VA - Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 1-2 [2013, 2015] (8CD)⭐MP3

Artist: Various
Album: Magic Of The Seventies
Genre: Pop, Rock, Synth-pop, Soft Rock, Soul, Disco
Label: Universal Music
Release: 2013,2015
Audio codec: Mp3 320 kbps

Track lists:
Magic of the Seventies [2013]
CD1
1. Queen – Killer Queen (2011 Remaster) (02:59)
2. Pilot – Magic (03:02)
3. Roxy Music – Dance Away (03:42)
4. Slade – Far Far Away (03:34)
5. Supertramp – Give a Little Bit (04:11)
6. Albert Hammond – The Free Electric Band (03:23)
7. The Cars – My Best Friend's Girl (03:41)
8. Bob Dylan – If Not For You (02:40)
9. Diana Ross – Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Single Version) [Short] (03:28)
10. The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Running (03:26)
11. Cheap Trick – Surrender (04:25)
12. Ellen Foley – We Belong To the Night (05:17)
13. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Oliver's Army (02:57)
14. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Rich Girl (02:24)
15. Sherbet – Howzat (Remastered) (03:42)
16. Little River Band – Home On Monday (03:49)
17. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights (04:55)
18. Mcguinn, Clark & Hillman – Don't You Write Her Off (03:16)
19. Santana – Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile) (04:57)
20. Gary Brooker – No More Fear of Flying (04:37)

CD2
1. Dire Straits – Lady Writer (03:44)
2. Electric Light Orchestra – Showdown (03:51)
3. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (03:14)
4. Cat Stevens – Father and Son (03:42)
5. Donna Summer – Could It Be Magic (Single Version) (03:54)
6. Dr. Hook – A Little Bit More (Single Version) (03:11)
7. Ralph McTell – Streets of London (04:07)
8. Desmond Dekker – You Can Get It If You Really Want (02:36)
9. Shirts – Tell Me Your Plans (03:06)
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Lucky Man (04:36)
11. Boston – Don't Look Back (06:03)
12. The Hollies – Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park) [2003 Remaster] (04:08)
13. McGuinness Flint – When I'm Dead and Gone (03:36)
14. Meat Loaf – You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (04:12)
15. Aphrodite's Child – Such a Funny Night (04:31)
16. Steely Dan – Do It Again (05:49)
17. Yvonne Elliman – If I Can't Have You (02:59)
18. The Who – Behind Blue Eyes (03:41)
19. Smokie – Lay Back In the Arms of Someone (04:04)
20. Jim Croce – I Got a Name (03:10)

CD3
1. Fleetwood Mac – You Make Lovin' Fun (03:29)
2. The Beach Boys – Tears In the Morning (2004 Remaster) (04:04)
3. Bad Company – Feel Like Makin' Love (05:12)
4. Cockney Rebel – Sebastian (04:07)
5. Barclay James Harvest – Titles (03:45)
6. Styx – Sing For the Day (05:01)
7. The Commodores – Easy (Single Version) (04:19)
8. Status Quo – Rockin' All Over the World (03:35)
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Long As I Can See the Light (03:34)
10. Hot Chocolate – Emma (03:50)
11. T. Rex – Get It On (04:23)
12. The Babys – Everytime I Think of You (03:59)
13. Focus – Sylvia (03:29)
14. Marmalade – Reflections of My Life (04:16)
15. Brian Hyland – Gypsy Woman (02:34)
16. 10cc – I'm Mandy Fly Me (05:22)
17. M – Pop Muzik (03:17)
18. Tony Joe White – Groupy Girl (03:00)
19. Earth, Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland (04:49)
20. ABBA – Summer Night City (03:34)

CD4
1. Blondie – Heart of Glass (Remix) (04:12)
2. Rod Stewart – Reason To Believe (04:10)
3. Peter Tosh – (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back (03:41)
4. Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (Single Version) (04:02)
5. Leo Sayer – When I Need You (04:07)
6. Derek & The Dominos – Layla (02:43)
7. Don McLean – Vincent (03:58)
8. Third World – Now That We've Found Love (Single Version) (03:58)
9. The Moody Blues – Isn't Life Strange (Edit Version) (05:32)
10. Wizzard – See My Baby Jive (2006 Remaster) (04:56)
11. Robert Palmer – Can We Still Be Friends? (03:39)
12. Barry White – Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up (Single Version) (07:56)
13. Mud – The Cat Crept In (04:00)
14. Stealers Wheel – Late Again (03:10)
15. The Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star (Single Version) (03:20)
16. Harry Nilsson – Without You (03:19)
17. Patti Smith Group – Because the Night (03:21)
18. The Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again (02:58)
19. The Sweet – The Six Teens (03:57)
20. Isaac Hayes – Theme From "Shaft" (03:15)

