The Singles Collection

Blackfoot Sue don't immediately spring to mind when discussing early 70s hit-makers; indeed, they don't even qualify for the more recent back-handed compliment of being classed «junk shop glam», scoring a No 4 single in August 1972 before disappearing forever. There was a time, however, when they meant something to pre-pubescent glam fans whose only source of information was Disco 45, TOTP and the Radio 1 chart run-down.

Bearded hipsters who perused NME and Melody Maker were, however, more able to follow the rise and fall of this able but oddly misplaced bunch of rock/ glamsters. The No 4 single was «Standing In The Road» – not unlike Slade with strange percussion – but, by the time glam kids flipped its B-side, Celestial Plane, they were already hearing more straightforward rock. Follow-up single «Sing Don t Speak» scraped into the Top 40 at No 36, with shades of the Glitter Band, but it just revealed a band with an identity crisis. Third single, the dreamy, breezy instrumental Summer, was reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's Albatross and only confused potential fans further.

All these years later, though, this set – which rounds up most of the troupe’s single tracks – reveals a strong rock band with some finely-crafted songs.