Description
Sounds Of The Seventies: 1976 is a richly curated CD that captures one of the most commercially vibrant years in popular music, spanning rock, soul, funk, and the early pulse of disco. The tracklist reads like a year-end radio hall of fame: Peter Frampton’s arena-defining ‘Show Me The Way’, Fleetwood Mac’s silky ‘Say You Love Me’ lifted from their landmark Rumours-era ascent, and Rod Stewart’s sultry ‘Tonight the Night (Gonna Be Alright)’ sitting comfortably alongside the Bee Gees’ dancefloor call ‘You Should Be Dancing’. Wild Cherry’s ‘Play That Funky Music’ and Donna Summer’s ‘Love to Love You Baby’ signal the disco wave breaking through, while Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, and Daryl Hall & John Oates keep the album’s softer melodic heart beating. An essential time capsule of mid-seventies mainstream music at its most confident and diverse…
Double length – equivalent to 2 LPs!
Track listing:
- Rock’n Me – Steve Miller Band
- Takin’ It To The Streets – The Doobie Brothers
- Fooled Around and Fell In Love – Elvin Bishop
- Sara Smile – Daryl Hall and John Oates
- Say You Love Me – Fleetwood Mac
- Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
- You Should Be Dancing – The Bee Gees
- Show Me The Way – Peter Frampton
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John and Kiki Dee
- Tonight the Night (Gonna Be Alright) – Rod Stewart
- Love to Love You Baby – Donna Summer
- Still the One – Orleans
- Hello Old Friend – Eric Clapton
- Get Closer – Seals and Crofts
- 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon
- That’ll Be the Day – Linda Ronstadt
- Welcome Back – John Sebastian
- Dream Weaver – Gary Wright
- All by Myself – Eric Carmen
- The Rubberband Man – The Spinners
