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70s UK Number One’s – April

Thursday, April 25, 2013
By The GlamGuru

1970 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – Bridge Over Troubled Water (1st and 2nd week) DANA – All Kinds Of Everything (rest of the month) 1971 T REX – Hot Love (all month) 1972 NILSSON – Without You (1st and 2nd week) ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS – Amazing Grace (rest of month) 1973 GILBERT O’SULLIVAN –... »

Music Centres

Thursday, April 25, 2013
By The GlamGuru
Music Centres

In these days of small, slick hi-fi products in fashionable black, it’s hard to remember the days when teak was “in”. To those of us who survived the late 60s and early 70s with a mono Dansette record player or an old radiogram which... »

Space Hoppers

Thursday, April 25, 2013
By The GlamGuru
Space Hoppers

As a kid, I never owned a space hopper and I must admit I never harboured a desire for one. It’s only now that this huge rubber satsuma has started to intrigue me. For a start, how did they inflate ? Did they inflate,... »


Power Cuts

Thursday, April 25, 2013
By The GlamGuru
Power Cuts

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... »

Dial-a-Disc

Thursday, April 25, 2013
By The GlamGuru
Dial-a-Disc

Those of us that reside in the UK may remember the days before privatisation of the British telephone system, when it was attached to the mail system and known... »

Pop Cover Version LPs

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
By The GlamGuru
Pop Cover Version LPs

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... »

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