Hi folks can anyone remember those awfull Top of the pops albums ,usually with a busty girl on the front cover.But the really awfull thing was when you put it on it was not by the original artists and the cover of the song was terrible.I think the whole album was put together by the same session players.Does anyone no if a Queen track was ever used in these albums?Own up if you bought these Lps !
Phillip
from memory they were done by in-house session team that basically re-recorded every big hit - they were the Now That's What I Call Sh*t of their time - although some arrangements were quite good...most were comedic.
Woolies used to sell them about £1.49 i think, they were released by "Hallmark Record" but I seem to recall there was something similar done by another label called "Pickwick"
My mate had a few of these albums years ago. He liked the covers apparently.... :) And yes Elton John did sing and play on these albums, even though he hasnt confirmed it.
I can also remember buying k-Tel albums they were better as they used original artists on them, but it was usually made up of Sweet,Mud,Slade,Terry Jacks,Barry Blue,Glitter Band,Black Foot Sue,Gilbert O sullivan,etc.I did not get much pocket money so i used to buy ex Juke Box records,without a proper middle,you had to put your own removeable middle in the 45 record or sometimes your record player had a middle piece that you pulled up.They really were well used with lots of scrathes on them.Best of all though was the Record Player were you could stack up to eight 45's on and after each record finished the next one dropped down !By the time the record number eight was playing it was great as the neddle arm went up and down,you could also play the same record over by turning the record arm towards the side.Great memories.I also used to fanatically used to tape the top 20 on a sunday evening,in those days it was presented by a guy called Tom Browne.It then became the top 30 and then the top 40.If Queen had a new single out it was extra exciting !
Great memories Phillip, top 30 was essential taping, it was a real skill to hit the pause button and cut out the d.j. :-) kids don't know they're
born !