The sensational seventies...

[Virago]

...Trivia time...

Mutley and I were just digging through some of our old music collection - the stuff on vinyl. I bet there's some young 'uns here that have never played a "record"...

We've got this boxed set - the Reader's Digest Sensational Seventies.

Now - each album cover has photos of selected artists from the record. So - who are they?

Most are easy, ridiculously easy. But - some are a little more obscure...

First batch attached:

[Virago]

...and finally...

[Big Dave]

Yeah - I can name em all except the bottom of the first one and the very top of the last one in the first post.
Bottom pic of 77 don't know either - rest easy.

I used to pull some BABES working with KC & the Sunshine band.

[98tls]

Bottom of the first one i think is the Hollies.

[MisterD]

75 on the left...is that Mud or The Sweet?

79...Debbie! Oh Debbie!

[Bren]

Brings back some memories of great artists....alas I was just a kid in the 70s....least I remember it! (well most of it)

[Bren]

Roger Whittaker in the first one, or is it Rolf Harris....??? 1970 I was in nappies

[MyGSXF]

#70: Rolf Harris. Barry Manilow. Diana Ross & The Supremes. bottom, The Hollies??

#71/72: Elton john. Janis Joplin. Michael Jackson

#73/74 Carlie Simon (top)???

#75 Abba :lol: Rodger Whittaker

#76: Rod Stewart. elton John. Cliff Richard. Abba

#77: Barry Gibb. Leo Sayer. left, Donahue?? (something like that..)

#78: Elton John. Meatloaf

#79: Debbie Harry. Kiss. middle left, sang "baby it's you"

[MisterD]

Roger Whittaker in the first one, or is it Rolf Harris....??? 1970 I was in nappies

It's Rolf, Roger is the RHS of 1975...

[MisterD]

Hey, and where's Zeppelin, Purple, Sabbath, Slade, the Pistols? What is this, the best wuss music of the 70's?

[Hitcher]

The wild dogs cry out in the night,
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company.
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kalimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become.

[98tls]

The wild dogs cry out in the night,
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company.
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kalimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become. They were almost as bad as the Village People.

[Virago]

I'll post up the answers later, for any that haven't been collectively named.

In the meantime, the two that had me stumped - I had to turn over to look:


75 - top right;

78 - left.

Any takers?

[98tls]

75 top right........someone Neilsen ? He is in the ad for the soft rock CD that time-life and air-supply are peddling.

[merv]

OK added a couple for now:


#70: Rolf Harris. Barry Manilow. Diana Ross & The Supremes. bottom, The Hollies??

#71/72: Elton john. Andy Williiams,??, Janis Joplin. Michael Jackson

#73/74 Carlie Simon (top)???

#75 Abba :lol: Rodger Whittaker

#76: Rod Stewart. elton John. Cliff Richard. Abba

#77: Barry Gibb. Leo Sayer. left, Donahue?? (something like that..)

#78: Elton John. Olivia Newton John, Meatloaf

#79: Debbie Harry. Kiss. middle left, sang "baby it's you"

[MyGSXF]

OK added a couple for now:

:doh: my bad.. I put Elton John.. instead of Olivia Newton John... :laugh:

[Drum]

Promises - the best rack EVER in rock and roll.

I remember my parents telling me turn off the TV (Ready to Roll) because 'that is disgusting'.

Edit: I've still got a turntable and it is used frequently - it's in the garage and is hooked up to a Pye amp and speakers.

[scumdog]

I remember my parents telling me turn off the TV (Ready to Roll) because 'that is disgusting'.

'Baby it's you..ooooh...!'

[Virago]

Righto, back on topic - can anyone remember what it was?

The answers, all clockwise from top left:

70 - Rolf Harris, Johnny Farnham, Eric Burdon, The Hollies, Diana Ross and the Supremes.

71-72 - Elton John, Andy Williams, Nilsson, Janis Joplin, Michael Jackson.

73-74 - Carly Simon, Elton John, David Essex, Tony Orlando and dawn, Diana Ross.

75 - The Captain and Tennille, Bob Hudson, Roger Whittaker, Abba, The Sweet.

76 - Rod Stewart, Elton John, Cliff Richard, Sherbet, Abba.

77 - Andy Gibb, Leo Sayer, Rita Coolidge, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Burton Cummings.

78 - Bob Welch, Olivia Newton-John, Meatloaf, Graham Bonnet, Plastic Bertrand.

79 - Robert John, Debbie Harry (Blondie), Kiss, KC and the Sunshine Band, Promises.

The two obscure ones for me were Bob Hudson (The Newcastle Song), and Plastic Bertrand (Ca Plane Pour Mois).

[Big Dave]

Of course it's bob ^$@^* hudson!!! - and I lived in newcastle for 10 years too - ei ei ei!

And it was 'plastique'. Jet boy - jet girl etc.

[Big Dave]

The ones that have lasted all the way to my mp3 playlist

70 - Johnny Farnham, Eric Burdon, The Hollies, Diana Ross and the Supremes.

71-72 - Elton John, Andy Williams - ( worth it for Big production numbers.), Nilsson,

73-74 - Carly Simon, Elton John, Diana Ross.

75 - Roger Whittaker, The Sweet.

76 - Rod Stewart, Elton John, Sherbet - no but Darryl's on there.

77 - Leo Sayer, (piss off - orchard road is a great song)

78 - Meatloaf, Graham Bonnet,

79 - Debbie Harry (Blondie), KC and the Sunshine Band, Promises.

all still on the rotation.

[Mutley]

We hunted through our old albums searching for songs our daughter could use for a medley the year 13 girls put on at their farewell celebrations being held in November.

Brought back alot of memories (fond and not so), that we now have to have a nostalgia night or should that be month, as we have so many records.:rockon:

[kevfromcoro]

As i sit here listening to cat stevens

[Daffyd]

#77 Would that be Donavan? (Catch the Wind)

[Swoop]

we now have to have a nostalgia night or should that be month, as we have so many records.:rockon:
Damn C4! The "Flashbacks" programme was brilliant for a weekly dose of '80s music but, alas, is no more.

Terri Nunn of Berlin... mmmmm!



Thank f*ck nobody has mentioned the Bay City Rollers!