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(2021) VA - Riding The Rock Machine-British Seventies Classic Rock [FLAC]
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(2021) VA – Riding the Rock Machine: British Seventies Classic Rock
Review:
Riding the Rock Machine: British Seventies Classic Rock is a fine overview of the various types of guitar-heavy, window-rattling sounds emanating from the U.K. during that wild decade where seemingly anything went. The three-disc collection is equal parts proto-metal, glossy radio pop, strutting stadium rock, wailing blues, glittering glam, brooding jam rock, and twiddling prog, and it even makes space for those artsy bands like Roxy Music, whose “Street Life” provides a stunning highlight. Any collection that contains the extremes of ELO’s “Showdown” and Hawkwind’s “Quark, Strangeness and Charm” is really stretching the boundaries of the usual ’70s rock collection. The ratio of never-weres to classic rockers is high: anyone looking for obscurities will be glad to spot Tucky Buzzard, National Flag, Agnes Strange, and Rococo (the latter band delivers a knockout punch with their Mott-like romp “Hooligan Fun” nestled deeply in the running order). Mostly, though, it’s the big names and big songs that hit the hardest. It’s a fact that these kinds of collections show that the bands that made it big did so for a reason. B-list cuts like the Faces’ “Cindy Incidentally” and the Who’s “Success Story” shine the most when compared to songs by Fat Mattress or Trapeze. That’s not to say that there’s no pleasure to be derived from listening to Sad Cafe warble their woozy way through “My Oh My,” for example. It’s just that the stack-heeled kick of Hello’s “New York Groove” is more exciting. The same goes for Bullfrog’s “Ice Cold Dick” — a fairly fun, super dumb rocker that’s totally eclipsed by Foghat’s deathless “Slow Ride.” Which is fine — there’s room for both — and the compilers deserve praise for piling the earnest clunkers right next to the classics. Good to see too are acts led by women: Curved Air’s romping “U.H.F.” is a blast, Yvonne Elliman’s cover of “I Can’t Explain” is always good to hear, and Babe Ruth show that they are more than just “The Mexican” with the paint-stripping rocker “Jack O’Lantern.” Overall, this rock machine is definitely worth riding. Spinning through the discs is like going back in time for a couple of hours of one really weird, constantly entertaining radio show.
Track Listing:
CD 1
01. Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
02. Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'
03. The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
04. The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
05. Foghat - Slow Ride [Single Version]
06. The Spencer Davis Group - Catch You On The Rebop
07. Yvonne Elliman - I Can't Explain
08. Faces - Cindy Incidentally
09. Procol Harum - Robert's Box
10. Blackfoot Sue - Standing In The Road
11. Medicine Head - Back To The Wall
12. The Who - Success Story
13. Trapeze - Black Cloud
14. Chris Squire - Hold Out Your Hand
15. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Spirits In The Night
16. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Boston Tea Party
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