EMI-Capitol Special Markets'
Lost Hits series is unusual, as far as budget-line series go. Usually, budget-line collections have a few hits and a lot of filler, topping out at ten or 12 tracks.
Lost Hits contains no less than 20 tracks, and instead of relying on predictable material, the compilers have balanced underappreciated hits, cult favorites and forgotten singles from the EMI vaults, resulting in a thoroughly entertaining disc. Lost Hits of the '70s sticks to mainstream pop for most of its 20 tracks, but there are New Wave singles (the Knack's "Good Girls Don't"), power-pop (Rick Springfield's "Speak to the Sky," Dwight Twilley's "I'm on Fire," the Records' "Starry Eyes"), folk-rock (American Flyer's "Let Me Down Easy"), funk (Hotlegs' "Neanderthal Man"), country-pop (Jessi Colter's "I'm Not Lisa") and lots of pop-rock from the likes of Edward Bear,
Moon Martin, Frankie Miller,
Cheryl Ladd and
the Raspberries. There might not be many songs that are instantly recognizable, but that's the very reason why it's worth a gamble at this bargain price.