Bubblerock Is Here To Stay 2: British Pop / Var Bubblerock Is Here To Stay 2: British Pop / Var CD

Three CD set. Second volume of early '70s British studio pop hits, misses and oddities. Issued in 2020, Bubblerock Is Here To Stay shone a spotlight on the lost and often murky world of early 70s British Pop, a scene largely controlled by old-fashioned, Denmark Street- based production/songwriting teams as the Rock world concentrated on the album market. Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume Two treads the same neglected path to deliver more mouldy old dough from the era's backroom boys: crack songwriting teams, hit-or-bust producers, session singers, and writers-turned-performers. Featuring a number of hits that define the era but have long been swept under the carpet of critical/collector cool: Slade's first major single, Brotherhood Of Man's anthemic 'United We Stand', Lieutenant Pigeon's novelty chart-topper plus Top Ten 45s from de Paul, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Middle Of The Road, The Pipkins, Greyhound, Judge Dread, Marmalade and Blue MinkIncluding numerous fascinating obscurities: Jesus Christ Superstar lyricist Tim Rice channels his inner Del Shannon, the mysterious Kidrock pick up the kinder-pop baton from Mark Wirtz, Raw Holly cut an LP of Buddy Holly songs in a more contemporary musical setting, and a Midlands-based harmony pop act look to break their chart duck by raiding The Grateful Dead songbook. Joined by late 60s underground renegades attempting to snag a hit single (Fairfield Parlour, Velvet Opera) and sundry one-off studio aliases (Smoky Forbes, Helicopter, the Elaine Paige-assisted Hooters), Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume Two is another opportunity to wallow in the sounds of what one reviewer of the first volume warily described as "dubious pop". Dubious pop?! Gimme dat ding!

1. Shake a Tail Suzy - Barry Green 2. Sugar Me - Lynsey de Paul 3. No Matter How I Try - Gilbert O'Sullivan 4. Walking Through the Blue Grass - Stavely Makepeace 5. Sunny, Honey Girl - Fluff 6. Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink 7. It's a Tall Order for a Short Guy - Jonathan King 8. After Dark - P. C. Kent 9. Drugtaker - Drugtaker 10. Vietnam Rose - Whichwhat 11. Well Alright - Raw Holly 12. Radancer - Marmalade 13. Dad You Saved the World - White Plains 14. Magical Spiel - Barry Ryan with the Candy Choir 15. My Boyfriend's Back - the Paper Dolls 16. On the Road Again - Iain Campbell 17. Iron Horse - Christie 18. Roly Poly - Stamford Bridge 19. High Into the Sky - Roger James 20. Alexander Graham Bell - the Sweet 21. Rock-A-Bye Blues - Kidrock 22. The Price of Love - the Big Three 23. My Friend John - Shape 24. Telephone Line - Main Attraction 25. United We Stand - the Brotherhood of Man 26. Runaway - Huddersfield Transit Authority 27. Good Times - Alan Lake 28. Little Bit O' Soul - Iron Cross 29. Nine By Nine - John Dummer's Famous Music Band 30. Coz I Luv You - Slade 31. Big Six - Judge Dread 32. Sunny Sleeps Late - 22nd Street 33. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) - Dave Newman 34. The Way I Feel - Complex 35. Right Wheel, Left Hammer, Sham - the Tremeloes 36. Working in the City - Chain Reaction 37. Tip of My Tongue - Brotherly Love 38. Soley Soley - Middle of the Road 39. Tokaido Line - Portrait 40. Uncle John's Band - the Montanas 41. Rule Britannia - the U.K.'s 42. Born on a Beautiful Day - Paul Ryan 43. Everybody Go Home, the Party's Over - Clodagh Rodgers 44. Tease Me - Tiger Sue 45. Fallout - Five Day Rain 46. You Know It Feels Right - Liverpool Echo 47. I Belong to Yesterday - Helicopter 48. You Are - Phillip Goodhand-Tait 49. Do You - Paul Kent 50. She Is Still a Mystery - Summer Wine 51. I Really Mean You - Kincade 52. The Sun Has Got His Hat on - Nemo 53. Gimme Dat Ding - the Pipkins 54. 229 Years to Doomsday - Bruce Spelman 55. Rainbow Chaser - Pica 56. Julian the Holligan (Edited Single Version) - Rockin' Horse 57. Down Down Down - Autumn 58. Get Ready for Love - Paintbox 59. You're Ready Now - Sons and Lovers 60. Alright - Bay City Rollers 61. Sweat, Dust and Red Wine - Deep Feeling 62. My Kind of Music - Smoky Forbes 63. For Better or Worse - Birds of a Feather 64. Bring All the Young Men Back Home - Blackwater Junction 65. Sausalito - Gary Benson 66. Bordeaux Rose - Fairfield Parlour 67. Jam Jam - American Jam Band 68. Black and White - Greyhound 69. She Keeps Giving Me These Feelings - Velvet Opera 70. Do You Know What I Mean - Simon Turner 71. Hurdy Gurdy - Muff 72. One More Mile to Freedom - John Carter 73. Ooh la la - Dave MacTavish 74. You Better Run - Boots 75. Lady Sadie - Hotlegs 76. Rock 'A' Bye - Holy Mackerel 77. San Jose - Shakane 78. Tossing and Turning - Hooters 79. Mouldy Old Dough - Lieutenant Pigeon