YEARBOOK 1973 (RED VINYL)

TRACKLIST LP 1 Side A 1. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 2. Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 3. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 4. T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 5. Sweet - Blockbuster 6. Mud - Dyna-Mite 7. Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 8. 10cc  Rubber Bullets LP 1 Side B 1. John Lennon - Mind Games 2. Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By The Light 3. Billy Joel - Piano Man 4. Carly Simon - You're So Vain 5. Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras 6. Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 7. Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind LP 2 Side A 1. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song 2. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 3. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass - If You Don't Know Me By Now 4. The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love 5. The O'Jays - Love Train 6. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone 7. Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits LP 2 Side B 1. Dawn feat. Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree 2. Gilbert O™Sullivan - Get Down 3. Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads 4. Peters & Lee - Welcome Home 5. Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (Theme From The TV Series Van Der Valk) 6. Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never 7. Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning 8. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones 9. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Help Me Make It Through The Night LP 3 Side A 1. Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love 2. Kiki Dee - Amoureuse 3. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 4. Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven 5. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar 6. Free - Wishing Well 7. Faces - Cindy Incidentally 8. Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door LP 3 Side B 1. Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz 2. Suzi Quatro  Can The Can 3. Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo 4. Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 5. Roxy Music - Street Life 6. David Essex - Rock On 7. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 8. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody INFO Opening with the iconic ˜Goodbye Yellow Brick Road™ from Elton John and followed by Paul McCartney & Wings™ Bond theme ˜Live And Let Die™, this epic beginning to this journey back to 1973 continues with a run of massive Glam-Rock infused hits from T. Rex, Mud, and #1s from Wizzard, 10cc, ˜Cum On Feel The Noize™ from Slade and Sweet with ˜Blockbuster™. Flipping over to Side B, there™s an awe-inspiring run of legendary artists: John Lennon, Paul Simon and Elvis Presley, plus the debut single from Bruce Springsteen with ˜Blinded By The Light™ and timeless signature releases from Billy Joel with ˜Piano Man™ and ˜You™re So Vain™ from Carly Simon. LP2 starts in sophisticated style from Roberta Flack with the peerless ˜Killing Me Softly With His Song™, before Marvin Gaye ushers in an incredible line-up of Soul smashes including from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass, The Temptations, The O™Jays and Ike & Tina Turner„ whilst on the reverse side, 1973™s biggest seller - Dawn feat. Tony Orlando™s ˜Tie A Yellow Ribbon...™ leads a fabulous Easy-Pop run including massive hits from Shirley Bassey, Olivia Newton-John, and #1s from Peters & Lee, Gilbert O™Sullivan and ˜Eye Level™ - the theme to one of the year™s most popular TV shows by the Simon Park Orchestra. The second LP closes with three of the year™s stellar Soul ballads from Diana Ross, Billy Paul and Gladys Knight & The Pips. Stunning ballads also kick off the third disc, from Paul McCartney & Wings with ˜My Love™, and ˜Amoureuse™ from Kiki Dee  before ˜Albatross™ from Fleetwood Mac  a #1 in 1969 and a #2 when re-released in 1973. Rock classics from Thin Lizzy, Free, Electric Light Orchestra, and Faces follow, with the side winding up with Bob Dylan™s ˜Knockin™ On Heaven™s Door™. Moving to the final side it™s all about more huge Pop smashes, opening with the era-defining ˜The Ballroom Blitz™ from Sweet, ˜Can The Can™ - the first #1 smash for Suzi Quatro and Alvin Stardust™s ˜My Coo Ca Choo™, plus Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, and the debut hit from David Essex, ˜Rock On™. Yearbook 1973 closes in magnificent style with two of the biggest and most loved Christmas classics of all time  Wizzard with ˜I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday™ and ˜Merry Xmas Everybody™ from Slade. NOW  Yearbook 1973  A celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly stellar year in Pop.