44 SUPER STARS/ORIGINAL HITS - ORIGINAL STARS NE 939 (-76) UK

 Very generous 2-LP set, offering a picture of how Brits bought and listened to records in the mid seventies. Have to admit that most of these songs wasn't on my turntable back then, so apart from a couple - Suzy Quattro "Can The Can", Dolly Parton "Jolene", "Argent "Hold Your Head Up", Elton John "Crocodile Rock", 5th Dimension "Aquarius" and CCS "Whole Lotta Love" - this is more or less untrampled territory for me. But that's good because inbetween old favorites I get the chance to catch up on things I missed back in the days. To many to get into here, though Colin Blunstones "Say You Don't Mind", from his first solo album "One Year", is just beautiful, Mud's "Tiger Feet" quite catchy glam rock and Arrows "Touch Too Much" is good rock'n'roll. The audio is surprisingly clear all through, considering they crammed in eleven cuts on each side, and offers pleasant listening all the way. I will certainly listen more to this henceforth to learn more about the music scene in the seventies that escaped me in those days. To my knowledge this was UK only, also as 2xCassette and 2x8-track. Vinyl had label as shown here in a glossy fold/out cover. (SÄM*)  (KÄJT*)