Super Hits of The 70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 4

Man that Lynn Anderson track has like all my favorite country bells and whistles.

The Glass Bottle track wouldn't play for me on Spotify for some reason. Here's a youtube (prefaced with a guy talking about the song) for anyone else having that problem...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m404nPW-hXY

First two tracks and "Woodstock" are the only two tracks I've heard.

... lol, three tracks! "Yellow River" and "Rose Garden" are classics though.

The Mark Lindsay one has the advantage of hitting the same big horn-driven high as "Arizona" without being quite as sleazy as frickin' "Arizona." But as always he works with some strange goddamn lyrics.

Get aboard the silver bird, departing gate 19.
Satisfy your Walter Mitty mind, tryin' out a dream.
Your sign is Capricorn and every corner of your mind,
Says you'll remain my friend, my friend until your mine.

...

When you come home my crazy heart will greet those silver wings.
Your pet dog will remember you, and I'll carry your things.

I've never understood the appeal of any version of 'Mr. Bojangles'.

I was 4 when it came out. QED.

As for what I would pick...Lynn, probably? Though "Mr. Bojangles" did make me realize how much of indie rock for the past twenty or so years has tried to be that but, I dunno, 'edgey.' "Yellow River"'s fun.

I don't think I'd actually heard "Yellow River" before, but I feel it's creators had heard Sir Doug's "Mendocino" before, as the chorus hook is similar.

12 year old me loved the woozy steel on "Woodstock" but present day me admires Sammi Smith's exquisite vocal more than anything else on this list.

Ray for all the good times

I don't think I'd actually heard "Yellow River" before, but I feel it's creators had heard Sir Doug's "Mendocino" before, as the chorus hook is similar.

Not sure how popular the Sir Douglas Quintet were in Leeds tbh.

Ian Hunter knew 'em!

Ah, true!

I don't understand why this volume is such a dud, relatively speaking. '71 is an embarrassment of pop riches (I have a hand-picked 400+ song playlist of 1971 tunes that I deem top notch). To the extent that we still have several more '71-centric volumes ahead of us, so I don't understand why they didn't drop a few more classics on this disc.

Agree that it's noticeably weaker than the first two. Stick "One Bad Apple" on there for a start!

IIRC, there are no Osmonds tracks in this series. Which is weird.

Must have been a rights issue.

Voted "Rose Garden" btw.

It's a pity (?) there's no formal video for the Bells travesty but some joker did this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfMPDj3Pllc

Oh and here's a photo of Ken Tobias, who wrote said tripe:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Ken_Tobias.png

In 1972, Ken Tobias released "Stay Awhile" as the lead track on his album Dream #2.

Here's a twist...and yet it isn't.

In 1978, he toured Europe, and while there he collaborated on the soundtrack of the Italian spaghetti western Sella d'Argento (Silver Saddle/They Died with Their Boots On), directed by Lucio Fulci.

Most likely (re: Osmonds). "Crazy Horses" and "Down By The Lazy River" will be sorely missed down the road.

As for the Bells themselves, sultry! *gag*

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/The_Bells_%281970%29.png/250px-The_Bells_%281970%29.png

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Here's a twist...and yet it isn't.

_In 1978, he toured Europe, and while there he collaborated on the soundtrack of the Italian spaghetti western Sella d'Argento (Silver Saddle/They Died with Their Boots On), directed by Lucio Fulci._

Did Kris Kristofferson "do a Zeppelin" and refuse to release any singles or something? Anyhow, these are top notch versions of two quality songs. Particularly taken with Ray Price's effort.

Checking wiki, apparently the only single from his s/t debut was "To Beat The Devil", which is cray when you considered how loaded with hit copywrites it is.

ooh, "Silver Bird" is good. Imagining Lalo Schifrin was asked to arrange a Eurovision Song Contest entry! I may vote for this.

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Spiro Agnew EAT A DICK

THE MAN CAN'T BUST OUR MUSIC

One Toke Over the Rose Garden

or:

I Never Promised You A Toke

Trying to imagine the mash-up artist of 1971 desperately trying to splice master tapes together to create that.

Dickie Goodman, where art thou?

Super Hits of The 70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 5