The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion

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The Slits - Cut (1979)

 

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Bad Company - 10 From 6 (1979)

As we're nearing the end of the 70s, gonna sprinkle in several comps Mojo has included from the era.

 

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Various Artists - The Disco Years (Rhino multi-disc comp)

 

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Earth, Wind & Fire - Greatest Hits

 

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The Clash - London Calling (1979)

Quite the clash in styles compared with EW&F

Oh wait...we've already done this

 

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The B-52's - The B-52's (1979)

 

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Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979)

 

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The Roches - The Roches (1979)

My goodness - I had this album on CD but honestly haven't played it (or even thought about it in over 30 years). So happy it came up here, because it's a wonderful album highlighting the sisters' great harmonies and wickedly fun humor.

 

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Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)

Two thinks I'm mildly embarrassed about just learning
1) Faithfull's name has two ells
2) Marianne Faithfull is not a stage name but her birth name

Not to jinx things, but given the amount of drug use and health issues (breast cancer, Hep C, Covid-19), great that she's still kicking at age 75

 

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Queen - Greatest Hits

 

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AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979)

 

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The Definitive Rod Stewart

 

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Lowell George - Thanks, I'll Eat It Here (1979)

First listen: horrible album cover, but decent album from the frontman of Little Feat who sadly died (of a cocaine induced heart attack) soon after this, his only solo effort, while on tour to support the album.

 

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The Definitive Rod Stewart

Some guys have all the luck, but that does not necessarily reflect Rod (the Mod Superstar) Stewart's output, at least in Mojo's perspective.

I would have pulled for inclusion of Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story, or even Never a Dull Moment, but recognize that they don't contain his bigger, later pop hits.

I suppose the first cuts are the deepest. Stewart could not remain forever young. Nowadays, I don't wanna talk about it.

 

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Some guys have all the luck, but that does not necessarily reflect Rod (the Mod Superstar) Stewart's output, at least in Mojo's perspective.

I would have pulled for inclusion of Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story, or even Never a Dull Moment, but recognize that they don't contain his bigger, later pop hits.

I suppose the first cuts are the deepest. Stewart could not remain forever young. Nowadays, I don't wanna talk about it.

I agree - all three of those albums are winners and the omission of Every Picture seems odd as it has a number of well known hits

But, you're right, this includes a lot of Rod's late 70s-80s hits. Although I really love Rod's bluesy rock style from his early career, these hits do have a comfortable familiarity to them (must admit I do like numbers like "Baby Jane and "Young Turks" and (sheepishly admitting) even "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"

Rod was really good in concert back in the 1980s - saw him twice. Used to kick soccer balls to the audience.

On a side note, for Halloween, watched The Wicker Man - had forgotten about Rod's romance with Britt Ekland (hubba hubba)

Sigh....Some Guys Have All the Luck

 

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^ He never should have charged her rent while wearing her knickers.

 

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^^
Rod's bathing suit bottoms look smaller than hers

 

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Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (1979)

 

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^ I never bought the vinyl of that, because I only listened to it in...

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C'mon, you know where this is going!

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Cars

 

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The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band

An interesting choice, but, I'll admit, a lot of fun tunes here.