Despite being around for the sixties and even being a teenager (just) in 1969 pop music passed by in a parade of the latest and greatest hits. Unless I could afford to buy the record this meant a lot of time glued to the transistor radio just waiting for a favorite song to come on. This much devotion meant I also would be sick of the songs by the end of their run of the charts.
However, when I really got started buying records in the Seventies I kind of had to start digging through all those sixties hits to find long forgotten songs. Luckily there were tons of sixties compilation records around. And so I came across songs I'd never heard like this one. But this should have topped the charts all around the world it's just so damn good.
That searching for tracks also led me into a bit of obsession with buying compilation albums too. I would buy tons of the things for the Lizard Lounge when CDs were in vogue. Later I would burn my own comps for easy access to the tracks I wanted to play.
Now I like to buy vinyl comps with a theme. There is a label called Two Piers from the UK that puts out these really cool comps. Love the way they are presented. And you can always dig up new unheard tracks.
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