Top Of The Box

This is incredible footage of The Faces in 1970 at the Marquee Club in London. Once accustomed to the arty imaging, enjoy the raw talent of the Faces at their absolute best. Sure they became more polished in their short time together, but this is how I choose to remember the band.
This is an excellent [...]

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Tubeway Army - Are Friends’ Electric? / Gary Numan - Cars, Top Of The Pops 1979
After the success of Are Friends Electric? as Tubeway Army, Gary Numan decided to ditch the band and embark on a solo career.  A career that started with the all-time synth pop classic, Cars.
Here are Top Of The Pops appaearances [...]

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Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads

Fish heads, fish heads
Roly-poly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads
Eat them up, yum!

Does anybody else remember this weird novelty record from American space cadets Barnes & Barnes and their surreal video and song Fish Heads?
I remember seeing this promo video on The Old Grey Whistle Test.  Imagine how odd it sounded [...]

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Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Autobahn, the single was an edited version of the 22 minute album track.  It features vocals enhanced by a vocoder, and was originally released in 1974. The single faired better in the UK, where it reached no. 11, than in the US Billboard charts where it peaked at no. 25.
In the making of [...]

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Kinks - Lola, Top Of The Pops, 1970
I’m not much of a fan of The Kinks sixties hits like You Really Got Me and even Waterloo Sunset.  But I love their 1970 classic, Lola.  The lyrics are great, but the sound of Ray Davies’ resonator guitar is beautiful.
The song is about a young man’s sexual [...]

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