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What we know of any culture or civilization ultimately comes down to what survives. Objects made of stronger materials, or objects in wider general usage are what usually seem to be left behind. And it's a shame. For every epoch whose crown jewels are preserved, we no doubt have thousands of chamber pots. In other words, we don't know those things which may have been most interesting about past eras, yet we're well acquainted with those things which may have been the most base or common. And so it is with pop music. For every song in endless rotation on oldies stations, there are thousands of others (some hits, some not) that we'll never hear again. These are a few of those songs. And my intention in compiling this CD is that I felt these songs deserve to survive, to be preserved. These songs literally constitute the soundtrack of my life, going back to age 16 or perhaps earlier. It never ceases to amaze me that when I encounter aficionados of girl pop, none of them have ever heard of singers like Robbie Winston, Susan Rafey, Diane Ray, or most of the others on this comp-all women who I feel have contributed works equal (if not superior) to the best the genre has to offer. These singers, and the songs they've recorded, have long occupied a special place in my heart. And the knowledge that I was listening to songs that virtually no one else seemed to know of, afforded me a peculiar kind of thrill. A mentor of mine once told me that the power of forgotten music, is that when you're perhaps the only person in the world listening to it, it's as though it's yours alone. Consequently, the experience of something magical becomes ever more magical.