I have 6 or 7 LPs that are year-end K-Tel-style “Hit” comps in the vein of what much later morphed into Now That’s What I Call Music!. They’re mostly from between 1977 and 1981 or so, years in which my wife and sister-in-law were between the ages of of 9-13 and 12-16, respectively. I mention them because these come from their collections. They bought them 30+ years ago and played them to death for a few years and then forgot about them and here they are on my shelf now. Given these years, they are mostly disco, light pop, and laidback rock. What might be called “AM Gold”, but with a slightly stronger disco/R&B tinge. Right now I am listening to this song, “Please Don’t Go”, the final single (and only #1 hit) from KC and the Sunshine Band before they broke up. It was the first #1 song of the 1980s and I have it on a 2xLP set called Hitline. I love it.
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