This one is from mid-1974 and contains a wide-ranging selection of songs which were sizeable hits in Canada. The biggest US hit here by far is The Sweet's "Little Willy" and that was way back in 1972! The rest were minor hits at best and others - like Gordon Sinclair's truly flesh crawling "The Americans" and Stories' version of a UK Roger Whittaker hit - will be total obscurities to most. Sinclair's offering is one of those where you really do have to hide behind the sofa but there are delights for the unitiated in the Natural Four's smooth and soulful "Can This Be Real" and "Painted Ladies" by Ian Thomas which sounds uncannily like the band America. Whatever you think of the songs, I guarantee you'll love the sound!
Smokin’ In The Boys' Room – Brownsville Station
Spiders And Snakes – Jim Stafford
Rockin’ Roll Baby – Stylistics
Painted Ladies – Ian Thomas
Pillow Talk – Sylvia Robinson
Hurts So Good – Millie Jackson
Mammy Blue – Stories
Pretty Lady – Lighthouse
Where Peaceful Waters Flow – Gladys Knight & The Pips
When You Say Love – Sonny & Cher
The Americans – Gordon Sinclair
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose – Dawn
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose – Dawn
Keeper Of The Castle – Four Tops
Two Divided By Love – Grass Roots
By The Devil (I Was Tempted) – Blue Mink
Oh Girl – Chi-Lites
Can This Be Real – Natural Four
Tonight – Raspberries
Little Willy – Sweet
River – Joe Simon
Drift Away – Dobie Gray
I’ve Got So Much To Give – Barry White
