ROCK'n'POP/25 THE ATLANTIC YEARS ATL 20.053 (-73) SCANDINAVIA

 Atlantic sampler that can be a good way in to sixties and seventies classics for the newbie collector who wants a good vinyl introduction to the era, or might do it for the oldtimer that still miss some of the tracks or just forgot. An odyssey from the sweet and catchy - like Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash", "Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe", Young Rascals "Groonin" and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young's "Woodstock" - over the then innovative - as Vanilla Fudge "You Keep Me Hanging On", Yes "And You And I" and Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da- Vida" - to the hard core Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love" and Rolling Stones "Brown Sugar". It carries the 3:10 single version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", otherwise the LP ones. The audio is tophole and even if I have most of the songs before it's good to reaquaint with those in a for me new surrounding. I'm a sucker for compilations, cause for me a recording, however familiar to me it may be, can change impact and even be more satisfactory in a new context. A comfort for me, too stuck in the old ways to learn new things, that I can still get favourites I've had for decades sounding fresh. I've noticed lately that interest for sixties and seventies music is fading as many of us oldies lose interest and sell their collections or just pass away. Newer generations have other idols in other genres, though I hope at least some of them can look back and enjoy these oldies. So much good music to discover and it won't hurt to try. This was issued on vinyl over mainland Europe and in South Africa, also as French and German cassette, but not in UK or US and not on CD. (GÖXÄ*)  (SÄM*)