Magic of the Seventies Volume 2 [2015]
CD1
1. Les Reed Orchestra – Man of Action (02:22)
2. Pilot – January (03:31)
3. Barry Ryan – Kitsch (04:18)
4. Slade – Coz I Luv You (03:25)
5. Blue Mink – The Banner Man (03:25)
6. Harpo – Moviestar (03:20)
7. Alice Cooper – Elected (04:04)
8. Little River Band – It's a Long Way There (04:12)
9. Raspberries – Don't Want to Say Goodbye (05:07)
10. The Byrds – Chestnut Mare (05:09)
11. Squeeze – Cool for Cats (03:08)
12. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Lookin' Out for #1 (05:20)
13. The Rubettes – Juke Box Jive (03:04)
14. Middle of the Road & Giacomo Tosti – Sacramento (A Wonderful Town) (02:57)
15. Labi Siffre – It Must Be Love (03:52)
16. Kiss – Sure Know Something (03:58)
17. Kate Bush – Them Heavy People (03:03)
18. Thin Lizzy – Dancing In the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) (03:27)
19. Santana – I'll Be Waiting (05:11)
20. Rare Earth – Get Ready (02:45)

CD2
1. Marvin Gaye – Got to Give It Up (04:11)
2. Colin Blunstone – I Want Some More (03:03)
3. Gerry Rafferty – City to City (05:03)
4. Grace Jones – La Vie En Rose (03:34)
5. The Shirts – Laugh and Walk Away (03:06)
6. Heart – Magic Man (05:30)
7. Hot Chocolate – Emma (03:52)
8. Blondie – Sunday Girl (03:04)
9. Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (02:50)
10. Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (02:57)
11. Terry Jacks – Seasons In the Sun (03:27)
12. Murray Head – Superstar (feat. The Trinidad Singers) (04:16)
13. The Cats – Magical Mystery Morning (02:37)
14. White Plains – When You Are a King (02:51)
15. Peter Skellern – You're a Lady (04:36)
16. Aphrodite's Child – It's Five O'Clock (03:30)
17. Al Stewart – On the Border (03:18)
18. Galaxy Lin – Long Hot Summer (04:53)
19. The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes (06:21)
20. Duncan Browne – The Wild Places (05:56)

CD3
1. Bob Dylan – Knockin' On Heaven's Door (02:31)
2. Cockney Rebel – Judy Teen (03:43)
3. Mink DeVille – Spanish Stroll (03:33)
4. Robert Palmer – Best of Both Worlds (03:52)
5. The Les Humphries Singers – Mama Loo (03:46)
6. The Babys – A Piece of the Action (04:24)
7. Leo Sayer – Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) (03:01)
8. Sailor – Traffic Jam (03:21)
9. Lobo – Me and You and a Dog Named Boo (02:56)
10. J. Bastos – Loop Di Love (03:18)
11. Stealers Wheel – Star (02:54)
12. Fischer Z – The Worker (03:35)
13. Harry Nilsson – I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York (02:44)
14. The Knack – My Sharona (04:00)
15. The Motors – Airport (04:22)
16. Redbone – The Witch Queen of New Orleans (02:44)
17. Gilbert O'Sullivan – Matrimony (03:14)
18. Paper Lace – The Night Chicago Died (03:29)
19. Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him? (03:37)
20. Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (04:11)

CD4
1. ABBA – Ring Ring (03:07)
2. Santa Esmeralda – Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (03:23)
3. Sugar Loaf & Jerry Corbetta – Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (03:19)
4. Nils Lofgren – Shine Silently (03:36)
5. Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well (04:20)
6. Procol Harum – Grand Hotel (06:10)
7. Electric Light Orchestra – Strange Magic (04:06)
8. Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn (04:09)
9. Elton John – Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (03:48)
10. Janis Joplin – Cry Baby (03:57)
11. Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking (02:48)
12. Peter Frampton – Baby, I Love Your Way (04:50)
13. The Moody Blues – The Story In Your Eyes (02:53)
14. Mud – Rocket (04:07)
15. The Osmonds – Goin' Home (02:10)
16. Free – Wishing Well (03:36)
17. Status Quo – Mean Girl (03:53)
18. Sparks – Amateur Hour (03:33)
19. The Sweet – Ballroom Blitz (04:00)
20. Frijid Pink – The House of the Rising Sun (04:39)


Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 1 and Magic Of The Seventies Vol. 2 make the most sense when they sit together on the shelf and play as one long program. They arrived a couple of years apart, yet the intention feels shared, a patient walk through the lighter side of seventies radio where melody carried the day and singles were built to live comfortably beside each other.

The first volume settles in gently. Early tracks lean toward bright pop craftsmanship, the sort of recordings that once drifted across afternoon airwaves without announcing themselves too loudly. Piano led arrangements, clear vocal lines, tidy rhythm sections, everything arranged with the kind of balance that defined the early part of the decade. As the discs move along, the character of the seventies begins to show itself a little more clearly. The guitars gain confidence, choruses stretch wider, and the sense of studio polish becomes part of the atmosphere rather than the goal.

By the time the listening reaches the second volume, the decade feels fully in motion. The songs arrive with slightly bigger gestures, glam leaning rhythms sit comfortably beside melodic pop, and the sequencing allows those contrasts to breathe. A track by Slade might bring a burst of stomp and swagger, while something from Alice Cooper adds theatrical colour, yet the surrounding selections keep the tone balanced. It never tips into a single style for long.

What gradually appears, almost without noticing, is a portrait of how varied everyday seventies listening could be. Pop, light rock, glam touches, singer songwriter warmth, all sharing the same radio space and often the same chart weeks.

Played straight through, the two volumes form an easy flowing sequence that rewards unhurried listening. Nothing demands attention, the songs simply take their turns. Leave the discs running long enough and the decade begins to reveal itself in small ways, one single at a time