For only the second time in the history of me making discs for Maria, this is a double disc set. There was just too much good music to choose from. Disc 1 has songs from 1970-1975 and Disc 2 from 1976-1979. As usual, all links lead to the iTunes Store, where you can listen to a 30 second clip of each song (except for a couple cases where either the song wasn't there, or that version wasn't, or whatever). I've also shown the year from which I got the song, as well as its position on the year-end chart.

Disc 1
01	Sunshine (Go Away)	Jonathan Edwards	2:14	1972 - #37
02	Here Comes The Sun	Richie Havens	2:31	1971 - #95
03	Cracklin' Rosie	Neil Diamond	2:59	1970 - #17
04	Mockingbird	James Taylor & Carly Simon	4:09	1974 - #52
05	Thank God I'm A Country Boy	John Denver	3:08	1975 - #10
06	Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours	Stevie Wonder	2:37	1970 - #31
07	Give Me Just A Little More Time	Chairmen Of The Board	2:42	1970 - #39
08	Snowbird	Anne Murray	2:11	1970 - #42
09	In The Summertime	Mungo Jerry	3:30	1970 - #53
10	Just Don't Want To Be Lonely	The Main Ingredient	3:37	1974 - #36
11	If Not For You	Olivia Newton-John	2:52	1971 - #76
12	If You Want Me To Stay	Sly & The Family Stone	2:59	1973 - #43
13	Ain't No Sunshine	Bill Withers	2:05	1971 - #23
14	Only You (And You Alone)	Ringo Starr	3:21	1975 - #96
15	Vincent	Don Mclean	4:03	1972 - #94
16	Killing Me Softly With His Song	Roberta Flack	4:47	1973 - #3
17	Dance With Me	Orleans	3:02	1975 - #69
18	Brand New Key	Melanie	2:23	1972 - #9
19	Sweet Mary	Wadsworth Mansion	2:42	1971 - #96
20	Dueling Banjos	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mande	2:18	1973 - #61
21	Hooked On A Feeling	Blue Swede	2:52	1974 - #20
22	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	Bette Midler	2:19	1973 - #71
23	Get Down	Gilbert O'Sullivan	2:39	1973 - #66
24	Radar Love	Golden Earring	6:24	1974 - #64
25	Ballroom Blitz	Sweet	4:04	1975 - #16
Disc 2
01	Silly Love Songs	Paul Mccartney & Wings	5:53	1976 - #1
02	When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman	Dr Hook	2:58	1979 - #13
03	What a Fool Believes	Doobie Brothers	3:11	1979 - #19
04	Just The Way You Are	Billy Joel	3:35	1978 - #17
05	Handy Man	James Taylor	3:17	1977 - #46
06	Afternoon Delight	Starland Vocal Band	3:13	1976 - #12
07	Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton	3:30	1978 - #15
08	Somebody To Love	Queen	4:56	1977 - #88
09	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing	Leo Sayer	2:52	1977 - #13
10	Saturday Night	Bay City Rollers	2:54	1976 - #63
11	Stayin' Alive	Bee Gees	4:45	1978 - #4
12	Blinded By The Light	Manfred Mann	3:51	1977 - #36
13	Say You Love Me	Fleetwood Mac	4:13	1976 - #53
14	Rich Girl	Hall & Oates	2:26	1977 - #23
15	Bad Case of Lovin' You (Doctor, Doctor)	Robert Palmer	3:11	1979 - #92
16	Knock on Wood	AmII Stewart	3:44	1979 - #22
17	Take A Chance On Me	Abba	4:03	1978 - #32
18	I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)	Alicia Bridges	3:09	1978 - #88
19	Do Ya Think I'm Sexy	Rod Stewart	5:27	1979 - #4
20	Evil Woman	Electric Light Orchestra	4:11	1976 - #69
21	Junk Food Junkie	Larry Groce	3:05	1976 - #93

So, up top is the artwork for the front of the ablum. This is the back artwork. I enjoyed making this one, though not as much as previous one. I was aiming for something a bit older looking/feeling to try to match the music. Overall though, I'm pleased with it. When I print it out I cut out the middle of the circle. Here are some additional geek details (though I admit this one isn't nearly as geeky as last time):

• The design was heavily inspired by this Sparton record envelope. Although I was originally tempted by this REO Records envelope, I didn't think the dancing people were quite right with the time period or style of music. What I ended up choosing is still older-feeling than the 70's, but I really liked it. I was tempted to do multi-colored lines and fill in the gaps, but I thought that might cheese it up a bit.
• All work for it done in Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks. What a great tool.
• The typeface used for the front G2 (and the script font in other places) is actually just a default PC typeface - Vivaldi. Shameful, I know, but it worked out nicely. I was tempted by a couple Adobe Typefaces, but their price deterred me. Oh well.
• The little typeface, on both the front cover, as well as the track listing on the back is another default typeface (at least on one of my installs) called LuzSans-Book.

Due to all of the songs being from Billboard Charts, here are some additional stats (for Disc1/Disc2/Both where applicable):

• Average position of the songs from their original placement in Billboard YEC (year end chart): 38/49/44
• Median position in those same charts: 23/43/38
• Year with most songs: 1976 (6)
• Average track length: 3:17/3:44/3:32
• Median track length: 2:59/3:30/3:15
• Tracks by The Beatles: 0 (for maybe only the second time in the history of these mixes)

Probably more info than anybody cared about, but that's just how it goes sometimes. Maybe you'll find a song or two in there that you enjoy.