Coming Up: 'Wednesday Morning 6AM - Radio Hits From The Small Hours 1970-1983,' Compiled by Bob Stanley

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St. Etienne band member and pop critic Bob Stanley has tossed together another attractive compilation for Ace Records. 

Details:

In the late 70s and early 80s, there was a parallel world of hits that people only heard when their clock radio went off. BBC Radio 2 had little time for the Top 40 music played by Radio 1and beamed into living rooms by Top Of The Pops. Radio 2 effectively created a chart of its own playing singles or album tracks that their DJ’s enjoyed and wanted to share with their listeners. These tracks were given multiple plays on rotation and became earworms to millions of listeners.

Wednesday Morning 6AM is the warming soundtrack of eating breakfast or driving to school or to work in the cold and dark early hours to the sound of Art Garfunkel’s , ‘99 Miles From LA’ Dolly Parton’s ‘The Bargain Store’ , Hoyt Axton’s ‘Evangelina’, Paul Simon’s ‘Train In The Distance’ and Air Supply’s ‘Lost In Love’.

Other featured artists include Gilbert O’Sullivan, Crystal Gayle, Carly Simon, John Denver, Lou Rawls, Lindisfarne, Bob James, Stella Parton and Dionne Warwick.

The 2-LP version includes the bonus track ‘Danny’s Song’ By Anne Murray. 

The CD and 2-LP releases are both available via ImportCDs.

Track list:

  1. Evangelina - Hoyt Axton
  2. Lady Love - Lou Rawls
  3. Castles In The Air - Don McLean
  4. Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle
  5. Lost In Love - Air Supply
  6. Train in the Distance - Paul Simon
  7. The Bargain Store - Dolly Parton
  8. We're Gonna Change The World - Matt Monro
  9. Run Like the Wind - Barbara Dickson
  10. Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
  11. Matrimony - Gilbert O'Sullivan
  12. You Belong To Me - Carly Simon
  13. The Best Is Yet To Come - Clifford T Ward
  14. Daylight Katy - Gordon Lightfoot
  15. Deeper Than The Night - Olivia Newton-John
  16. Warm Feeling - Lindisfarne
  17. The Danger Of A Stranger - Stella Parton
  18. Who What When Where Why - Dionne Warwick
  19. 99 Miles From LA - Art Garfunkel
  20. Calypso - John Denver
  21. Old And Wise - The Alan Parsons Project
  22. Theme from 'Taxi' (Angela) - Bob James

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