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Various ‎– 20 Giant Hits / The Do It Now Foundation

Various ‎– 20 Giant Hits / The Do It Now Foundation

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Label: Ronco Teleproducts, Inc. – LP 1001
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul, Blues, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bubblegum, Soul, Psychedelic Rock, Chicago Blues, Folk Rock, Arena Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1 The Beatles– Nowhere Man
Songwriter – John Lennon-Paul McCartney*
A2 Melanie (2)– What Have They Done To My Song
Songwriter – Melanie Safka
A3 Crazy Elephant– Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
Songwriter – Joey Levine, Ritchie Cordell
A4 B.J. Thomas– So Lonesome I Could Cry
Songwriter – Hank Williams
A5 Mel & Tim– Backfield In Motion
Songwriter – Tim McPherson
A6 Jimi Hendrix– Red House
Songwriter – Jimi Hendrix
A7 Teegarden & Van Winkle– God, Love And Rock & Roll
Songwriter – Skip Knapé
A8 Neil Diamond– Mr. Bojangles
Songwriter – Jerry Jeff Walker
A9 The Association (2)– Along Comes Mary
Songwriter – Tandyn Almer
A10 Jefferson Airplane– Somebody To Love
Songwriter – Darby Slick
B1 Janis Joplin– Down On Me
Songwriter – Janis Joplin
B2 Buffalo Springfield– Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
Songwriter – Neil Young
B3 Richie Havens– Minstral From Gault
Songwriter – Mark Roth, Richie Havens
B4 The Turtles– Happy Together
Songwriter – Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner
B5 Steam– Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
Songwriter – Paul Leka
B6 The Byrds– Artificial Energy
Songwriter – Roger McGuinn
B7 The Ides Of March– Vehicle
Songwriter – Jim Peterik
B8 Eric Burdon– When I Was Young
Songwriter – Eric Burdon
B9 Donovan– Sunshine Superman
Songwriter – Donovan
B10 Five Stairsteps– Ooh Child
Songwriter – Stan Vincent

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed By – Ronco Teleproducts, Inc.
  • Mastered At – Sonic Recording Products, Inc.

Credits

  • Design, Illustration – Ely Besalel

Notes

"As Advertised On TV" printed on front cover, with also a sticker that reads "As Seen On TV". 20 GIANT HITS, and an interesting set of songs, most having to do with drug or alcohol abuse, just look at the titles. The studio version of "Red House" by Jimi Hendrix is especially amazing, I don't think this was available in any of his albums at the time of this release, which I figure to be around 1969 or 1970 from the song selection. The Steam version of their hit "Na Na Hey Hey" here is kinda "strange", as it kinda "slows down" in the last minute? (Maybe they were trying to "simulate" the downer side of drugs with the usually "upbeat" ending going out like a "low energy" / "out of focus" ending here.... , it sounds very strange...)

This from the back cover:
"This album is a celebration of life - a feeling of energy and love from the poets, artists and musicians who have joined together to speak for a purpose - to relay the message against drug abuse. The DO IT NOW FOUNDATION is dedicated to helping fight this problem. Never before in the history of the recording industry have so many artists of such stature donated their services for a collage album. We wish to thank all those caring people, the record companies and music publishers, whose contributions went into making this album a reality."

The Do It Now Foundation
P. O. Box 3573, Hollywood, California 90028

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