{"product_id":"looking-for-the-magic-american-power-pop-in-the-seventies","title":"Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies","description":"\u003cp\u003eComprehensive 3CD overview of the American power pop scene’s evolution throughout the 70s. Featuring the genre’s major bands, cult names, hits, rarities and several previously unissued tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the power pop genre wasn’t named and codified until late 1977, the sound and spirit had been slowly gathering steam throughout the decade. Surrounded by heavy metal andintroverted singer\/songwriters, the likes of The Raspberries, Big Star, Blue Ash and The Wackers spearheaded an early 70s return to the spiky, three-minute pop urgency of the mid-60s British Invasion bands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile only The Raspberries charted, such bands established a musical template that was adopted by a new raft of slightly younger acts including the Dwight Twilley Band, The Rubinoos and Shoes. The tide had turned by the late 70s, with such names as Cheap Trick and The Cars achieving success as the American music industry embraced power pop as a radio-friendly alternative to punk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen The Knack emerged from nowhere to dominate the summer of 1979 with the single ‘My Sharona’ and the album ‘Get The Knack’, it was clear that the decade was ending with power pop established as a significant commercial proposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chronologically-arranged set, ‘Looking For The Magic’ traces power pop’s development throughout the Seventies as largely unsuccessful bands were afforded cult status by the burgeoning grass-roots fanzine network that nurtured them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as featuring all of the aforementioned acts, we include the likes of Todd Rundgren, Flamin’ Groovies, Sparks, Ramones and the USA-based 1979 revamp of Badfinger, one of the seminal prototypal power pop bands at the start of the decade. We also focus on a hugenumber of cult names and little-known acts, showcasing many tracks that were unissued at the time and even several cuts now gaining a first-ever release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoused in a clamshell box that includes a heavily annotated and illustrated 48-page booklet, \u003ci\u003eLooking For The Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, highly entertaining celebration of a genre that went under the radar for most of its formative years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISC ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 SHAKIN’ STREET – MC5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 GO BACK – Crabby Appleton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 EGG CARTON WALL – The American Dream\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 WE GOTTA GET YOU A WOMAN – Todd Rundgren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 MOON TEARS – Grin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 DOWN ON MY KNEES – Bread\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 YOU TORE MY DOWN – Flamin’ Groovies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 TO BE YOUR FRIEND – Sid Bradley (Erik)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 WHEN MY BABY’S BESIDE ME (alternative mix) – Big Star\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 TOP OF THE CITY – Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 IT’S MY LIFE – The Wackers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 I LIKE GIRLS (Bearsville version) – Sparks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 ABRACADABRA (HAVE YOU SEEN HER?) – Blue Ash\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 MUST BE LOVE – Bang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 FRIDAY ON MY MIND – Earth Quake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 PLAY ON – The Raspberries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 I DON’T MIND – Athanor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 SOME KIND OF JERK* – Fox Pass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 AHEAD OF MY TIME – The Droogs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 I DON’T WANT TO KNOW – Nils Lofgren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 LITTLE LOST AND INNOCENT – Milk ‘n’ Cookies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 ROCK AND ROLL LOVE LETTER – Tim Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 GOVERNMENT CENTER – Jonathan Richman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 SHE MIGHT LOOK MY WAY (take 2) – Alex Chilton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 FAMILIAR FACES – Target\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26 LAST NIGHT – Eric Carmen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDISC TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 AMERICAN NIGHTS – The Runaways\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER (single edit) – Blue Öyster Cult\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 DOWNTOWN MENAGERIE – Hollins Ferry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 ALL IN ALL* – Just Boys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 WHEN YOU FIND OUT – The Nerves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 IF YOU’VE GOT THE TIME – The Babys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 LONELY BOY – Andrew Gold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 TO STAY – John Scoggins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 SEE NO EVIL – Television\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 I TRUST YOU* – The Meyce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 OH, CANDY (single mix) – Cheap Trick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 RIDIN’ IN MY CAR – NRBQ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 BOYS DON’T LIE – Shoes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 SHE 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Valentine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND – The Moberlys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 I WANNA BE SEDATED – Ramones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 LET HER DANCE – Spitballs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 YOU JUST DON’T WANNA KNOW – Jules and The Polar Bears\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 GOTTA HAVE POP – Segarini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 SAY GIRL – Robert Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 COME BACK – Fotomaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 DON’T LISTEN TO THEM – Bill Kern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 LOVE IS GONNA COME AT LAST – Badfinger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 DRIVIN’ MUSIC – Rubinoos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 RENDEZVOUS – The Greg Kihn Band\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 YOUR NUMBER OR YOUR NAME – The Knack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 POLY VINYL – The Mumbles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 ROLENE – Moon Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 GET ‘IM OUTA TOWN – The Laughing Dogs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 SHE DON’T KNOW WHY I’M HERE (album version) – 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