Various artists
Label Ronco
Cat # RTL 2014
Released 1975
Producer Gordon Smith
Chart performance
Entered chart w/e January 24, 1976
Peak position #9 (w/e January 31, 1976)
Weeks on chart 5
Certification N/A
20 Starburstin' Original Hits
This album features 20 original hits from popular artists of the mid-70s across pop, rock, soul, and disco genres.
Sue Byrom in Record Mirror wrote "I don't really know why this is called 'Startruckin'[sic] '76' as most of the tracks were released last year - although David Cassidy's 'Daydreamer' is considerably older than that. There's also some strange choice of material - The Outlaws' 'There Goes Another Love Song' included with Hello's 'New York Groove', and Leapy Lee's 'Every Road Leads Back To You' with the Rollers' Bye Bye Baby'. The common factor is that all the artists are on Bell and Arista Records and there are some fairly strange companions on this compilation."
GARY GLITTER: 'Doin' Alright With The Boys'
HELLO: 'New York Groove'
THE DRIFTERS: 'There Goes My First Love'; 'Can I Take You Home Little Girl'
SHOWADDYWADDY: 'Heartbeat'; 'Three Steps To Heaven'
LINDA LEWIS: 'It's In His Kiss'; 'Rock And Roller Coaster'
THE GLITTER BAND: 'Alone Again'; 'Goodbye My Love'
BARRY MANILOW: 'Mandy'
AL WILSON: 'The Snake'
MELISSA MANCHESTER: 'Midnight Blue'
THE OUTLAWS: 'There Goes Another Love Song'
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: 'Bye Bye Baby'
MAX MERRITT AND THE METEORS: 'Slipping Away'
DAVID CASSIDY: 'Daydreamer'
THE DELFONICS: 'Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)'
LEAPY LEE: 'Every Road Leads Back To You'
BARRY BLUE: 'If I Show You I Can Dance'
Tracks
BLONDIE: 'Union City Blue'
THE TOURISTS: 'So Good To Be Back Home Again'
PETER GABRIEL: 'Games Without Frontiers'
SPARKS: 'When I'm With You'
NEW MUSIK: 'Living By Numbers'
RUPERT HOLMES: 'Escape (Pina Colada Song)'
BILLY OCEAN: 'Are You Ready'
LIQUID GOLD: 'Dance Yourself Dizzy'
GIBSON BROTHERS: 'Que Sera Mi Vida'
BOOKER T AND THE MG'S: 'Green Onions'
ABBA: 'Gimme Gimme Gimme'
MATCHBOX: 'Buzz Buzz A Diddle It'
REGENTS: '7Teen'
JOHN FOXX: 'Underpass'
VAPORS: 'Turning Japanese'
SAD CAFÉ: 'Strange Little Girl'
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS: 'Echo Beach'
OSIBISA: 'Pata Pata'
TONY RALLO AND THE MIDNITE BAND: 'Holdin' On' *
AZYMUTH: 'Jazz Carnival'
*Missing from Spotify