Various Artists - The Best of 70s Supergroups (1988)

An early CD compilation from Priority Records. The track list looks like a playlist for your local classic rock station. 14 tracks in an hour, so there are a few noticeable truncations. No liner notes and the definition of "supergroup" here doesn't exactly jibe with my own, but that doesn't mean this isn't a great compilation. Heck, if I had seen it in sitting in a longbox (below) in 1988 with a list price of $14.98, I might have bought it for my burgeoning collection. Not a skippable track in the bunch.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks, including Billboard Hot 100 chart peak:

Title	Artist	Year	Pop
More Than A Feeling	Boston	1976	5
Evil Woman	ELO	1976	10
Come Sail Away	Styx	1977	8
Taking Care of Business [sic]	BTO	1974	12
American Woman	The Guess Who	1970	1
I Just Want to Celebrate	Rare Earth	1971	7
Black Magic Woman	Santana	1970	4
Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	1972	5
Green Eyed Lady	Sugarloaf	1970	3
We're an American Band	Grand Funk	1973	1
Lola*	The Kinks	1980	81
So Into You	Atlanta Rhythm Section	1977	7
Help Is On Its Way	Little River Band	1977	14
Dust in the Wind	Kansas	1978	6

*Live version from the album One For The Road included on this CD. Later issues of the CD removed this track altogether, substituting Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd (which is actually a better fit for this comp).

Let's play a game. Let me turn on the local classic rock station (KTKX, The Eagle, 106.7) and see how long we go before one of these songs plays (my money is on the Boston tune, but I can't in good conscience encourage wagering).

• 2:10 PM  Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top (this is Texas, after all)
• 2:13 PM  Call Me - Blondie
• 2:22 PM  Angel - Aerosmith
• 2:27 PM  Girls, Girls, Girls - Mötley Crüe (we seem to be trending '80s, so this may not have been a good idea)
• 2:31 PM  Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
• 2:35 PM  Jack and Diane - John Cougar
• 2:39 PM  Separate Ways - Journey
• 2:44 PM  TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS - BTO
• 2:55 PM  Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks (was hoping for two in a row, but now I'll just end this game here)

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Nothing specific, but I'm transported back to childhood in Odessa. I need to drive over to the west Texas desert for a dusty trip down nostalgia lane. Maybe this summer.