Rolling Back The 70's (60 Hits From The Screaming Seventies) - Various Artists

Advantages: Great artists, Fantastic recordings
Disadvantages: A few good tracks missed this set

...My first taste of music was that of being brought up in a house where Rock 'n' Roll was the most played even during the 70s. I also got to hear alot of the Osmonds, Bay city rollers and ABBA, watching my elder sisters using hairbrushes as microphones and sining along to Top of the Pops. Ofcourse thrown in with that was the many other 50s, 60s & 70s artists as the family was very varied on thier taste in music. One day my mum gave me a couple of cassette tapes (If you can remember what they are) to go along with a second hand tape recorder that i was given. The tapes she gave me were "Walk right back with the Everlys" and "Bobby Vees Greatest hits" I cherished these tapes and memorised every song on them since i played them so many times, i am supprised they didnt wear out! As i grew older i began to also listen to music that teenagers... Read review

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Advantages: Not a Clapton CD, more an experimental showcase.
Disadvantages: Not a Clapton CD, more an experimental showcase.

..., many attributed their style to gospel and roots music but really, look up their biography and see that they were just session singers with a following that died with the seventies but now and again they pop up with some session guitarist (Gasp, Clapton!) or through someone like Sonny and Cher. This album is not so much about Clapton as the various different rifts the whole backing band created to highlighted the immense singing voices and vocal partnership of D&B, and their Southern style of twangy interlinking rhapsody. This album is not unique nor are the vocals any different to any other decent 60,s/70's folk singers but Clapton enjoyed his freedom here, strutting his own style and often taking the song away from the vocalist's and making the rhythm is own, a style he used often when he made the guitar sing. A couple of tracks here... Read review

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Advantages: Great Upbeat Album
Disadvantages: Leaves you wanting more

...similar to Ska. The sixth track, 'Diggin' Your Scene' sticks with the Ska style. The seventh track, 'Waste' throws you again as it slows the tempo right down to what could almost be described as a ballad. This theme continues with the eighth track, When The Morning Comes'. Not a ballad, but a slower song compared to the others preceding. However, just as you get comfy things speed up again with 'Come On Come On' which is almost a mix of both Ska and punk styles. This continues into the next track, 'Can't Get Enough Of You Baby'. Yet again the style changes with the next track, 'Every Word Means No', which is reminiscent of the Rolling Stones/Doors style. The twelth track, 'Better Do It Right' takes us back down the Ska route and could easily be a Specials song. Then we're back again in that 60s/70s era style with 'Do It Again' and 'Holiday... Read review

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