people who know a lot about 70s power pop:

[HoyaSaxa03]

if you had 7 tracks to get from this comp, which would they be?
 
 http://www.emusic.com/album/10595/10595324.html
 
 i already have the barracudas, the pandoras, mystery machine, and nashville ramblers tracks from other comps ... i'm tempted to get all the 20/20 tracks, just because i love their song "giving it all" so much

[bellenseb]

Can't go wrong with the Shoes.

[kosmo vinyl]

Or those early Romantics, Plimsouls, The Zero's are notable as it's Alejandro Escovedo's brother Javier's band, often called the Mexican Ramones.

[ggw]

If you don't have the Flaming Groovies' Shake Some Action, then you don't have shit.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  If you don't have the Flaming Groovies' Shake Some Action, then you don't have shit.

Here! Here!
 
 I would say the Flamin' Groovies song and the one by Stiv Bators.

[bearman🐻]

Damn, too bad the Nerves aren't on there. They did the original version of "Hanging on the Telephone", which is infinitely better than Blondie's version.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by bearman:
  Damn, too bad the Nerves aren't on there. They did the original version of "Hanging on the Telephone", which is infinitely better than Blondie's version.

i have "one way ticket" from children of nuggets, and it's one of my favorite songs on there

[ggw]

Hey Hoya -- This is the album you need

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Hey Hoya -- This is the album you need

nice, thanks for the tip, i'll keep my eye out for it ... i have a few of those tracks, chris bell's album is awesome

[ggw]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Hey Hoya -- This is the album you need

nice, thanks for the tip, i'll keep my eye out for it ... i have a few of those tracks, chris bell's album is awesome [/b]

I'll post a copy of it here when I get home tonight.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Hey Hoya -- This is the album you need

and good luck finding it as its out of print, which unfortunately makes sellers think that can charge two arms and leg for it.  whats ironic is many of those DIY series CDs languished in cutout bins while it was in print. i'd like to get my mitts on the LA and Boston scene CDs in the series...
 
 also try seeking out the  Rhino Poptopia series also out of print and thus carrying a heavy markup in price.

[snailhook]

i rate the real kids pretty high. the 20/20s are great.

[bearman🐻]

I got my copy of that for like 4 or 5 bucks in a cutout bin once upon a time. It really is a great disc to have.

[ggw]

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 Here it is.  I paid $4.99 for it at Convergence.
 
 DIY - Come Out & Play - American Power Pop 1975-1978