Four CD set. 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.
3 Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
4 Pilot - January
5 Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
6 Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right
7 Ace - How Long
8 The Fortunes - Storm in a Teacup
9 Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
10 Sherbet - Howzat
11 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City
12 10CC - the Things We Do for Love
13 Andrew Gold - Never Let Her Slip Away
14 Gallagher & Lyle - I Wanna Stay with You
15 David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
16 Peter Skellern - Hold on to Love
17 Brian Protheroe - Pinball
18 Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
19 Andrew Fairweather-Low - Wide Eyed & Legless
20 Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind
- Disc 2 -
1 A.M. - Pop Goes Smooth
2 Looking Glass - Brandy You're a Fine Girl
3 Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride
4 The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
5 Billy Swan - I Can Help
6 Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy
7 Lynsey de Paul - Sugar Me
8 Stretch - Why Did You Do It
9 Jigsaw - Sky High
10 Silver - Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang
11 Randy Edelman - Concrete and Clay
12 Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel
13 Liverpool Express - You Are My Love
14 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
15 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' in Love
16 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
17 Art Garfunkel - Breakaway
18 Seals & Croft - Get Closer
- Disc 3 -
1 F.M. - No Static
2 Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves
3 Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro - Stumblin' in
4 Oliva Newton John - Magic
5 Rupert Holmes - Him
6 Carole Bayer Sager - Moving Out Today
7 Eric Carmen - She Did It
8 Roger Voudouris - Get Used to It
9 Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time
10 Leo Sayer - Easy to Love
11 Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - Down the Hall
12 Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
13 Little River Band - Reminiscing
14 Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
15 Dollar - Love's Gotta Hold on Me
16 England Dan & John Ford Coley - Love Is the Answer
17 Player - This Time I'm in It for Love
18 Orleans - Love Takes Time
- Disc 4 -
1 L.W. - No Hit Wonders
2 Clout - Let It Grow
3 Doctor Father - Umbopo
4 Hollywood Freeway - You Are the Song (That I Can't Stop Singing)
5 Browning Bryant - Liverpool Fool
6 Robert John - Give a Little More
7 Mamas & Papas - Shooting Star
8 Pratt & McClain - Whachersign
9 Denne and Gold - Let's Put Our Love Back Together
10 Gary Wright - Let It Out
11 Cory Wells - Midnight Lady
12 Felix Cavaliere - Only a Lonely Heart Sees
13 Starbuck - Easing Back
14 Jim Rafferty - Tomorrow Is Another Day
15 Stephen Bishop - Little Italy
16 White Plains - I Can't Stop
17 Blue Mink - Another "Without You" Day
18 Pickettywitch - Days I Remember
Four CD set. 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.