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  • Audio CD (14 Feb 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Forever Heavenly
  • ASIN: B0005FB2I4
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,805 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Mouthful Of Grass - Free
2. Nobody - The Doobie Brothers
3. Industrial Military Complex Hex - Steve Miller Band
4. Hamburger Midnight - Little Feat
5. Catch The Man On The Rise - Sir Douglas Quintet
6. 3.10 Smokey Thursday - Danny O'Keefe
7. Message From The Country - The Move
8. Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave - Dave Mason
9. Three Hours - Nick Drake
10. One Night Wonder - Meic Stevens *
11. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Rod Stewart
12. Cripple Creek - Skip Spence
13. Tulsa County - The Byrds
14. Biloxi - Jesse Winchester
15. Song Of The Wandering Aengus - Donovan
16. Good Shepherd - Jefferson Airplane
17. Black Uncle Remus - Loudon Wainwright III
18. Hear The Wind Howl - Leo Kottke
19. The Moonstone - Tommy Flanders
20. Ashes The Rain And I - James Gang

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From Jon Savage
The idea was to celebrate a particularly misunderstood musical moment. Contrary to the received opinion, the cusp of the 60’s/70’s was not a musical wasteland: to be sure, there was a lot of filler and absolute pointlessness as, it seemed, every single member of every single big late 60’s band released a solo album. But, as ever with music – which is a great form of communication – there is always somebody saying something, always somebody making records that help you make sense of the world. Also, there was the law of averages: with so many releases at that point, there were many gems among the dross.

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly dreary, 21 April 2005
By Ernie Goggins (the heart of the East End) - See all my reviews
I bought this on the back of some rave reviews in the music press and knowing a few of the tracks, but found it dull and samey. I think there may have been an element of Emperor's new clothes about the reviews - this was compiled by legendary rock writer Jon Savage and I suspect none of his fellow journos could bring themselves to admit he had come up with a bit of a duffer. There is some good stuff here - Dave Mason, Jesse Winchester - but most of it is pretty dreary and far from the best work of some of the artists chosen (e.g. Nick Drake). Some of this is pretty obscure (plus points there), but listening to it you can understand why.

I entirely agree with the aim of "reclaiming" 1970, and there is a great compilation of music in this sort of style from that year - e.g. from albums such as Spirit's 'Twelve dreams of Dr Sardonicus', Dion's 'Sit down old friend' and in the UK from the sort of bands featured on Island Records 'Bumpers' sampler. But this isn't it.

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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excavating 1970, 21 May 2005
By B Moraes (Devon) - See all my reviews
  
Literate, intelligent, passionate music from a time before the homogenised tedium of Keane, Coldplay, Stereophonics et al. When musicians had something to say and said it well.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I rate this album, 22 Aug 2006
Having read the mixed bag of reviews and in light of the fact that I have been replaying this CD in my car of late, I thought it a good opportunity to air my own personal take on this one.

I happen to think that this is an excellent release and whilst you would be unlikely to find any compilation connecting 100% this is, overall, a strong release.

Although this a mix up of UK and US releases the CD has a strong American flavour with a good mixture of rock, country rock and folk. I also have the Pink Island box set which I find has just too many Traffic and Fairport Convention wannabees on it. Jon Savage has excellent taste and I would strongly recommend this release.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A bloke, his mates, their glorious choices
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