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During the early 1970s, the Top of the Pops series enjoyed considerable success and buoyant sales. Budget albums were accepted into the main UK album charts for a few months in 1971, during which four Top of the Pops LPs charted, and two made No. 1. However, they were disqualified in early 1972 since their low price was perceived as giving them ...
The public preferred the original recordings and the market for cheap cover compilations rapidly declined. This album collects together John's contributions to a variety of covers albums issued during 1969 and 1970. This collection was released by minor labels in the UK and US in 1994 and was re-issued many times afterwards. [3]
Pages in category "Covers albums" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. ... Top of the Pops (record series) W. We Shall Overcome (Bernie ...
By this time, the concept of budget cover version releases of current hit songs had been imitated by other labels such as Cannon, Crossbow, Top Six, and Top Pops. [3] CBS subsidiary Hallmark / Pickwick launched the Top of the Pops series of albums a few years after the demise of Embassy, [ 6 ] but unlike Embassy's releases, no artists were ever ...
In parallel with the Top of the Pops albums issued by Pickwick, MFP issued a series of LPs in the early 1970s containing anonymous cover versions of current hits. Called Hot Hits, the series ran to 20 before folding. They were eligible for listing in the UK LP charts for a few months in 1971, and four charted: Volume 5 registered for a solitary ...
Top of the Pops was first broadcast from Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester Dusty Springfield was the first act to be featured on the show [4] The Rolling Stones were the first group to appear on the show [4] (group pictured in concert in The Hague in 1967) The first edition of Top of the Pops was broadcast on Wednesday, 1 January
The cover was highly controversial and remains so: in 2008, the album’s Wikipedia page was placed on a blacklist by the Internet Watch Foundation as they believed the image could be regarded as ...
This is a list of record-breaking historical expensive album covers or CD packaging. Elvis Presley (1956) – reportedly was the most expensive album cover ever up to that point. [75] Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) – the cover, costing £25,000, was reportedly the most expensive cover design up to this time.