Although the market of today is awash with compilation albums, the Now That’s What I Call Music 27′s and the Dance Heat – The Second Fire types were in short supply in the early 1970′s. For the 70′s youngster (or the just-generally-tight-with-money person) an alternative to the compilation albums existed in the form of... »
Oh dear. In 1978, just as hair was getting shorter, punk/new wave fashion had taken over from the baggy trousers with 8 inch waistbands and platform shoes were back on Do Not Bring Out Until The Mid 90s shelf, the Anonymous Saint Of Glam... »
They stirred the inquiring mind of the 70′s child, they were educational, they were very cheap…… I Spy books were the first examples of the self help & self education culture….probably. (Well it sounded good when I wrote it !). They didn’t really tell... »
Up until 1976, children’s TV had mainly been restricted to weekdays between 4.0 and 5.45pm. No one seemed to know what to broadcast on Saturday Mornings, apart from the... »
Our friends overseas will be stumped with this one, but those of us from the UK remember them, don’t we ? OK, it wasn’t a fad as such. In... »
1970 DAVE EDMUNDS I Hear You Knockin’ (all month) 1971 SLADE – Cos I Luv You (1st week) BENNY HILL – Ernie (Fastest Milkman In The West) (rest of... »
