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Right Back Where We Started From: Female Pop & Soul in 70s Britain by Various Artists (CD, 2020)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelRPM

UPC5013929600041

eBay Product ID (ePID)2321230522

Product Key Features

Release Year2020

FormatCD

GenreDisco, R&B & Soul

Run Time231 Mins 47 Seconds

ArtistVarious Artists

Release TitleRight Back Where We Started From: Female Pop & Soul in 70s Britain

Additional Product Features

DistributionCherry Red

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Number of Discs3

Additional informationLiner Note Authors: John Reed ; Ian Chapman. Maxine Nightingale had an unexpected international smash with 1975's "Right Back Where We Started From," a joyous hybrid of Northern soul and Elton John pop razzle-dazzle. It wasn't the only single of the era to strike this blend of retro form and modern production, as RPM's surprisingly exhaustive 2020 collection Right Back Where We Started From: Female Pop & Soul in 70s Britain shows. This triple-disc set rounds up hits, obscurities, cult favorites, and other cultural detritus from British female singers of various levels of fame, creating a wild portrait of a vividly colorful decade. A fair chunk of this compilation is firmly within the wheelhouse created by "Right Back Where We Started From," the single that is easily the best-known track here. That's enjoyable in its own right, but things start to get weird on the third disc, which collects such near-camp covers as Eartha Kitt's overheated reading of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man," Carol Hunter's breathy Dr. Pepper commercial, Yvonne Elliman turning the Who's "I Can't Explain" into a glammy stomp, and Blonde on Blonde pushing Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" headfirst into a glitter ball. These cuts aren't quite soul, but they do evoke the 1970s as powerfully as the Maxine Nightingale hit and help make this collection a trip. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo