October 11, 20222 yr Author I'll post which #2 albums are relevant to the next session when I've put the tracklist for it together again - will aim to sort that out in the next couple of days. (and hopefully I won't forget to include something again this time :kink:) re: the a worst #1s session I wouldn't mind one happening on a Saturday but don't really like the idea of putting this on hold for a week for it
October 11, 20222 yr Author Bonus songs don't necessarily have to be the most streamed from their album btw - I did happen to do that for all the ones played last week but if anything else jumps out more feel free to make suggestions outside of that.
October 15, 20222 yr I won’t be able to make it tomorrow unfortunately but I’ll definitely catch up in my own time! Should be back to being able to join at home from next week.
October 15, 20222 yr With a bit more research I think Hocus Pocus by Focus (from the number two album Making Waves) should be included. Dutch music at its eccentric best.
October 16, 20222 yr Author Probably to the surprise of no one I've ended up procrastinating a tad on getting the playlist for this week ready :ph34r: but I will still make sure it's ready on time dw ~
October 16, 20222 yr Author Right the playlist is ready - we're going up to October 1974 this time, covering 41 (or perhaps 42*) #1 albums. Note this is 2 fewer than last week despite last week's session containing a 20 minute song. :kink: This cutoff point actually works nicely as it's right at the point where playing 2 particular tracks back to back would be a little overindulgent, this splits it so we end this week's session with one and start next week's with the other. That means next week's opening track will be a lot better than this week's. Another compilation takeover in this period forced another rule change, meaning that we'll be having a break from various artists compilations after this week. They will of course be back later when we'll have quite a few Now! albums to get through before compilations were re-banished for good. Don't think there are quite as many classic songs this week as the last couple but there are still a few. These are the relevant #2 albums, I will have a look through the thread tomorrow to decide on the bonus tracks based on any suggestions that have already been posted / any more tomorrow morning/early afternoon. 1972 We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing - New Seekers American Pie - Don McLean Slade Alive - Slade Cherish - David Cassidy Honky Chateau - Elton John Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits - Simon & Garfunkel Catch Bull at Four - Cat Stevens 20 Star Tracks - Various Artists 22 Dynamic Hits Vol 2 - Various Artists 20 Fantastic Hits Vol 2 - Various Artists 1973 The Strauss Family - Cyril Ornadel / London Symphony Orchestra Rock Me Baby - David Cassidy Focus II (Moving Waves) - Focus Touch Me - Gary Glitter Living in the Material World - George Harrison I’m a Writer, Not a Fighter - Gilbert O’Sullivsn The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Bursting at the Seams - Strawbs 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) - The Beatles Now & Then - The Carpenters Quadrophenia - The Who 20 Fantastic Hits from the 50s and 60s - Various Artists Believe in Music - Vartious Artists 1974 Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Silverbird - Leo Sayer The Free Story - Free Quo - Status Quo *I think I will also use up a bonus track slot for this situation which will become clear
October 16, 20222 yr This cutoff point actually works nicely as it's right at the point where playing 2 particular tracks back to back would be a little overindulgent, this splits it so we end this week's session with one and start next week's with the other. That means next week's opening track will be a lot better than this week's.Think I know which two albums these are - the second to reach #1 came out before the first and is a tad more revered. As we won't get as far as Young Americans, I'll suggest A Day In The Life from The Blue Album instead B-)
October 16, 20222 yr Author Kicking off again in 15 minutes (will start more on time today, with another song selected from the Concert For Bangladesh x)
October 16, 20222 yr Author Tracklist for week 3: 105 Neil Reid - Neil Reid // Neil Reid - You're The Cream In My Coffee 106 Neil Young - Harvest // Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 107 Paul Simon - Paul Simon // Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard 108 Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne // Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner 109 Deep Purple - Machine Head // Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 110 T. Rex - Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages / My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows // T. Rex - Stacey Grove 111 T. Rex - Bolan Boogie // T. Rex - Beltane Walk 112 The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. // The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice 113 20 Dynamic Hits // Argent - Hold Your Head Up 114 20 Fantastic Hits // The Osmonds - One Bad Apple 115 Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment // Rod Stewart - I'd Rather Go Blind 116 20 All Time Greats Of The 50's // Johnnie Ray - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 117 25 Rockin' & Rollin' Greats // Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula 118 Slade - Slayed? // Slade - Move Over 119 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front // Gilbert O'Sullivan - Who Was It? 120 Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player // Elton John - Crocodile Rock 121 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies // Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy 122 20 Flash Back Greats Of The Sixties // The Coasters - Yakety Yak 123 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy // Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er 124 Faces - Ooh La La // Faces - Ooh La La 125 David Bowie - Aladdin Sane // David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul 126 Pure Gold // The Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through The Windows 127 That'll Be The Day OST // The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 128 Peters & Lee - We Can Make It // Peters & Lee - All Change Places 129 Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod // Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind 130 The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup // The Rolling Stones - Angie 131 Slade - Sladest // Slade - Look Wot You Dun 132 Status Quo - Hello! // Status Quo - Caroline 133 David Bowie - Pinups // David Bowie - Sorrow 134 Roxy Music - Stranded // Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl 135 David Cassidy - Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes // David Cassidy - Daydream 136 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road // Elton John - Bennie And The Jets 137 Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans // Yes - The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn) 138 Perry Como - And I Love You So // Perry Como - And I Love You So 139 Carpenters - The Singles: 1969-1973 // Carpenters - Top Of The World 140 Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue // Slade - Everyday 141 Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth // Rick Wakeman - The Journey 142 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs // David Bowie - Rebel Rebel 143 Elton John - Caribou // Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 144 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run // Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run 145 Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge // Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge (Part One) Other songs played: Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (Live) (opening song, second song from The Concert For Bangladesh) T. Rex - Hot Rod Mama (from the other half of the T. Rex double pack #1) The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia (played by mistake but we'll pretend it's a very early bonus track for when the album returned to #1 on reissue) Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence (from #2 album Greatest Hits) Focus - Hocus Pocus (from #2 album Moving Waves) Pink Floyd - Us And Them (from #2 album The Dark Side Of The Moon) The Beatles - A Day In The Life (from #2 album 1967-1970) John Williams - Hagrid The Professor (RIP Robbie Coltrane)
October 16, 20222 yr Author Thanks to all for another week with good turnout, glad this has continued to be a success! Not so many established classics this week but still a lot of great stuff, 'Hergest Ridge (Part One)' easily my discovery of the week and I expected no less from Mike Oldfield :wub: Also really enjoyed the little folk trio near the start from Neil Young, Paul Simon and Lindisfarne, the Rick Wakeman song was a great discovery too + I did already know and love 'Angie' but didn't actually know it was by The Rolling Stones so hooray education!
October 23, 20222 yr Author Tracklist for week 4 is ready, 44 more albums being covered taking us up to September 1977. Expect a whole lot of greatest hits - or 'golden greats' as was a popular term at the time - which means a lot of pretty old songs (and a lot of 'this album isn't on Spotify so I'm just playing track 1'). But a fair share of classics once again, including the introduction of a couple more names that we'll be seeing a lot, plus a few more oddities. And a certain song that's going to get played twice (two different singers), and I can almost guarantee no one will guess what it is unless they cheat and peek at the Google Sheet / Spotify playlist. There are 2 songs I already played in earlier weeks that would be getting a second play now if I count live versions of them as distinct, but I'm going to not do that to keep things fresh. #2 albums in this timeframe (will sort out bonus tracks tomorrow, sorryyy for being so last minute to not give much time for suggestions!) 1974 It’s Only Rock N Roll - The Rolling Stones David Essex - David Essex David Live - David Bowie Sheer Heart Attack - Queen 1975 The Shirley Bassey Singles Album - Shirley Bassey Young Americans - David Bowie The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - Rick Wakeman Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John Greatest Hits - Cat Stevens Favourites - Peters & Lee 1976 24 Original Hits - The Drifters Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - Eagles Wings at the Speed of Sound - Wings Black and Blue - The Rolling Stones Live in London - John Denver ChangesOneBowie - David Bowie Forever and Ever - Demis Roussos Laughter and Tears: The Best of Neil Sedaka Today Diana Ross’ Greatest Hits 2 - Diana Ross The Story of The Who - The Who Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder 1977 Hotel California - Eagles David Soul - David Soul Low - David Bowie Animals - Pink Floyd 20 Great Heartbreakers - Various Artists Oxygene - Jean-Michel Jarre
October 23, 20222 yr My suggestions for #2s: Stevie Wonder - either Isn't She Lovely or I Wish Eagles - Hotel California Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene The title track to David Bowie's Young Americans is great and Low is a classic album, but I expect he'll make several more appearances in these sessions anyway.
October 23, 20222 yr Sheer Heart Attack has got lots of great tracks. My Hotel California choice would be The Last Resort - probably my favourite Eagles song and a great track to close an album. Animals is a fantastic album although, apart from Pigs On The Wing parts I and II, the tracks are quite long and Doctor Who is on at 7:30! Songs In The Key Of Life is an all-time classic album so we ought to have something from that.
