45s & Favorites, Disc 2

You might have to be "of a certain age" to smile with fondness at these songs.  They are 45s I bought as they came out (yes, I am THAT OLD) or loved to listen to if they came on the radio.

Some are dubs of the actual 45 rpm, others are better recordings found elsewhere.

Here are the tracks:
1970
1 Mississippi Queen Mountain
2 Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy/Mr Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3 We Gotta Get You a Woman Todd Rundgren
1971
4 That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be Carly Simon
5 Walk Away James Gang
6 Tiny Dancer Elton John
7 Hocus Pocus Focus
8 Behind Blue Eyes The Who
1972
9 School's Out Alice Cooper
10 Rock And Roll Part 1 & 2 Gary Glitter
11 A Piece of Paper Gladstone
12 Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr
13 Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) Stevie Wonder
14 Give Ireland Back to the Irish - instrumental - (Version) Wings
15 Early 1970 Ringo Starr
16 Mary Had a Little Lamb Wings
1973
17 You Light Up My Life Carole King
18 Back When My Hair Was Short -single version Gunhill Road
19 Rocky Mountain Way Joe Walsh
20 Under the Boardwalk Rickie Lee Jones - 1983
21 It's the Real Thing The New Seekers - 1971


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And if you're wondering why you had The New Seekers singing Coke songs, it's because I picked up a freebie record at a record shop that had two 30-second Coke songs on one side and a minute-long Coke song on the other.  This was in 1971.  So I included the songs as a gentle reminder that this great music was brought to you by . . .

The Free Enterprise system.

I am really in love with the Carole King song included here.  It has NOTHING to do with the cloying Debbie Boone whine.  Carole King's song really resonated with me (and still does) -- I feel this kind of gratefulness for my wonderful wife.  "I didn't know how good life could be / Until you gave your love to me."  Mawkish? Maybe.  True?  ABSOLUTELY!

In the original issue of "Mr Bojangles" on 45 rpm, one side had only the song.  The other side of the single had the version "Uncle Charlie / Bojangles" given here.  It was lots of fun to play this on a jukebox and watch people's faces as Teddy the dog howled, and then the familiar guitar into to "Bojangles" kicked in, and all was semi-understood.