IT'S COLD OUTSIDE! More Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s

Yesterday, we talked a little about Come On Let's Go! Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s, a promising little pop compilation due out in July from the good folks at England's Big Beat label. Today, we move on to AN ENTIRELY FICTIONAL sequel to that disc.

(Well...maybe not entirely fictional. The songs themselves are all real tracks recorded in the appropriate time frame. The compilation is itself a fabrication, but I could slap it together as a real-life playlist and listen on my iPod right now. It would make a great CD.)

It's Cold Outside! More Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s

1. STIV BATORS: It's Cold Outside
2. THE MOSQUITOS: That Was Then, This Is Now
3. THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise
4. THE KNACK: Good Girls Don't [single version]
5. THE REAL KIDS: Now You Know
6. DOLENZ, JONES, BOYCE & HART: You Didn't Feel That Way Last Night (Don't You Remember)
7. THE LAUGHING DOGS: Get 'Im Outa Town
8. FOTOMAKER: Come Back
9. HOLLY & THE ITALIANS: Do You Say Love
10. PAGLIARO: Lovin' You Ain't Easy
11. APRIL WINE: Tonight Is A Wonderful Time (To Fall In Love)
12. RAY PAUL & RPM: How Do You Know
13. THE SHIVVERS: Please Stand By
14. VAN DUREN: Oh Babe
15. FOOLS FACE: Even Angels Fall
16. SORROWS: Teenage Heartbreak
17. THE RESTLESS: I Wanna Know
18. EMITT RHODES: Fresh As A Daisy
19. THE DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND: You Were So Warm
20. GARY CHARLSON: Burning In You
21. THE SCRUFFS: Teenage Girls
22. TUFF DARTS: Who's Been Sleeping Here
23. THE NOW: He's Takin' You To The Movies
24. THE ROMANTICS: Little White Lies [first version]

I'd buy that! We lead off with former Dead Boys singer Stiv Bators' incredible cover of The Choir's 1966 pop classic "It's Cold Outside" (featuring Blue Ash guitarist Frank Secich), and we close with The Romantics' debut indie single (one of the best tracks they ever did, and it's never been given any legit reissue). In between we have a mix of simply stellar pop cuts made by North American acts in the '70s and '80s. This make-believe set would be the first-ever CD appearance of anything from the original lifespan of Springfield, Missouri's phenomenal pop combo Fools Face, and the first time The Restless (great '80s Buffalo group whose one album for Mercury Records is in dire need of reissue), The Mosquitos (original version of a song covered by The Monkees), The Flashcubes' "No Promise" (my all-time favorite power pop track), or Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart's fabulous "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" rewrite "You Didn't Feel That Way Last Night (Don't You Remember)" has appeared on a various-artists pop CD.

And it cries out for another sequel! And I have just the thing in mind. In the mean time: Hey, Big Beat Records! Get to work! And send my finder's fee here.

NEXT: Kids Just Wanna Dance! Even More Power Pop Gems From The 70s & 80s

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