OK, the theme is of course 70's.

The contents is a collection of 70's, mostly early to mid 70's top 40 fare. I avoided disco. Most artists are one hit wonders and many will be unknown to the younger crowd, though I did slip in some touchstones.

The main thing I wanted it to be are songs that have not been played too death and would allow for a feeling of discovery for some of the SOMB.

And enjoy the songs !

Volume One

K-SOMB Presents Rockin' 70's
1. Don’t Pull Your Love – Hamilton Joe Frank And Reynolds
2. Treat Her Like A Lady – The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
3. Do You Know What I Mean – Lee Michaels
4. Are You Ready – Pacific Gas And Electric
5. Temptation Eyes – The Grass Roots
6. Smoke From A Distant Fire – Sanford Townsend Band
7. Jeans On – David Dundas
8. Magic - Pilot
9. Everytime I Think Of You – The Babys
10. Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson
11. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse
12. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep – Mac & Katie Kissoon
13. I Hear You Knockin – Dave Edmunds
14. Long Tall Galsses (I Can Dance) – Leo Sayer
15. Sweet City Woman – The Stampeders
16. Hitchin’ A Ride – Vanity Fare
17. Lay A Little Lovin’ On Me – Robin McNamara
18. Sweet Mary – Wadsworth Mansion
19. Strange Way – Firefall

Volume Two and Three

K-SOMB Presents 70's Soul I
1. Walkin’ In Rhythm - The Blackbyrds
2. Funky Nassau – Beginning Of The End
3. Jungle Fever – Chakachas
4. (She’s Not) Just Another Woman – The 8th Day
5. Clean Up Woman – Betty Wright
6. Baby Let Me Take You – The Detroit Emeralds
7. Tighter & Tighter – Alive And Kicking
8. Show And Tell - Al Wilson
9. Natural High – Bloodstone
10. In The Rain – The Dramatics
11. Right On The Tip Of My Tongue – Brenda And The Tabulations
12. Groovy Situation – Gene Chandler
13. Whatcha See Is Watcha Get – The Dramatics
14. Express Yourself – Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
15. Band Of Gold – Freda payne
16. Best Of My Love – The Emotions
17. Disco Lady – Johnny Taylor
18. Love Or Let Me Be Lonely – The Friends Of Distinction
19. Right Back Where We Started From – Maxine Nightingale
20. Want Ads – Honey Cone

K-SOMB 70's Soul II
1. Turn Back The Hands Of Time – Tyrone Davis
2. I’ve Found Someone Of My Own – The Free Movement
3. Sideshow – Blue Magic
4. Float On – The Floater
5. Starting All Over Again – Mel & Tim
6. Be Thankful For What You Got – William DeVaughn
7. Rock Your Baby – George McCrae
8. Love Machine (Pt. 1) – The Miracles
9. (If You Let Me Make Love To You) Why Can’t I Touch You – Ronnie Dyson
10. Everybody Plays The Fool – The Main Ingredient
11. Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
12. It’s A Shame – The Spinners
13. I’m Doin’ Fine Now – New York City
14. When Will I See You Again – The Three Degrees
15. Why Can’t We Live Together – Timmy Thomas
16. Walking In The Rain With The One I Love – Love Unlimited Orchestra
17. Love On A Two Way Street – The Moments
18. Kiss And Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
19. Love Won’t Let Me Wait – Major Harris

Volume Four and Five

K-SOMB Presents 70's Mellow Out I
1. Stay Awhile – The Bells
2. Sentimental Lady – Bob Welsh
3. How Much I Feel – Ambrosia
4. Fooled Around And Fell In Love – Elvin Bishop
5. It Never Rains In Southern California – Albert Hammond
6. I Can Help – Billy Swan
7. Let Your Love Flow – Bellamy Brothers
8. One Toke Over The Line – Brewer And Shipley
9. Walk A Mile In My Shoes – Joe South
10. Gold – John Stewart
11. How Do You Do – Mouth And MacNeal
12. Nice To Be With You – Gallery
13. Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again – The Fortunes
14. Sunshine – Jonathan Edwards
15. Jackie Blue – The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
16. Which Way You Goin Billy – The Poppy Family

K-SOMB 70's Mellow Out II
1. Patches – Clarence Carter
2. Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me – Mac Davis
3. Reflections Of My Life – Marmalade
4. Lotta Love – Nicolette Larson
5. Watcha Gonna Do – Pablo Cruise
6. Baby Come Back – Player
7. Wildflower –Skylark
8. Ma Belle Amie – The Tea Set
9. Motorcycle Mama – Sailcat
10. Oh Babe, What Would You Say – Hurricane Smith
11. Dance With Me – Peter Brown
12. Still The One – Orleans
13. Moonlight Feels Right – Starbuck
14. Do You Wanna Make Love – Peter McCann
15. For The Love Of Him – Bobbi Martin
16. Last Song – Edward bear
17. Chevy Van – Sammy Johns
18. Shannon – Henry Gross


If anyone wants to make some cover art/track listings please do! For some reason I'm having problems with Roxio label creator and Photobucket. Yeah yeah, I know about changing the extensions but just ain't happenin'. Shit.

Damn, that's pretty extensive there, RG!
Nice job. And like you said, I am not familiar with the majority of the artists.

Give me about a week or two to absorb this, and I'll be back with a report.

Looks interesting. Especially the soul.

from Wiki:
His son, Albert Hammond, Jr. is a successful solo musician and also a member of The Strokes.

I never made that connection before.

Way to go!

Yes, it wasn't something I'd read either. Just one day was hearing it ..recalled the artist and thought...mmmm... I wonder?

And such a great song. OK, there's a poll. Has Jr. had a song better yet? I think not.

These comps ease the pain I've endured since trashing my old K-tel LPs long ago. Way to go Rob!

Yes, that's partly where the name. K-SOMB, came from. As well as, my take on a format not used on San Andreas radio in Grand Theft Auto.

Crap, this is awesome. Thanks, RG!

Haven't heard Smoke From a Distant Fire in a long, long time. Nice work.

Great stuff, Rob.


useless fact: Most of this band ended up as session men for the Alan Parsons Project.

Holy shit! I know none of this stuff. I'll be grabbing it as soon as possible. Thanks Rob!!

pretty sweet, although no disco is a sin.

dl'ing disc by disc can't wait to spend a week on it smoking a mary jane and looking at my lava lamp.

Sweet. Thanks Rob.

Will love to hear your thoughts on some of these forgotten classics once you've listened.

this is like 70% of the music on my itunes playlist that was imported from my original CDs.

I can't believe I didn't have "Best Of My Love" in my iTunes. Love patching the holes in my collection.

One last bump before this expires.

I haven't been able to use my computer this week because Ms. Waylon is working from home. Will it still be up at the end of the day?

Really no idea when it'll expire but I suspect it'll be ok tonight.

These are amazing. Thanks, RG.

For the record, I'm just getting to this now (thanks for the bump), and they're still live at 9:25 Eastern AM time.

I should probably get out of bed at some point.

Just wanted to see if anyone dug this....

Come on...feedback babies.............

i liked it.
some songs i remember hearing when i was younger.

Thanks.
Really, y'all need to dig.

I missed this when it was posted and am downloading now. I almost bought one of the big 70s sets out there (The Time Life or the Rhino one). Thanks Rob.