The U.K. 70s Singles & Albums Chart General Discussion Thread.

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I left an asterix out for clown.

 

Just for a change, here’s BBC1’s programmes for Christmas Day in 1971. Most of us are probably too young to remember this

 

Famous last words re The Pistols. A fortnight later - at the end of their disastrous American tour - Rotten quit & the band were dead in the water creatively.

My pick of singles & albums of 1977 (no particular order):
Singles
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Damned - Neat Neat Neat
The Jam - In The City
Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
The Saints - This Perfect Day
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs - **** Off!
The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch (EP)
The Clash - White Riot
Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
Albums
The Clash - Clash
Television - Marquee Moon
Sex Pistols - Spunk
Ramones - Rocket To Russia
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Suicide - Suicide
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

 

Yep,Ronald certainly wasn't a fan,was he?

 

The obvious question @alf, er, do you prefer Spunk or Bollocks?







In other words, do you prefer your Pistols raw, or very multi-tracked?

 

And most of this wouldn't be shown, except on That's TV with warnings!!

 

Black and White minstrels
Jimmy Savile
Rolf Harris

Great wholesome Christmas entertainment for the whole family, 1970’s style…

 

Alf Garnett may have had a word to say about those Black and White minstrels too!

It really was a different era.....

 

I’m guessing that was the first time that Morecambe & Wise show with Glenda Jackson was screened.

The Beeb certainly got their money’s worth out of that one!

 

I was too late to edit my last post but I've just discovered that it wasn't Ronnie Gurr who slammed Kate's Lionheart album after all but Chris Westwood.

 

Well, that’s a nasty one, isn’t it? Made Ronnie Gurr look quite charitable!

She can’t do any wrong these days, but people forget all the horrible reviews she had back in the 70s and 80s.

 

I prefer the rawness of Spunk. And of course it features the excellent Glen Matlock. The official album is great, but Jones over-beefs it. At least that twerp Vicious was bypassed on the latter.

 

Certainly that review put the backs up of a lot of fans judging by the letters page the following week. Here's just one example.

 

That's Kate's best sounding album getting slaughtered there!

 

Its so OTT that I do wonder if the review was a deliberate wind up to court controversy,...or maybe he genuinely didn't like it.

 

It was on tonight!

 

Especially in the 1970's and '80's, Ms. Bush certainly fit the description of "acquired taste" to a 'T'. Wonder if Mr. Westwood had it in for other female singers, i.e. was a serial misogynist?

But I also think in terms of the U.S. When the now-Xmas standard "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" by the then-teenaged Brenda Lee was first issued in November 1958 - three months after Billboard's "Hot 100" chart first came into being - it was, by all accounts, an outright flop, selling a measly (and, some would say, miserly) 5,000 copies its first time out. It didn't really take off until after 1960 (by which time she had two pop #1's - "I'm Sorry" and "I Want To Be Wanted" - under her belt) and, with a newly-created pic sleeve, would be a Yuletide Top 40 staple on the chart through 1962 - after which there were several years Christmas songs were rendered ineligible for any appearance on the Hot 100, and it was a perennial on the special holiday charts in that stretch. Long story short, come late 2023, and finally, after 65 years, it hit #1 on the Hot 100.

Oh, and apart from a 1957 entry, and despite her most famous and iconic recordings made out in Nashville with Owen Bradley producing (and many famous names - i.e. saxophonist Boots Randolph of Benny Hill "Yakety Sax" fame - backing her on her recordings), Ms. Lee didn't really become a factor on the country charts until 1969 - when her rendition of "Johnny One Time" (nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Vocal) made the lower rungs of that chart, in spite of her treatment of this number being more on the pop side, and being recorded in New York City (New York City?!), with producer Mike Berniker and arranger/conductor Marty Manning (neither one hardly the first name to pop up in terms of country music).

And you thought Ms. Bush had a time with "Running Up That Hill" in terms of its finish (on both sides of the Atlantic) in 1985 vs. last year?

 

I used to have an occasional pint with the bold Ronnie Gurr - he's actually a nice fella.

 

When reviewers were free to cock a snook at the 'stars'; instead of the fawning & bootlicking they're required to do these days. Apart from a small handful of singles, Kate's kookiness has never done much for me. There are certain phrases - eg "highly attuned ego" - I wouldn't have used, but I tend to agree with Mr Westwood's review that Lionheart is, mostly, a bland affair.

 

Wow, unbelievable.




Oh wait, that was a single.....

 

I play both regularly... different ones for different moods etc.

I finally picked Spunk up on vinyl in the summer, Radiation Reissues label out of Italy... not played it yet as the CD I have has served me well all these years so no idea about the quality of the pressing yet...

 

M's "Pop Muzik" getting some well deserved love...

 

And despite the album being great, as was the following year's album. IMO, at least. I play both a lot! Love the piano version of "If You Can’t Give Me Love" that came many years later. A pity Suzi is forgotten these days.

 

In the UK, it was #1 - on both the NME and Melody Maker charts, if not "officially." In the U.S., Billboard is deemed "official" - and there, this made #1.

 

Didn't someone on this thread say that in terms of ego, Ms. Quatro makes Toyah look like a shy, humble wallflower in comparison?