| Product Summary | | Label: Varese Sarabande | | UPC: 00030206649321 | | Release Date: 9/30/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60614393 | | Item#: MW263X | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. More Than A Feeling - Boston ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Groove Me - King Floyd ~ Various Artists | | | 4. How Long - Ace ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Here Comes The Sun - Richie Havens ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim ~ Various Artists | | | 9. It's A Heartache - Bonnie Tyler ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Smoke Gets In Yours Eyes - Blue Haze ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Walking In Rhythm - The Blackbyrds ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Shannon - Henry Gross ~ Various Artists | | | 16. What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me - The New Seekers ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka/Elton John ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Then: Totally Oldies, Vol. 6 carries on in the tradition of the first five volumes of the Then series by compiling a seemingly random selection of hits from an era, in this case the '70s, linked only by their popularity. This volume also carries on the tradition of providing a good deal for the money (lots of tracks, superior sound quality, decent liner notes) and being a lot of fun. The selections vary from the AOR of Boston's "More Than a Feeling" to the nasty funk of King Floyd's "Groove Me" and the folk/pop of Richie Havens' "Here Comes the Sun" to the drama pop of Bonnie Tyler's "It's a Heartache," the dorky psych-pop of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky," and the soft rock of Henry Gross' "Shannon." The collection also throws in a few odd choices to keep listeners on their toes. Blue Haze's bubblegum reggae meets vaudeville take on the pop chestnut "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" wasn't a big hit, but it certainly deserves to be taken out of mothballs. As does the New Seekers hilariously earnest and over-orchestrated version of the Who's "Pinball Wizard (See Me Feel Me)," the Blackbyrds' soft-disco "Walking in Rhythm," and Neil Sedaka's duet with Elton John on the funky "Bad Blood." Fans of '70s music will be glad to have a collection that mixes up the obvious hits with some well-placed rarities. It is just like listening to a good radio station minus the commercials for Tab and the Buick LaSabre. ~ Tim Sendra |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/30/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 066 493 | | Label : Varese Sarabande (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00030206649321 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Production |  4 | | Performance | 4 | | Composition | 4 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4 |
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4 of 5 Super set of 70s radio candy Tuesday, October 14, 2003
redtunictroll from Earth, USA
It’s hard to imagine the highly balkanized radio formats of today producing the wide-range of beautifully crafted hits heard on this collection. From the heavy rock guitars of "More Than a Feeling" and "Hocus Pocus" (not to mention the latter’s signature yodels, something sorely missing on today’s charts!) to the R&B soul of "Groove Me," "Do You Know What I Mean" and "Starting All Over Again" to the contemplative pop and singer-songwriter angst of "Reflections of My Life," "Time in a Bottle" and "Shannon" (the last will still make you tear-up, after all these years), these are the torch-bearers of a golden decade of top-40 radio.
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The ’70s also saw terrific hybrids, like Bonnie Tyler’s singer-songwriter-soul-country-Rod-Stewart-rasping "It’s a Heartache," Blue Haze’s reggae-remake of the ’50s doo-wop standard "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," the barely-out-of-the-60s spirituality of "Spirit in the Sky," Richie Haven’s acoustic-folk-soul remake of "Here Comes the Sun," and the ressurected Neil Sedaka’s Elton John backed pinnacle, "Bad Blood." And these could be heard spun back-to-back (okay, back-to-announcement-to-commercial-to-station-ID-to-back) on the same radio station -- something that’s unimaginable on today’s commercial radio dial.
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These tracks are generally well represented on ’70s anthologies, and anyone working on a complete collection of the ’70s top-40 will find a great deal of overlap with discs they already own. But that’s not really the point of this disc... what really recommends this collection is the care with which the tracks were selected and organized into a terrific program that yields a super solid ’70s spin. Was this review helpful?  
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