To mark the twentieth anniversary of it's original release, Demon Music are proud to present 'Sean Rowley Presents Guilty Pleasures' as a deluxe 70 track 4CD set ('The Red Album'). At the start of the new millennium Sean Rowley was a DJ on BBC Radio London (then called GLR), when he introduced a new slot featuring the records he loved in his youth. Records he had to hide when friends visited his home after school. While those same friends were into Bowie, Slade, Bolan and Roxy, Sean spent his hard-earned pocket money on David Cassidy's 'Could It Be Forever'. He wasn't into the alternative universe of John Peel or the NME. He thrived on upbeat and sunny Pop songs. ELO trumped The Sex Pistols in his world (uncanny given Paul Cooke from the Pistols later blagged a copy of the original 'Guilty Pleasures' compilation, saying, "We always secretly loved these songs"). This new slot began with the playing of Alessi's 'Oh, Lori'. The response was extraordinary - listeners were so keen to share their own guilty pleasures that playing them all required a show of it's own. Demand dictated that Sean should compile a 'Guilty Pleasures' album - the first of two titles followed in 2004 (all 22 of the tracks on that original release are included on both of our new formats). The phrase 'guilty pleasures' moved into the public domain. National newspapers devoted columns to it, music magazines gave over numerous pages to discuss the best songs in this new sub-genre. The Guardian declared a 'Guilty Pleasures' night "the future of clubbing". ITV came calling with a demand to make a one-off Saturday TV show. Fast forward twenty years and Sean has partnered with Demon to make 'Guilty Pleasures' available and expanded the guilt over four themed CDs adding deep cuts, one-hit wonders and exotic recordings that perfectly soundtracked a sun-kissed '70s U.S. west coast life style, less so in '70s Britain. Welcome to a '70s Pop odyssey. Welcome to a collection of records that were swept under the carpet of cool. Welcome back, Guilty Pleasures.

Tracklist:

'M.W. - All The Hits And More'
Alessi Brothers - Oh Lori
Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
Pilot - January
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right
Ace - How Long
The Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup
Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
Sherbet - Howzat
Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City
10cc - The Things We Do For Love
Andrew Gold - Never Let Her Slip Away
Gallagher ; Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You
David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star
Peter Skellern - Hold On To Love
Brian Protheroe - Pinball
Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
Andrew Fairweather-Low - Wide Eyed ; Legless
Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind
'A.M. - Pop Goes Smooth'
Looking Glass - Brandy You're A Fine Girl
Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
Billy Swan - I Can Help
Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy
Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me
Stretch - Why Did You Do It
Jigsaw - Sky High
Silver - Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang
Randy Edelman - Concrete And Clay
Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel
Liverpool Express - You Are My Love
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Hamilton, Joe Frank ; Reynolds - Fallin' In Love
Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love
Art Garfunkel - Breakaway
Seals ; Croft - Get Closer
'F.M. - No Static'
Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves
Chris Norman ; Suzi Quatro - Stumblin' In
Oliva Newton John - Magic
Rupert Holmes - Him
Carole Bayer Sager - Moving Out Today
Eric Carmen - She Did It
Roger Voudouris - Get Used To It
Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time
Leo Sayer - Easy To Love
Frankie Valli ; The Four Seasons - Down The Hall
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
Dollar - Love's Gotta Hold On Me
England Dan ; John Ford Coley - Love Is The Answer
Player - This Time I'm In It For Love
Orleans - Love Takes Time
'L.W. - No Hit Wonders'
Clout - Let It Grow
Doctor Father - Umbopo
Hollywood Freeway - You Are The Song (That I Can't Stop Singing)
Browning Bryant - Liverpool Fool
Robert John - Give a Little More
Mamas ; Papas - Shooting Star
Pratt ; McClain - Whachersign
Denne and Gold - Let's Put Our Love Back Together
Gary Wright - Let It Out
Cory Wells - Midnight Lady
Felix Cavaliere - Only A Lonely Heart Sees
Starbuck - Easing Back
Jim Rafferty - Tomorrow Is Another Day
Stephen Bishop - Little Italy
White Plains - I Can't Stop
Blue Mink - Another "Without You" Day
Pickettywitch - Days I Remember

UPC: 740155737030
Label: Edsel Records
Release Date: 2.2.24
Format: CD

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