Super Hits of the '70s - Have a Nice Day
Culled from the video archive of Germany's popularMusikLadenTV  show, this compilation of live performances offers the proverbial something for  everyone, from the blue-eyed soul of Hall & Oates to the three-chord thrash of  the Ramones. It's an incongruous mix, united only by the chart-rising popularity  of each selection, spanning the 1970s and presented, with mixed results, in  remastered Dolby 5.1 sound. The hilarious low point is Dr. Hook & the Medicine  Show's drunken, unruly romp through "The Cover of the Rolling Stone." And while  you're trying to reconcile such ethereal hit-makers as Melanie and Bonnie Tyler  with more seasoned performers like Van Morrison and Jethro Tull, you can be  grateful that these vintage clips, several including extended jams, have been so  faithfully preserved. By the time the Ramones fittingly close the disc with  "Blitzkrieg Pop," you'll be having a very nice day, indeed.--Jeff  Shannon