October 23, 20222 yr My requests are : Brighton Rock from Sheer Heart Attack Oxygene Part 4 from Oxygene Let 'Em In from Wings At The Speed Of Sound
October 30, 20222 yr Author Whoops just realised I didn't post last week's tracklist - here it belatedly is now if anyone wanted to peruse it! (working on this week's right now in my usual last minute fashion x) 146 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells // Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Pt. I) 147 Bay City Rollers - Rollin' // Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night 148 Rod Stewart - Smiler // Rod Stewart - Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller 149 Elton John - Greatest Hits // Elton John - Your Song 150 Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits // Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando Quando Quando 151 Status Quo - On The Level // Status Quo - Bye Bye Johnny 152 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti // Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 153 Tom Jones - 20 Greatest Hits // Tom Jones - Only Once 154 The Stylistics - The Best Of // The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow 155 Bay City Rollers - Once Upon A Star // Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing 156 Wings - Venus And Mars // Wings - Listen To What The Man Said 157 Carpenters - Horizon // Carpenters - Love Me For What I Am 158 Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing // Rod Stewart - This Old Heart Of Mine 159 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here // Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 160 Jim Reeves - 40 Golden Greats // Jim Reeves - Bimbo 161 Max Boyce - We All Had Doctors' Papers // Max Boyce - Sospan Fach 162 Perry Como - 40 Greatest Hits // Perry Como - Caterina 163 Queen - A Night At The Opera // Queen - Love Of My Life 164 Roy Orbison - The Best Of // Roy Orbison - Borne On The Wind 165 Slim Whitman - The Very Best Of // Slim Whitman - North Wind 166 Status Quo - Blue For You // Status Quo - Rain 167 Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington and Rula Lenska - Rock Follies // Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington and Rula Lenska - Sugar Mountain 168 Led Zeppelin - Presence // Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine 169 ABBA - Greatest Hits // ABBA - SOS 170 Rod Stewart - A Night On The Town // Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) 171 The Beach Boys - 20 Golden Greats // The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. 172 The Stylistics - The Best Of - Volume II // The Stylistics - Hey Girl, Come And Get It 173 Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity // Dr. Feelgood - Going Back Home (Live) 174 Soul Motion // LaBelle - Lady Marmalade 175 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same // Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song (Live) 176 Bert Weedon - 22 Golden Guitar Greats // Bert Weedon - Dance On 177 Glen Campbell - Twenty Golden Greats // Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy 178 Queen - A Day At The Races // Queen - Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy 179 ABBA - Arrival // ABBA - Money, Money, Money 180 Slim Whitman - Red River Valley // Slim Whitman - Rhinestone Cowboy 181 The Shadows - 20 Golden Greats // The Shadows - F.B.I. 182 Frank Sinatra - Portrait Of Sinatra - Forty Songs From The Life Of A Man // Frank Sinatra - Let's Face The Music And Dance 183 The Beatles - At The Hollywood Bowl // The Beatles - Boys (Live) 184 The Muppets - The Muppet Show // The Muppets - The Muppet Show Theme 185 Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born // Barbra Streisand - Evergreen 186 Johnny Mathis - The Mathis Collection // Johnny Mathis - We've Only Just Begun 187 Yes - Going For The One // Yes - Wonderous Stories 188 Connie Francis - 20 All Time Greats // Connie Francis - My Happiness 189 Elvis Presley - Elvis' 40 Greatest // Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me Other songs played: Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo (opening song, bonus track from later reissue of 'Hergest Ridge') Queen - Brighton Rock (from #2 album Sheer Heart Attack) David Bowie - Young Americans (from #2 album Young Americans) Stevie Wonder - I Wish (from #2 album Songs In The Key Of Life) Eagles - Hotel California (from #2 album Hotel California) Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène, Pt. 4 (from #2 album Oxygène) Rick Wakeman - Arthur (short version from 1979 BBC election coverage; from #2 album The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table / RIP Liz Truss' premiership)
October 30, 20222 yr Author Week 5 playlist now set up, rattling through 46 albums this time (which means no 20 minute+ prog rock suites this time, apologies!) and covering another 3 years, we step into the 80s now, going up to September 1980. Turned out 1978 was another pretty quick year to get through due to a couple of rather omnipresent film soundtracks. A handful more various artists compilations and greatest hits but not quite as many as last week which also means not as many albums forcing me to just use track 1 on their tracklist! And a good spattering of classics once more, plus a few I'm not familiar with but quite looking forward to hearing. We satisfyingly end on an album that contains multiple classics which didn't chart very highly so gives a natural song to start with next week! Does anyone have a particular favourite they'd like to hear from elsewhere on the tracklist of Elvis' 40 Greatest to kick off today? Aside from that here's the list of #2 albums from the period for other bonus track suggestions ~ 1977 No More Heroes - The Stranglers Home On the Range - Slim Whitman 1978 Reflections - Andy Williams Variations - Andrea Lloyd Webber The Stud - OST Black and White - The Stranglers Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy Some Girls - The Rolling Stones Street-Legal - Bob Dylan 20 Golden Greats - The Hollies Images - Don Williams Big Wheels of Motown - Various Artists Emotions - Various Artists Give ‘Em Enough Rope - The Clash 20 Golden Greats - Neil Diamond Jazz - Queen The Singles: 1974-1978 - The Carpenters 1979 Midnight Hustle - Various Artists Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & the Attractions C’est Chic - Chic Country Life - Various Artists Last the Whole Night Long: 50 Non Stop Party Greats - James Last Black Rose - Thin Lizzy Fate for Breakfast - Art Garfunkel Do It Yourself - Ian Dury & the Blockheads Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan 20 Golden Greats - Diana Ross 1980 One Step Beyond - Madness Get Happy - Elvis Costello & the Attractions Tell Me On a Sunday - Marti Webb Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John / ELO Drama - Yes
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