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''The Best of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel'' is a compilation album by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released in 1980. It features material from the original line-up of Cockney Rebel, the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel line-up, and two tracks from Harley's solo career.〔http://www.discogs.com/master/view/171887〕 ==Background== Following Harley's last studio album for EMI, ''The Candidate'', which failed to enter the UK Top 100, EMI decided to release a compilation album of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's work. This was the first compilation of the band's to be released in the UK.〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/178573-Steve-Harley-Cockney-Rebel?type=Releases&subtype=Compilations〕 The compilation producer Colin Miles was selected to compile the album. The back sleeve biography and overview was written in 1980 by Chris Welch.〔http://www.discogs.com/Steve-Harley-Cockney-Rebel-The-Best-Of-Steve-Harley-Cockney-Rebel/release/1704402〕 The compilation features twelve tracks in total: six Cockney Rebel tracks (1973-74), four Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel tracks (1975-77) and two songs from Harley's solo career (1974's "Big Big Deal" and 1978's "Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf)"). Of the tracks chosen, "Cavaliers" and "Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf)" were never released as singles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vinyl Album - Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel - The Best Of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - EMI - Australia )〕 In effort to promote the compilation, the 1975 UK number one "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" was re-issued as a 7" vinyl single, by EMI, in October 1980. The B-Side chosen was "Sebastian". The single featured the same photographs of Cockney Rebel on the front and back of the sleeve, as seen on the compilation album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=45cat - Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) / Sebastian - EMI - UK - EMI 5112 )〕 The single did not make a chart appearance. The compilation was released a month later during November, however it also failed to make a chart appearance.〔http://steveharley.www.50megs.com/bio.html〕 After the release of the compilation, Harley and his new line-up of Cockney Rebel embarked on a tour, mainly consisting of a few Christmas dates. During this tour Harley introduced three new songs: "Warm My Cold Heart", "I Can Be Anyone" and "Such is Life", as well as a reggae-version of "Mr. Soft".〔http://steveharley.www.50megs.com/bio.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Best of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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