rock tunes co-existed peacefully, unlike the dull, restrictive formats of now. Rhino's HAVE A NICE DAY series expertly encapsulizes all but the RNB stuff...you'll find that on their equally vital multi disc series SOUL HITS OF THE 70S-DIDN'T IT BLOW YOUR MIND. SUPER HITS OF THE 70S VOL. 17 is an embarassment of one-or-two-hit-wonders like Brownsville Station's snotty schoolboy anthem SMOKIN' IN THE BOY'S ROOM, Mike Post's synth-laden theme from THE ROCKFORD FILES, and Nazereth's heavy version of Everly Brothers oldie LOVE HURTS. Superb entries in the "almost forgotten" category inclde the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver's (I DON'T WANT TO LOVE YOU BUT) YOU GOT ME ANYWAY and Cymarron's dyed-in-the-wool country ditty RINGS. If names like King Harvest, the Hudson Brothers, and Freddy Fender ring a bell, you owe it to yourself to sample this, and other volumns in this exhaustive collection.

RATING: FIVE LAVA LAMPS

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No one commented on the second best song of this compilation, February 29, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Super Hits Of The '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 17 (Audio CD)

... which was "I Don't Want To Love You (But You Got Me Anyway)," by the Sutherland Brothers. Previous Amazon.com reviewers totally overlooked this song, which is a gem not found on any other 1970s compilation out there so far. It came out in the fall of 1973, and by any measure is a feel-good tune that merits more recognition.

Yes, "Dancing in the Moonlight" is a great song. But be sure you don't overlook "I Don't Want To Love You," which is a worthy effort and a good addition to your early-to-mid 70s roster of under-rated one-hit wonders.