Artist	Song
Cheap Trick	Southern Girls
from In Color (Remastered) (1998)
Boston	Smokin'
from Boston (2006)
UFO	Rock Bottom
from The Best of UFO (1974-1983) [Remastered] (2008)
Sweet	Fox On the Run
from The Best of Sweet (1993)
Molly Hatchet	Flirtin' With Disaster
from Molly Hatchet: Greatest Hits (2001)
Uriah Heep	Easy Livin'
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Uriah Heep (2001)
MC5	Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)
from The Big Bang! - Best of the MC5 (2005)
The Runaways	Cherry Bomb
from The Best of the Runaways (1987)
Buzzcocks	What Do I Get?
from Singles Going Steady (1992)
The Damned	New Rose
from Punk Generation: Best of the Damned (Oddities & Versions) (2006)
Judas Priest	The Ripper
from Sad Wings of Destiny (2000)
Motörhead	Ace of Spades
from The Best of Motörhead (2008)
Hawkwind	Silver Machine
from In Search of Space (2003)
Big Star	Feel
from #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
The Jam	In the City
from The Sound of The Jam (2003)
New York Dolls	Personality Crisis
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the New York Dolls (2003)
Gang of Four	Natural's Not In It
from Entertainment! (2005)
Magazine	Shot By Both Sides (Original Single Version)
from Touch and Go - Anthology 02.78 - 06.81 (Remastered) (2009)
Focus	Hocus Pocus
from The Best of Focus: Hocus Pocus (1975)
J.J. Cale	Call Me the Breeze
from The Very Best of J.J. Cale (2006)
Television	See No Evil
from Marquee Moon (2005)
Pentagram	Forever My Queen
from First Daze Here (2002)
Montrose	Rock the Nation
from The Very Best of Montrose (2005)
Groundhogs	Cherry Red
from The Best of Groundhogs (2003)
Wishbone Ash	Blowin' Free
from Argus (Bonus Track Version) [Remastered] (2002)

Comment:

One of the most thrilling things about the '70s is how much it set the stage for every decade since. On the punk side, the New York Dolls smeared traces of glam-rock lipstick across the raw power of the Stooges, the Damned debuted with "New Rose" (featuring a smash-and-bash Beatles cover on the B-side), and the Buzzcocks predicted pop-punk with "What Do I Get?" As for the heavier side of hard rock, it was already shifting from the bludgeoning blues of Led Zeppelin to the fist-pounding theatrics of Motörhead's need-for-speed take on the new wave of British heavy metal ("Ace of Spades").

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