Release Date: Jan 31, 2025
This multi buy includes:
David Hepworth has been writing, broadcasting and speaking about music since the 70s. He was involved in the launch and editing of Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word. He was one of the presenters of BBC TV‘s The Old Grey Whistle Test, and one of the anchors of the BBC’s coverage of Live Aid in July 1985.
He has written six books about music in the last five years: 1971 – Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year, Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Star, Nothing is Real: The Beatles Were Underrated And Other Sweeping Statements About Pop, A Fabulous Creation: How the LP Saved Our Lives, Rock & Roll A Level: The only quiz book you need and Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America.
David writes a weekly column on podcasts for Radio Times and throughout the past two years, with Mark Ellen, David has co-hosted well over a hundred Word In Your Attic interviews on YouTube, with appearances from a galaxy of musicians, journalists, broadcasters and authors.
Here David explains his thoughts when putting this compilation together:
The seventies were a grubby but glorious time for records. Many of those records never sullied a chart. Nor are they served up by the algorithms which rule retro radio today. These two LPs correct that oversight. Young Americans revisits classic rock icons in the fierce morning of their genius. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is unrepentant driving music from the days before the mandatory seat belt. Blue Boar Blues is dedicated to the legions of British groups who lived according to the white line on the M1. Finally, The Monstrous Regiment is a reminder of the female artists of the time, some of whom are just being recognised today. As my comprehensive notes modestly assert, more occurred between 1971 and 1979 than in any period of music before or since. This is not an opinion. This is a fact. This is a double album to prove it.
More Deep 70s 4CD Tracklisting:
DISC ONE
RE-MAKE / RE-MODEL
1. THE RAMONES: Let's Dance
2. DEVO: Satisfaction (I Can’t Get No)
3. NILS LOFGREN: Goin' Back
4. THE HOLLIES: Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park)
5. DON COVAY: Memphis
6. NINA SIMONE: Baltimore
7. LOWELL GEORGE: What Do You Want The Girl To Do?
8. BILLY SWAN: Don't Be Cruel [slow version]
9. THE BUNCH: When Will I Be Loved?
10. FRANKIE MILLER: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
11. GREG KIHN: For You
12. THIN LIZZY: Rosalie [live]
13. TODD RUNDGREN: Rain
14. NILSSON: Vine Street
15. JOE COCKER: Jamaica Say You Will
16. TERRY MELCHER: These Days
17. JOHN MARTYN: Spencer The Rover
18. IAN MATTHEWS: 7 Bridges Road
19. LEO KOTTKE: Pamela Brown
20. THE POINTER SISTERS: Grinning In Your Face
21. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: Psycho [live]
DISC TWO
SKINNY TIE MUSIC
1. THE RUNAWAYS: Cherry Bomb
2. CHEAP TRICK: Surrender
3. THE CARS: Double Life
4. JOE JACKSON: It's Different For Girls
5. DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND: I'm On Fire
6. MINK DE VILLE: Just Your Friends
7. SNIFF 'N' THE TEARS: Driver's Seat
8. SHOES: Too Late
9. RASPBERRIES: Go All The Way
10. GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR: Local Girls
11. JOHN HIATT: Take Off Your Uniform
12. XTC: Life Begins At The Hop
13. THE INMATES: Dirty Water
14. DEAF SCHOOL: What A Way To End It All
15. TIM MOORE: Rock And Roll Love Letter
16. SQUEEZE: Up The Junction
17. CRABBY APPLETON: Go Back
DISC THREE
AMERICANA
1. ROGER McGUINN: Draggin'
2. GENE CLARK: No Other
3. JIMMY WEBB: P.F. Sloan
4. LAURA NYRO: Stoney End
5. MILLIE JACKSON: Loving Arms
6. BOBBY BLAND: It's Not The Spotlight
7. DR JOHN: I Been Hoodood
8. THE METERS: Fire On The Bayou
9. TAJ MAHAL: Satisfied 'N Tickled Too
10. DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS: I Scare Myself
11. JOE ELY: Honky Tonk Masquerade
12. GUY CLARK: Desperados Waiting For A Train
13. PAUL WILLIAMS: Someday Man
14. CHIP TAYLOR: I Wasn't Born In Tennessee
15. JOE SIMON: Georgia Blue
16. MUDDY WATERS: Mannish Boy
17. TERRY ALLEN: New Delhi Freight Train
DISC FOUR
BASING STREET BLUES
1. HEAD HANDS & FEET:
(Let's Get This) Show On The Road
2. FREE: The Highway Song
3. JOHN CALE: You Know More Than I Know
4. ULTRAVOX!: Young Savage
5. NICO: It Has Not Taken Long
6. SPARKS: Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
7. THE HEPTONES: Country Boy
8. BURNING SPEAR: Marcus Garvey
9. MAX ROMEO & THE UPSETTERS: Chase The Devil
10. JESS RODEN: On Broadway
11. SWAMP DOGG: Did I Come Back Too Soon
(Or Stay Away Too Long)
12. KEVIN AYERS: Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought Of You
13. 801: Rongwrong
14. JIM CAPALDI: Eve
15. RICHARD THOMPSON: Roll Over Vaughan Williams
16. BRYN HAWORTH: Grappenhall Rag
17. PETER SKELLERN: I Guess You Wish You'd Gone Home
18. MORRIS ON: Princess Royal
Deep 70s 2LP Tracklisting:
Side One
Young Americans
1. Jesse Winchester - Payday
2. Big Star - Back Of A Car
3. Bobby Charles - Small Town Talk
4. Andy Pratt - Avenging Annie
5. Gregg Allman - Please Call Home
6. John Prine - The Late John Garfield Blues
7. Delaney And Bonnie - Only You Know And I Know
Side Two:
Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
1. Freddie King - Going Down
2. Johnny Winter And - Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo
3. Status Quo - In My Chair
4. ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago
5. Little Feat - Trouble
6. J. Geils Band - Whammer Jammer
7. Eddie And The Hot Rods - Get Out Of Denver
Side Three:
Blue Boar Rules
1. Robert Palmer - How Much Fun
2. Terry Reid - Dean
3. The Motos - Dancing The Night Away
4. The Records - Starry Eyes
5. Roys Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
Side Four:
The Monstrous Regiment
1. Sandy Denny - Solo
2. Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
3. Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero
4. Kate And Anna McGarrigle - Heart Like A Wheel
5. Richard And Linda Thompson - Dimming Of The Day – Dargai