*JUST IN!* VA (Saint Etienne) – Weds Morning 6AM Radio Hits From The Small Hours 1970-1983 – Ace UK 2LP

Bob Stanley’s latest compilation “Wednesday Morning 6AM” literally turns back the clocks.

In the late 70s and early 80s, there was a parallel world of hits that people only heard when their clock radio went off. BBC Radio 2 had little time for the Top 40 music played by Radio 1and beamed into living rooms by Top Of The Pops. Radio 2 effectively created a chart of its own playing singles or album tracks that their DJ’s enjoyed and wanted to share with their listeners. These tracks were given multiple plays on rotation and became earworms to millions of listeners.

“Wednesday Morning 6AM” is the warming soundtrack of eating breakfast or driving to school or to work in the cold and dark early hours to the sound of Art Garfunkel’s , ‘99 Miles From LA’ Dolly Parton’s ‘The Bargain Store’ , Hoyt Axton’s ‘Evangelina’, Paul Simon’s ‘Train In The Distance’ and Air Supply’s ‘Lost In Love’.

Other featured artists include Gilbert O’Sullivan, Crystal Gayle, Carly Simon, John Denver, Lou Rawls, Lindisfarne, Bob James, Stella Parton and Dionne Warwick.

The 2-LP version includes the bonus track ‘Danny’s Song’ By Anne Murray.

tracklist:

A01 Evangelina – Hoyt Axton
A02 Lady Love – Lou Rawls
A03 Castles In The Air – Don McLean
A04 Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For – Crystal Gayle
A05 Lost In Love – Air Supply
A06 Danny’s Song – Anne Murray
B01 Train in the Distance – Paul Simon
B02 The Bargain Store – Dolly Parton
B03 We’re Gonna Change The World – Matt Monro
B04 Run Like the Wind – Barbara Dickson
B05 Stumblin’ In – Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
B06 Matrimony – Gilbert O’Sullivan
C01 You Belong To Me – Carly Simon
C02 The Best Is Yet To Come – Clifford T Ward
C03 Daylight Katy – Gordon Lightfoot
C04 Deeper Than The Night – Olivia Newton-John
C05 Warm Feeling – Lindisfarne
C06 The Danger Of A Stranger – Stella Parton
D01 Who What When Where Why – Dionne Warwick
D02 99 Miles From LA – Art Garfunkel
D03 Calypso – John Denver
D04 Old And Wise – The Alan Parsons Project
D05 Preview Theme from ‘Taxi’ (Angela) – Bob James