Disco Barry Scott's THE LOST 45s OF THE '70s & '80s VOLUME TWO [2000]

Two years after the initial disc, Barry Scott returned with The Lost 45s Of The '70s & '80s Volume Two featuring eighteen more Top 40 singles that were hard to find on compact disc at the time.  Barry closes out his extensive liner notes with this prophecy:

Nearly fourteen years later and there still hasn't been a third volume in the series (more than likely due to changes within the industry than lack of effort) but that hasn't stopped fans from dreaming up tracklists for future volumes like this one posted last April Fool's Day:

• "Old Fashioned Boy (You’re The One)" - Stallion #37/1977 
• "Double Dutch Bus" [single edit] - Frankie Smith #30/1981
• "I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" [single edit] - Atlanta Rhythm Section #14/1978
• "Turning Japanese" [single edit] - The Vapors #36/1980
• "The Boys Are Back In Town" [single edit] - Thin Lizzy #12/1976
• "Lights Out" [single edit] - Peter Wolf #12/1984
• "Prisoner Of Your Love" [single edit] - Player #27/1978
• "You’re My Girl" [single edit] - Franke & The Knockouts #27/1981
• "Anything You Want" - John Valenti #37/1976
• "The Night Owls" [single edit] - Little River Band #6/1981
• "Don’t Want To Live Without It" [single edit] - Pablo Cruise #21/1978
• "We Don’t Talk Anymore" [single edit] - Cliff Richard #7/1980
• "Get It Right Next Time" [single edit] - Gerry Rafferty #21/1979
• "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" [single edit] - Police #3/1981
• "Don’t Hold Back" [single edit] - Chanson #21/1979
• "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" [single edit] - Pat Benatar #9/1980
• "I Can’t Stand The Rain" [single edit] - Eruption #18/1978
• "Bruce" - Rick Springfield #27/1984
• "Margaritaville" [single edit] - Jimmy Buffett #8/1977
• "The First Day Of Summer" [single edit] - Tony Carey #33/1984

The consensus from various collectors forums seems to be that there are about a hundred songs that, while making the Top 40, have yet to be released on compact disc.  In all, 9,513 records made Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart between 1970-1989 with 4,589 of those rising into the Top 40 so we're looking at a pretty excellent 98% availability rate. HERC can live with that.  Still, those 2% would complete the collection and HERC feels your pain Barry Scott.  And these numbers don't even factor in those TRUE single versions, those unique to the 45 edits like practically every track listed above, which have yet to appear on compact disc.

					HOT 100
1	Sausalito Summernight	Diesel	1981	0:03:03	25
2	Ariel [single edit]	Dean Friedman	1977	0:03:24	26
3	Sea Of Love	Del Shannon	1982	0:02:35	33
4	I Believe	Chilliwack	1982	0:03:45	33
5	I Will Still Love You	Stonebolt	1978	0:03:11	29
6	Hearts On Fire	Randy Meisner	1981	0:02:46	19
7	I Couldn't Say No	Robert Ellis Orral with Carlene Carter	1983	0:03:51	32
8	Only A Lonely Heart Sees	Felix Cavaliere	1980	0:03:52	36
9	Let's Live Together	The Road Apples	1975	0:03:25	35
10	If The Love Fits Wear It	Leslie Pearl	1982	0:03:49	28
11	Wham Bang Shang-A-Lang	Silver	1976	0:03:34	16
12	Rock N' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)	Mac Davis	1974	0:03:29	15
13	We Can't Hide It Anymore	Larry Santos	1976	0:03:49	36
14	Nobody Said It Was Easy (Lookin' For The Lights)	LeRoux	1982	0:03:38	18
15	I'm Gonna Take Care Of Everything	Rubicon	1978	0:03:40	28
16	Precious To Me	Phil Seymour	1981	0:02:53	22
17	Paloma Blanca	George Baker Selection	1976	0:03:31	26
18	If You Remember Me	Chris Thompson & Night	1979	0:02:54	17

Despite having four more tracks than it's predecessor, this is the weaker of the two discs for HERC.  He liked half of the songs on the first disc but only a third of the tracks (pictured above and below this paragraph) on Volume Two.  If you just want the songs on a CD-R with inkjet printed artwork and liner notes, go to Barry's site or select Collectible option on the disc's Amazon listing.

Only eleven of the eighteen tracks are available on Spotify and most of those are the album versions rather than the single edits found on this CD.  A little bit is better than nada, no?