The second attempt by BBC:s Demon label to make a fair mapping of seventies hits. As with the first https://monolover.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-70s-pop-annual-demrecomp-007-17-uk.html you get quality vinyl with top audio in a dull sleeve, though in this case the black package makes it a little better to the eyes and the label's almost flashy. Also here I hear some I really liked all those moons ago - like Sweet "Blockbuster", Patti Smith "Because The Night", T. Rex "Telegram Sam", The Jacksons "Shake Your Body" and Art Garfunkel "Bright Eyes" - coupled with others that I thought less of or didn't notice at all. But when listening today, forty to fifty years later, as my mind and taste has softened, I find myself actively listening to stuff like Bonnie Tyler "It's A Heartache", Dolly Parton "Here You Come Again" and Christie "Yellow River". One that for some reason totally passed me by back then, but I'm now very happy to get into and discover is Lulu's version of "The Man Who Sold The World", where she's accompanied by the entire then Bowie group with Ronson, Garson, Bolder, Dunbar and Bowie himself on sax and backing vocals. I'm enjoying that a lot at the moment. Very laid-back, yet envigored by Bowie's saxophone and Mick Ronson's guitar. Maybe not up there with the original, but certainly worth to be mentioned at the same time as other Bowie-included classic covers like "All The Youg Dudes" and "Satellite Of Love". Good stuff! This 2LP set was UK vinyl only, pressed on 180 g. vinyl in a glossy cover with glossy inners. (SÄM*)
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