Various Artists - Sean Rowley Presents Guilty Pleasures / Various (CD)

Details: Four CD set. To mark the twentieth anniversary of it's original release, Demon Music are proud to present 'Sean Rowley Presents Guilty Pleasures' as a deluxe 70 track 4CD set ('The Red Album'). At the start of the new millennium Sean Rowley was a DJ on BBC Radio London (then called GLR), when he introduced a new slot featuring the records he loved in his youth. Records he had to hide when friends visited his home after school. While those same friends were into Bowie, Slade, Bolan and Roxy, Sean spent his hard-earned pocket money on David Cassidy's 'Could It Be Forever'. He wasn't into the alternative universe of John Peel or the NME. He thrived on upbeat and sunny Pop songs. ELO trumped The Sex Pistols in his world (uncanny given Paul Cooke from the Pistols later blagged a copy of the original 'Guilty Pleasures' compilation, saying, "We always secretly loved these songs"). This new slot began with the playing of Alessi's 'Oh, Lori'. The response was extraordinary - listeners were so keen to share their own guilty pleasures that playing them all required a show of it's own. Demand dictated that Sean should compile a 'Guilty Pleasures' album - the first of two titles followed in 2004 (all 22 of the tracks on that original release are included on both of our new formats). The phrase 'guilty pleasures' moved into the public domain. National newspapers devoted columns to it, music magazines gave over numerous pages to discuss the best songs in this new sub-genre. The Guardian declared a 'Guilty Pleasures' night "the future of clubbing". ITV came calling with a demand to make a one-off Saturday TV show. Fast forward twenty years and Sean has partnered with Demon to make 'Guilty Pleasures' available and expanded the guilt over four themed CDs adding deep cuts, one-hit wonders and exotic recordings that perfectly soundtracked a sun-kissed '70s U.S. west coast life style, less so in '70s Britain. Welcome to a '70s Pop odyssey. Welcome to a collection of records that were swept under the carpet of cool. Welcome back, Guilty Pleasures.

Tracklist:

1. 'M.W. - All The Hits And More'
2. Alessi Brothers - Oh Lori
3. Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
4. Pilot - January
5. Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
6. Climax Blues Band - Couldn’t Get It Right
7. Ace - How Long
8. The Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup
9. Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
10. Sherbet - Howzat
11. Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City
12. 10cc - The Things We Do For Love
13. Andrew Gold - Never Let Her Slip Away
14. Gallagher ; Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You
15. David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star
16. Peter Skellern - Hold On To Love
17. Brian Protheroe - Pinball
18. Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
19. Andrew Fairweather-Low - Wide Eyed ; Legless
20. Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind
21. 'A.M. - Pop Goes Smooth'
22. Looking Glass - Brandy You're A Fine Girl
23. Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride
24. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
25. Billy Swan - I Can Help
26. Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy
27. Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me
28. Stretch - Why Did You Do It
29. Jigsaw - Sky High
30. Silver - Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang
31. Randy Edelman - Concrete And Clay
32. Alan O’Day - Undercover Angel
33. Liverpool Express - You Are My Love
34. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
35. Hamilton Joe Frank ; Reynolds - Fallin' In Love
36. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love
37. Art Garfunkel - Breakaway
38. Seals ; Croft - Get Closer
39. 'F.M. - No Static'
40. Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves
41. Chris Norman ; Suzi Quatro - Stumblin' In
42. Oliva Newton John - Magic
43. Rupert Holmes - Him
44. Carole Bayer Sager - Moving Out Today
45. Eric Carmen - She Did It
46. Roger Voudouris - Get Used To It
47. Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time
48. Leo Sayer - Easy To Love
49. Frankie Valli ; The Four Seasons - Down The Hall
50. Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
51. Little River Band - Reminiscing
52. Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
53. Dollar - Love's Gotta Hold On Me
54. England Dan ; John Ford Coley - Love Is The Answer
55. Player - This Time I’m In It For Love
56. Orleans - Love Takes Time
57. 'L.W. - No Hit Wonders'
58. Clout - Let It Grow
59. Doctor Father - Umbopo
60. Hollywood Freeway - You Are The Song (That I Can’t Stop Singing)
61. Browning Bryant - Liverpool Fool
62. Robert John - Give a Little More
63. Mamas ; Papas - Shooting Star
64. Pratt ; McClain - Whachersign
65. Denne and Gold - Let's Put Our Love Back Together
66. Gary Wright - Let It Out
67. Cory Wells - Midnight Lady
68. Felix Cavaliere - Only A Lonely Heart Sees
69. Starbuck - Easing Back
70. Jim Rafferty - Tomorrow Is Another Day
71. Stephen Bishop - Little Italy
72. White Plains - I Can’t Stop
73. Blue Mink - Another “Without You” Day
74. Pickettywitch - Days I Remember