Top Of The Box

Tom Robinson Band - Up Against The Wall, Top Of The Pops, 1978
Tom Robinson has reinvented himself as a great radio dj, but in the late 1970’s he was a angry young man!
Most commonly heard Tom Robinson Band song is the over-rated pop sing-a-long pop song 2-4-6-8 Motorway; while Glad To Be Gay is sometimes mentioned [...]

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The Undertones - Teenage Kicks, 1970’s
John Peel was possibly right when he said Teenage Kicks by The Undertones was the perfect pop song.  Here’s the original promo video of the band miming to one of the best pop songs of all time.

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Magazine - Motorcade Live in Manchester (originally shown on Granada TV’s So It Goes), 1977
In 1977 Howard Devoto left the commercial-bound Buzzcocks, a group he had formed only one year previously with Pete Shelley. Devoto said he had outgrown Buzzcocks; and watching this wonderful live performance of Motorcade in Manchester in 1977 you can [...]

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