HEARD IT ON THE RADIO Volume 2 [1999]

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Released in 1999, Heard It On The Radio Vol. 2 featured acts from CBS and its associated stable of labels. The sixteen tracks were originally released circa 1977-1985 and only six songs managed to make the Hot 100.  HERC counts on three fingers the songs on this album he had heard prior, thanks to the two radio stations he was listening to at the time:

"She Looks A Lot Like You" - The Clocks

"Hot Cherie" - Danny Spanos

"10-9-8" - Face To Face

That last record, the 12" Dance Mix of "10-9-8" is the only one of the three HERC owns.  The thing about Face To Face is that the male members portrayed the Attackers, Ellen Aim's backing band in the 1984 film Streets Of Fire. According to the soundtrack album's liner notes, Face To Face's singer, Laurie Sargent, shared lead vocals on the film's opening number "Nowhere Fast":

And Sargent can be heard singing the Stevie Nicks composition "Sorcerer" in the film but was replaced by Marilyn Martin on the soundtrack album.

	title	artist	year	label	Hot 100
1	She Looks A Lot Like You	The Clocks	1982	Boulevard Records	67
2	Bitch	Widow	1985	CBS Associated Records
3	You Could Take My Heart Away	Silver Condor	1981	Columbia	32
4	Innocence	Harlequin	1980	Columbia
5	Stone Cold Sober	Crawler	1977	Epic	65
6	Hot Cherie	Danny Spanos	1983	Epic
7	Gimme Your Love	Nantucket	1979	Epic
8	Don't Leave Me Alone Tonight	Network	1977	Epic
9	Mainstreet U.S.A.	Union	1981	Portrait
10	Rock School	Heaven	1983	Columbia
11	10-9-8	Face To Face	1984	Epic	38
12	Sweet Lui-Louise	Ironhorse	1979	Scotti Bros. Records	35
13	Special To You	Noel & the Red Wedge	1982	Scotti Bros. Records
14	What's A Matter Baby	Ellen Foley	1979	Epic	92
15	No More Lies	Neal Schon & Jan Hammer	1982	Columbia
16	Dreams	Barry Goudreau	1980	Portrait/Epic

There are several decent tracks on Heard It on The Radio Vol. 2 waiting to be (re)discovered by fans of late 70s and early 80s FM Rock.  Although the CD itself is fairly scarce, the album is readily available in digital format via the usual suspects.